My 2009 IT Industry Predictions
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Enterprise storage, Everything, Personal, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 24. Dec, 2009 | View Comments
Predictions are perilous: Get it right and you look like a mere trend-watcher; get it wrong and you look like a fool. So I’m doing something different this year: I’m going to make predictions for 2009 now that it’s over, and reflect on just how smart I am (not) to have made them.
iPhone and Exchange: Push Email? Great! Switch to Mac? Priceless!
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal on 11. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
Here’s a surprise benefit from the iPhone 2.0 Exchange ActiveSync ability: I was able to finally move my iPhone’s “home” sync from the PC to the Mac!
For the most up-to-date information, see my iPhone Exchange ActiveSync Guide!
This post is part of my series focused on integrating the iPhone with Microsoft Exchange using ActiveSync:
iPhone OS 3.0 [...]
Switch Day 58: Ten Pros and Cons of the MacBook Pro
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 11. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
I’ve now been a Mac user for two months. Since I switched primarily to get access to Apple’s excellent hardware, I thought I would issue an update on my observations about it at this point. I should note that I’m limiting this post to the hardware (maybe I’ll cover OS X some other time), and [...]
Quick and Easy Bluetooth Sharing Between PC and Mac
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 25. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
As I transition to the Mac, I often find myself needing to transfer a file back and forth quickly. I could create SMB shares on both systems, but this requires both to be connected to a wired or wireless Ethernet LAN. Luckily, both Vista and OS X offer functional Bluetooth sharing technology for [...]
Tuning Time Machine
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Terabyte home on 12. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
I’ve been very pleased by Apple’s integrated backup application in OS X, Time Machine. It cleverly removes many of the barriers to backup, and makes restore both simple and fun. But I’ve noticed that it’s not quite perfect out of the box. Two default settings in particular bother me: It is set to back up everything, [...]
How To Buy Discount Apple Computers
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 08. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
Ed Bott asked how one could buy Apple computers at discounted prices. I myself recently faced this same question, and I’m pleased to say that it is possible to buy Apple computers for below retail, despite the company’s strict attempts at pricing controls. I bought my own 15″ MacBook Pro last month for a full 25% [...]
Low-Power USB Ports Haunt My MacBook Pro
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Terabyte home on 04. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
Upgraded! 320 GB in a MacBook Pro!
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 25. Jun, 2008 | View Comments
I know I’m not the first to do this, but it does make me chuckle to have upgraded a brand new machine less than a week after buying it. That’s right, my brand new MacBook Pro now has 4 GB of RAM and a massive 320 GB of disk space. If you’re thinking of upgrading your [...]
How to Keep an IOGear KVM from Dimming Your Mac’s Screen
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Terabyte home on 19. Jun, 2008 | View Comments
Just a quick tip tonight about something that’s been nagging me. I love my IOGear MiniView Micro GCS632U KVM, but I’ve had a weird problem since hooking it up to my new MacBook Pro. See, the IOGear uses a double press on the Scroll Lock key to switch views. But every time I type this while [...]
Command and Control: The Clash of Keyboards
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Terabyte home on 17. Jun, 2008 | View Comments
The lowly computer keyboard is so ubiquitous that it can seem unchanging, but nothing could be further from the truth. It is one of the most important components of any system, and has survived all assaults by new technologies from the mouse to the pen to the microphone, yet its evolution is marked by legacy [...]
