While Snow Leopard counts in powers of 10, like humans do, Apple's own software download page still counts in powers of 2, like computers (and those who program them) do. I noticed this because I was freaking out when the new Mac OS X 10.6.5 Combo Update clocked in at over a gigabyte while ...
Anyone want to buy a used XServe? Cheap?
For enterprise Mac users, Apple dropped a mini-bombshell today: in less than three months, they will discontinue their XServe line of rack-mounted "blade" servers, to be replaced by the existing Mac Mini Snow Leopard Server, and a new configuration of the Mac Pro preconfigured with Snow Leopard ...
Live from the MacTech Conference
We are wrapping up our final day at the MacTech Conference 2010 in Los Angeles! This is a gathering of Mac developers and consultants from all over the world -- we've already met people who have come from Vienna, Melbourne, Genoa, and theres a whole bunch of us from the ACN community in New York. ...
And yet another new one
I often say I see something new all the time in my work, and today it was my own computer who needed some expertise. It turns out that the files generated by a behind-the-scenes Mac OS X process called aslmanager was preventing me from, get this, opening Terminal. If you can't open Terminal, it's ...
how easy is it to return a drive? and who pays?
Sometimes, you have to be tough. Sometimes, it pays to be nice. I recently have had a run of bad luck with some hard drives, and so I needed to have them replaced under warranty. Western Digital had the easiest return process -- you can go on their web site, enter a serial #, and then if you give ...
I love my new SSD drive
I just installed a solid state drive from Other World Computing, and man is it FAST. I really feel the difference in my MacBook. Leopard starts up in under 30 seconds, easy. I feel cramped being confined to 120 GB (larger sizes are available but trés cher), but I intend to replace the optical drive ...