Seagate Drops Long DST from SeaTools for Windows
Here’s an oddball for Sunday. Seagate quietly posted SeaTools for Windows version 1.2.0.5. It’s such a small update, that the download page still claims that the current version is 1.2.0.4. However, this tiny update packs a big sour grape for those who care about their technology. See, this update only appears to have one function; [...]
Boot Camp Still Won’t Let You Download Drivers On-The-Go
When I updated to Mac OS X 10.6.6, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Boot Camp Setup Assistant offered an option to download drivers remotely from Apple. As I have said many times in the past, having to tote around a Mac OS X Install Disc to get the baseline Boot Camp driver [...]
Office 2011: What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Now for me, something like this is pretty simple to work around. But, for someone not like me… this could be a bad start to a new relationship with Microsoft Office. No, the screen grab below has not been edited in any way, nor was it coaxed into fruition. It is what appeared after clicking [...]
Why I Do / Don’t Like Safari Reader
Safari Reader has been out for awhile. Some of the dust has settled, and Apple has tweaked the product a bit since it was initially rolled out in Safari 5. As the owner of a publishing company, I have some problems with Safari Reader. They run deeper than profit motives however. First, Safari Reader bypasses [...]
What’s next for MacBook Pro? SSD Alongside HDD.
The iMac has a nifty new feature (well, for iMac, anyways). It has both a 2.5-inch drive bay and a 3.5-inch drive bay. Now yes, you can use that 2.5-inch drive bay to house that old hard drive from your PlayStation 3 (before you maxed it out). However, the reason that it is there, is [...]
The Mac App Store that Never Was, and the Windows App Store that May Be
A long time ago, in a Mac industry far, far away, there was a project I was secretly working on. It was a Mac App Store. For the sake of the developers, I’ll call them Team X. Team X had a great product on the market, it was great at updating Mac software. I wanted [...]
At Macworld Expo 2010
I’ll be at Macworld Expo starting tomorrow night. As I usually do with trade shows (when I’m not already hopelessly over-booked), I like to be open and offer to meet with just about anyone… fans… people that want to write for the sites, all the way to companies exhibiting. Just hit the contact me link [...]
Apple’s Glass Trackpad for New Users – Confusing? Or a Goodbye?
This is a great case study in explaining new technology to new users. Apple’s glass trackpad makes a lot of sense to people that have been using trackpads for years. Whenever I hand someone a MacBook with one… they take a look at it and are perplexed… sometimes scared. But then I tell them to [...]
Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2 is Much Better, Ready for Prime Time
While I suggested mainstream techies avoid Flash 10.1 Beta 1, the new beta is much better. 1080p YouTube now works flawlessly in Windows and Mac OS X. It’s actually quite impressive, especially considering Apple won’t let folks author QuickTime X plug-ins. I do have to take this moment to warn Apple that 2014 could very [...]
Snow Leopard + FAT32 Format + Windows Mobile = Problem
I’ve run into a bug, and am having a bit of trouble pinpointing who’s side it’s on. Here’s the long and the short of it. Take an SD card, format it on your (Snow Leopard) Mac for MS-DOS (FAT32). Now, insert it into a Windows Mobile device. As I’ve found, Windows Mobile won’t read the [...]
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