Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category

I’m just wrapping up an all-day restoration of my MacBook Pro… complete with clean install of Leopard.
I was at a lunch the day before, talking up how my MacBook Pro has been running without a hitch, while everyone else was complaining about MacBook failures. I was asking for it… and boy did I get it [...]

I knew this was going to happen the moment the BIOS notes hit my desk…
Long story short, a rumor hit the web that all of the Nvidia GeForce 86M (aka the GeForce Go 8600M) were defective. They would all overheat and die. Now, I knew that wasn’t true, because I’ve put my successive MacBook Pros [...]

Considering that the 4 GB iPod nano costs $150, you basically get to double your money.
Just buy this Netgear switch from Amazon.com, and fill out a rebate form. You’ll get your 4 GB iPod nano in 8 to 10 weeks.
The limit is two per customer… guess how many I bought?
Update: Sold out. Hope you got [...]

I like free software. I don’t like when people make it a death wish.
I didn’t see this post on the Free Software Foundation blog until this morning. Quite simply, they have started giving false statements and half-truths about Apple and the App Store, in order to promote free and open source software. Quoting their five reasons [...]

Along with MobileMe’s launch came the lack of a feature that was in .Mac: Web Bookmark access.
Now, most would say that Apple’s primary excuse for gutting the feature would be that most people didn’t use it. And, I’m sure parsing sync data to display bookmarks in a web format might have taken some adaptation (not [...]

Having trouble installing the MobileMe update that was just released? You’re not alone. The workaround at present is to sign out of .Mac (from inside System Preferences), and the sign in again. After a minute you should get a dialogue to open Apple Software Update.
If you don’t, download from the link below… I’m hosting the [...]

A huge, huge part of MechaWorks is going to be focused on software development. But, there’s one little problem: I can’t code.
Now, that’s not as huge of a problem as it sounds; I’m great at leading programmers. I can diagram and explain every Mac OS X API, I’m able to tell people why things like [...]

Yes, that’s right. If you have an AirPort Extreme 802.11n and want to use Time Machine, it looks like you now can.
I have successfully backed up my 12-inch PowerBook G4 over Wi-Fi to my AirPort Disk… and then restored the entire backup via Wi-Fi from my AirPort Disk. It took an excruciatingly long time to [...]

After updating to Mac OS X 10.5.4 (released yesterday), you will want to go to System Preferences > Sharing.
Why? Well, all of my Macs added a (2) to the end of their computer names… spontaneously after updating.
Now, the “(2)” usually implies that the network detected a second system with the same name. However, I think [...]

Let the testing begin! Go run AirPort Utility and update your base station (or Time Capsule) to firmware 7.3.2.
Now, the question remains (as it has with the past two updates), will this patch fix TIme Machine backups via AirPort Disk?
Historical Recap:
As you may know, and as I’ve crusaded here… Apple told people that Leopard would [...]