Mountain View, Califonia, After 30 years, the brilliant minds that have some how or other contributed to the ease and convenience (along with subtle complexities associated with it) we have come to enjoy, reunite. The Homebrew Computer Club set the scene for the early days of Apple where Steve Jobs met Steve Wozniak, the technical […]
Ever since I installed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, I’ve noticed that I’ve had to play hide n seek with my Desktop expose’. The normal function of Desktop expose’ is to move everything else out of the way, leaving my Desktop visible and accessible. However, with the introduction of Read More
There have been a slew of user issues stemming from updates of the Airport Express Firmware version 6.2. Some reported issues include; audio cutting off during play overAir Tunes, sudden loss of signal accessing from Windows systems and erractic WiFi range. If you’re experiencing any of the issues described above Read More
Its time to delete files in the trash but you suddenly get a warning window popping up midway, displaying a message that some or all of the files currently in your trash are ‘locked’ (see: Diagram 1.2). Here’s a quick fix… ‘Locked’ files are files that have been set to Read More
Little known, but a handy online tool — the Google Mac-related site search page.Read More
November 03, 2005, The initial announcement of the Nokia-Apple collaboration in June 2005 has been realised with Nokia’s announcement of the release of its latest web browser for its Series 60 based Symbian phones. “Open source development also enables close cooperation with the industry’s best innovators, such as Apple. Both Apple and Read More
Google has updated its Desktop application culminating in its version 2.0 release. Migrating from its usual home on the Internet onto our Desktops. For non-Mac users, or more precisely non-Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users (without Spotlight) Google Desktop 2.0 heaps pressure on Microsoft to release its much awaitedLonghorn operating system. Google Desktop 2.0 Read More
Whilst Apple is turning the music industry over on its heels by coaxing the biggest music industry players to license sales of music over the internet, there’s something you might like to know before encoding all your CDs into Apple’s proprietary Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format. Whilst AAC Read More
Mac OS X generates quite a substantial pool of log files during its operation life. Typical of any UNIX-based operating system. These log files are used by Mac technicians to isolate errors or quirks in the operating system’s performance. Enabling efficient troubleshooting. Ordinarily, Mac OS X clears log files Read More
We’re pretty sure Steve has more reason to smile these days; Apple’s range of desktops and portables have scorched the competition. In this year’s PC magazine survey for desktops and portables, Apple wins hands down in both categories. “Once again, Apple achieves scores that are far and Read More