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Parallels – Unparalleled Customer Appreciation
Back in January 2008, I wrote about a great customer service experience with Parallels. Out of the blue, they sent me a $10 Visa gift card as a thank you for buying Parallels 3.0. This afternoon I...
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Western Digital My Passport Elite 320GB – Great for MacBook Pro
After having upgraded my older, out-of-warranty MacBook Pro to a 200GB, 7200RPM hard drive a few months ago, I spotted a great item on sale at Costco. It was the Western Digital My Passport Elite 320GB...
View ArticlePulling Data From an Old .Mac Backup 3 backup.sparseimage File
Looking to recover data from an old .Mac “Backup 3” archive? I had to do that earlier today and, after having canceled my .Mac service over 2 years ago, I didn’t have the old “Backup 3″ app. Not that...
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How I Upgraded From Apple TV and Put $90 in My Pocket
The very day the Apple TV was available in Apple stores, I picked one up. I reviewed it, even made a video about it (which wound up on some big websites). I loved the Apple TV madly. There were a few...
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The New MacBook Pro is Awesome!
AKA: Yet another reason to love Apple, Inc. After experiencing months of crippling trouble with the video card in my 2.4GHz MacBook Pro laptop (resulting in multiple logic board replacements, LCD...
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Upgrading RAM on the new MacBook Pro (unibody)
After Apple generously replaced my ailing 2.4GHz MacBook Pro with the new unibody 2.4GHz MacBook Pro, I went from 4GB down to 2GB RAM. Even though the new MBP has a faster bus speed and better hard...
View ArticleVideo Trouble With The New Unibody MacBook Pro
Well, it looks like the new MacBook Pro (aluminum unibody) is giving users a little frustration in the video department. One of the “hot, new, awesome” features of the new MacBook Pro is the dualie...
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A Greener Apple – OS X on USB Flash Memory
A few quick thoughts on how to make Apple a little greener: Over the last few years, Apple has been reducing the size of it’s product packaging. Some packaging has been reduced by well over 50% –...
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MacBook Pro and the Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200RPM Drive
I went ahead and picked up the granddaddy of all laptop hard drives for my MacBook Pro – the Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200RPM with SATA 3.0 (model ST9500420AS). I upgraded from a Hitachi 320GB 7200RPM...
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Corsair "P128" 128GB SSD in a MacBook Pro
After toying with the Seagate 500GB hard drive in my MacBook Pro for about 6 weeks, I realized that I needed an even faster drive to push through my photo and video projects. After conducting a ton of...
View ArticleInstalling OS X Leopard in 10 Minutes from a USB Flash Drive
I decided to make a clean installation of OS X Leopard last night. I had already used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy my Leopard installation DVD to an 8GB partition on one of my USB memory sticks. Having...
View ArticleSnow Leopard: Are your zip files not unzipping?
After updating my MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard, I noticed that I was unable to open .zip archives. I use The Unarchiver to open my Mac and PC-compatible archives. When I attempted to open a zip file,...
View ArticleSnow Leopard: .dmg and .pkg files not opening?
Like the booboo with .zip files, my installation of Snow Leopard was also having trouble opening .dmg and .pkg files. Installer.app would freeze. Bugger! After a little digging, the simple solution is...
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Good, Inexpensive Laptop Feet
One of my favorite laptop accessories is/was made by an Oregon company and sold in local Mac Stores. They’re the ever useful and popular Dr. Bodelin’s laptop bumpers. The laptop bumpers raise the back...
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iPhone 4 Mail Bug?
Ever since I got my iPhone 4, I get occasional emails dated 1969, long before email was even around. The ’69 emails are all blank and empty and cannot be opened. They just populate the inbox and...
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Two Solid State Drives (SSD) in a MacBook Pro
This is how I set up two Solid State Drives (SSD) in my 17″ MacBook Pro. For the last year or so, I’ve been struggling with the storage limitations of my 128GB SSD drive. With my professional...
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Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe 240GB Speed Test
After installing the Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe 240GB SSD drive, I felt its performance was a bit sluggish so I ran some speed tests. I used XBench.app but because that app is older than dirt,...
View ArticleEmbedded YouTube video not playing in iOS 6?
Embedded YouTube video not playing in iOS 6 (but used to play fine in Safari under iOS 5)? Getting the old “Download Flash or QuickTime” error message in the popup? Go into Settings, then Safari, then...
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OS X Mavericks
This is the first thing that comes to mind with the new “OS X Mavericks” announcement.
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