Mac Migration Assistant Doesn’t Disable Time Machine Local Backups
I explain, once again, the biggest security hole on Mac today. And, this time, why you need to watch out each time you get a new Mac, too.
Warning About Seagate Diagnostics & Mountain Lion
Be very careful how you install Seagate’s drive diagnostic software on Mac, even if downloading from their own web site.
Preserve Java Preferences.app From Apple’s Update Deletion
If you install the latest Java update, released yesterday, on OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion, it will not only delete the Java web-plugin, but it will delete something you didn’t expect… Java Preferences.app. Apple did make note of this, in the security descriptor notes for the update, but nowhere in the notes [...]
My Apple IDs & Me
Today I had to help yet another confused/frustrated person deal with the fact that they, unaware to themselves, possessed multiple Apple IDs. I personally have four Apple IDs that I have to juggle. Apple’s iTools/.Mac spawned one (which I’m now stuck with because of the iTunes Store purchases being tied to it… iTunes and iTools [...]
Neat Makes NeatWorks / Neat 4.0 Free for Mac! (Here’s How)
To my surprise, it appears that Neat Company has made the latest version of NeatWorks, Neat 4.0, free software. NeatWorks (now apparently renamed just Neat for Mac) is great software that I rely on daily. It is designed to work with a select few scanners, but can provide Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for any TIFF [...]
TiVo Stream is (Almost) A Great Device
TiVo Stream is a $129 add-on for your TiVo Premiere. It is a hardware H.264 encoder that gives your TiVo the horsepower to sling live/recorded television to your mobile devices in real time. $129 is not cheap. It’s the cost of a Slingbox (and a higher-end model, at that). You can get an old Slingbox [...]
Starry Night Screen Saver Updated for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
My favorite OS X screen saver… and well, my favorite screen saver for the past two decades, is back for Mountain Lion. Mind Console Productions has quietly updated the port of After Dark’s Starry Night to version 2.0… and restores full Mountain Lion compatibility. If you ran the previous version on Mountain Lion, you’d get [...]
Unboxing: Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter Cable
Went to an Apple Retail Store, and bought the cable that I have waited a very long time for. After over a year with a Thunderbolt-enabled MacBook Air, and the only FireWire options being 1) Target Disk Mode to another Mac or 2) A $999 Thunderbolt Hub Display… Apple finally started stocking the cable. Considering [...]
Apple Pulls Lion, OS X Server for Lion from Mac App Store — Underscores Flaw with App Store Exclusives
Now that Mountain Lion has shipped, Apple has shipped OS X Server for Mountain Lion. And it comes at a great new price, only $19.99. I think that’s great. What I don’t think is great, is that Apple now refuses to even sell OS X Server for OS X 10.7 Lion. Because of driver bugs, [...]
Ubuntu 12.04 for PowerPC Finally Breathes Life Into Old Macs
Have an old Mac? Like many, I asked Apple to follow Microsoft (for once) and offer a legacy OS for PowerPC systems, so they could continue to serve some use. Microsoft actually offers this to corporate customers, in the form of Windows Fundamentals. If you haven’t heard of Windows Fundamentals, it’s basically a scaled down [...]
