How to fix ‘cannot connect to Itunes store’ problem on a Mac
I originally posted a needless rant here, and decided in the interests of being constructive and not wanting to look like a ranty loon forever, to take down the post and instead write about how I...
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Been getting into Spooks lately. Tonight’s episode annoyed me slightly as they used an iPod Touch to hack into an iMac which was on the desk of a CEO of a City Firm – improbable on many fronts....
View ArticleSparrow for Windows?
One of the other things that trigger my newfound Mac envy was seeing Chris use Sparrow, a lightweight Gmail client for OSX. Now I’m a big fan of the cloud and a big fan of the Gmail UI, so was...
View ArticleWindows Live Writer for Mac? Blogging clients for Macs
I’m learning a few things about Macs these days, and one of them is that free blogging clients are not quite as easy to find as they are for Windows. Marsedit, one of the major options available...
View ArticleA week with a MacBook Air
Ok, those of you who read my recent post on the matter (and Tom’s more detailed review) will know that, at long last, I succumbed to Mac envy. And when my parents were at a loss as to what to get me as...
View ArticleHelpful Mac gestures and shortcuts for Windows users
I’m still getting used to the MacBook, so discovering things daily. The below are my current most helpful shortcuts and gestures. What do you use? Tell me, Macfans! Option instead of alt, COMMAND...
View ArticleHow to connect to a Windows shared drive on a Mac over VPN
I had some real trouble with this one, and needed to get my IT support company on the case. But we worked it out, and here’s the knowledge. In network settings, set up your VPN in all location profiles...
View ArticleOutlook 2011 defaults to local Exchange server details [troubleshooting]
I can’t fix this one or find information on it anywhere, but – probably due to Outlook 2011′s clever autodetect capabilities – when its within a corporate firewall it takes the local name of the server...
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Macifying Windows
{sigh}. Despite promising myself never to go over too far to the dark side, there are some aspects of OSX I’m loving and missing very much on the Windows machines I use. Some things I definitely am not...
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Lion upgrade
I upgraded the Macbook Air to OSX Lion this morning. Not much to say yet; it took a long time to download the 3.49GB upgrade, but it installed in 30 minutes during the course of which I had to unplug...
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