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who cloud? iCloud!
The Capital C Cloud. If you’ve had anything to do with computers in the last year you’ve been hearing the term more and more. It’s not a cloud, and its not just cloud, its the cloud and for Apple and Mac it gets even more specific its iCloud. Let’s just do a little clarification and explanation. The cloud, in general is an abbreviation for cloud computing, which in layman’s terms means computing as a service rather than a product. For most of us what this means is, instead of using the device we’re...
read moreMacWorld | iWorld 2012 Musings
If you missed it this year, you didn’t miss much. Again. Oh, but there was a pretty cool trampoline. But I couldn’t tell you what company it belonged to. :-/ MacWorld today is a shadow of its former glory, wherein both the entire North and South Hall of Mascone Center were utilized; and along with Apple, all of the “biggie” software and hardware vendors had showings: Adobe, Microsoft, Macromedia (remember them?), NEC, HP and Epson to name a few. I recall one year hardly having time to see the booths because we were...
read moreArchiOffice “Save As…” Prompt After Installing Mac OS X Java Update
I’ve discovered some unusual ArchiOffice launch behavior after performing Apple Software Updates last night. I believe the specific update that affected ArchiOffice was Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6 (released 11/8/11). For every user in this SF office, launching ArchiOffice shows a verification window, followed by a Save As… dialog prompting you to save ArchiOffice 2011.app. Canceling the “Save As” allows ArchiOffice to continue to launch, and it runs normally after that. I have not found any other unusual...
read moreBusiness Accounting on the Mac
Macs continue to make inroads on adoption in the office work environment, once deemed a creative person’s computer, non -creative work staff such as accountants and HR typically would run Windows PCs. Serious accounting software has made decent headway and is becoming a viable choice for a number of reasons. I’m asked this often. Rather than outlining the merits of adopting the Mac as an accounting machine myself, I’m happy to point to a good resource I recently came across from someone who has done a fair bit of unbiased...
read moreThanks to one of the most brilliant minds of the 21st century.
A decade and more has past since I first adored an Apple product. Even now, the moment in which I was first able to afford a new Macintosh computer is undefinable. I’ve been pleased to find, though, that the same wonderment of attraction I enjoyed during that first experience has come attached like a bonus to each and every new Apple toy I have purchased over the years. No other toy, be it from Sony or Microsoft or Canon or whomever, has brought to me quite the same degree of fulfillment and satisfaction that Apple products have been...
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iPhone Tip: Delete that HUGE iPhone photo library fast!
Note: This tip works in OS X only. 2500 photos and almost a year after buying my iPhone 4, I was presented with an interesting issue: if you don’t delete photos after importing them to your computer, there is no easy way to delete them off your iPhone. Seems like there certainly should be, but believe me, I tried and researched only to discover other frustrated iPhone users. Sure you could delete them one at a time, or even choose the “squared arrow” button in the iOS interface and tick multiple photos to delete – but...
read moreWindows Utilities Treasure Trove
While the following trove of Windows utilities would most likely benefit any custom-PC building geek, it will most certainly help fill your own tool belt of helpful Windows Utilities. The following is a list of test utilities for DIY computer builders: Note: If you are OverClocking or use any automatic overclocking BIOS features, Intel EIST or Turbo Mode (Disable it), then drop back to the stock speed as a starting point. Disconnect any other internal hard drives and external USB devices. First try running Memtest86+, this runs from a boot...
read moreRethink those passwords. Someone wants your data.
We are in the internet era. Passwords are unavoidable and chances are you juggle dozens of them. If you haven’t already happened upon you, it should have: the password dilemma. Do you create a password that is convenient and easy to remember? Or do you create a password that is complex, doesn’t conform to any pattern and would be impossible for Ethan Hunt to break? Well, finely tuning those passwords so that they’re secure AND easy to remember is a craft. The following tips outlined below should help facilitate that process...
read moreReminder: Lion kills off Rosetta
Those running any PowerPC applications will run into a roadblock when upgrading to the latest version of the Mac OS. This will include applications like Quicken 2007 and FileMaker 5.5 and 6. I’m sure there’s others as well, but these are applications many of our clients actually still utilize. The fact of the matter is that Lion is quite lightweight, considering the features that are coming with it. There is no Intuit Quicken alternation other than Essentials, which for some has proven to be a poor substitute for Quicken 2007 for...
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