Using CrashPlan Central to In Unorthodox Ways
I have a problem. My Mac Pro, where most of my files are warehoused stored is on a slow Internet connection. Thanks to the wonders of monopolized Internet territories, I should have speedy uploads in the 2014 – 2016 timeframe, when LTE finally arrives in my area. My area was supposed to be greenlit with [...]
A Creative Solution to Mac App Store & GPL Conflict
It’s no secret that the Mac App Store has a lot of unresolved issues. The looming, pushed back revised June 1 deadline for all Mac App Store apps to be sandboxed is adding to that series of issues. But I want to talk about one that’s about 18 months old, and that’s the Mac App [...]
Download: Kworld ATSC-340U Driver for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
While testing out Windows 8 Media Center, I dusted off this Kworld ATSC-340U tuner that I got for free after mail-in rebate (or something like that). Luckily, I had the retail box, CD, and everything still inside… including an ultra-compact, albeit worthless TV antenna. Anyways, Windows 8 to my surprise failed to find a driver [...]
PSA: Backup Your SSD, Just Like Your HDD – Avoid Being DOA
I was able to breathe a major sigh of relief today. My aftermarket Solid State Drive (SSD) upgrade, installed in one of my laptops, lost its filesystem. I don’t know yet if the drive itself has failed yet, but so far… not looking great for the drive. Media reports peg SSD short-term failure rate at [...]
Microsoft IE9 Ads Ruined by Post-Production Issues
Microsoft’s latest Internet Explorer 9 ad is actually pretty good. Unfortunately, whoever did the post-production in it for airing on TV, screwed it up completely. I’m referring to this ad, which you can watch on YouTube. Looks great, right? Now, watch it on TV. The television release of the same exact ad, which has been [...]
Follow-up to the XPostFacto Mountain Lion Story
If you’re catching this article via search engines, it’s a follow-up to my previous article on the potential for Mountain Lion to run on machines below the system requirements. Media reports are now that the graphics chipset — not the kernel — are what is holding up Mountain Lion on older Macs. OpenGL 4 support [...]
Looking for Drag Lock on Your New MacBook Air or Pro?
Apple often rearranges keystrokes, trackpad options, and keyboard controls after releasing a new version of Mac OS X. These “benefits” are rolled in to new Mac models, and eventually become the new standard, at least typically. And I don’t mean to say that these new features aren’t benefits. Apple takes full advantage of new hardware, [...]
XPostFacto for Mountain Lion Could Bring Faster Old Macs to Life
Apple’s requirement of a 64-bit kernel for Mac OS X Mountain Lion is going to draw ire from many in the Mac community. Stretching back to 2006, many Mac owners were concerned that their EFI Firmware only supported a 32-bit kernel. This was known as EFI32, with the 64-bit EFI known as, you guessed it, [...]
HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer Gets Mac OS X Lion 10.7 Driver
HP has finally released a driver for the Officejet 100 Mobile Printer that supports OS X Lion. The now-10.7-compatible printer was one of the last printers in HP’s lineup to gain Lion support. Download: HP Officejet 100 Printer Driver for OS X Lion Version 12.13.20 (Direct FTP Link) Here’s the catch: Unlike nearly every other [...]
Why I’m More Than Ticked At GoDaddy
No, it has nothing to do with SOPA. GoDaddy’s support for the Stop Online Piracy Act may have the Internet enraged, but the tipping point for me was when they took PhoneNews.com offline. It almost feels like SOPA got its first test, but really it was GoDaddy’s terrible DNS management. In preparation for some more [...]
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