Check it out, what happens when your an Windows user, and dislike Apple. Â Sometimes you are forced to re-evaluate your opinions. Â Here’s the story, of a “geekmom” who hated Apple, and yet due to job responsibilites was forced to use an iPhone 4. Â (Cue dramatic music) See how she was forced to re-evaluate her opinion. […]
This feature allows other users to start your computer and use the account that you establish to automatically log on. Enabling auto logon makes your computer more convenient to use, but can pose a security risk since anyone can just turn the machine on and access your files. Mac OS X This may vary slightly depending […]
Don’t put your MicroSD cards into Windows Phones. According to Samsung, doing so is a ‘permanent modification’ to the card, and it can no longer be used in other devices. And Microsoft backs this up.  They state here [microsoft.com], that is happening more clearly. When the operating system integrates the SD card with your phone: It […]
Ever notice that a program that is supposed to startup at login doesn’t behave properly? It maybe has a permissions issue. Â Take a look at your console.log, and see if you see any launchctl related errors. For example: 11/11/10 1:20:48 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[316] launchctl: Dubious permissions on file (skipping): /Users/Ben/Library/LaunchAgents 11/11/10 1:20:48 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[316] launchctl: Dubious […]
Mac OS X 10.6.5 out. Â The releases notes mention: General fixes and improvements improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture address stability and performance of graphics applications and games resolve a delay between print jobs address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an […]
Microsoft has released its first update to Office 2011, which, in addition to bug fixes, patches a security vulnerability that could allow remote code execution if a user opens or previews a specially crafted RTF e-mail message. Users can download the 110.5 MB update here, or via the Microsoft AutoUpdate tool. More information about the update is here.Computerworld points […]
I have a macbook pro with Tiger installed. I want to restore data that is already deleted from Trash, and the data is also from a year ago. Is this still possible? using 3rd party software maybe? After a year, it is quite doubtful that you’ll be able to retrieve any useable data from any […]
Is there ANY legal and free way to run a Mac OS(virtual or not) on a machine I did not purchase from Apple? What about purchasing the parts separately and assembling them myself? Does that make it any more legal? The short answer, is No. The issue is that Apple’s End User License Agreement, prevents […]