If you’re on the Mac, and using Apple Address Book for your contacts and Apple iCal for your calendar, how do you give your assistant/partner/spouse/best friend full access to this information, so he/she can add, change, and delete entries? With iCloud If you have an iCloud account, it’s easy to ...
Tech consultant = motorcycle mechanic?
The New York Times Magazine had an article this past Sunday, May 24, called "The Case for Working with Your Hands," by Matthew B. Crawford. It's an excerpt from his new book Shop Class as Soulcraft, published by Penguin. Crawford is a motorcycle mechanic in Virginia, even though he has a Ph.D. in ...
IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail–the combo
In this week's issue of TidBITS (an incredible Mac resource, by the way--and they just had their 19th anniversary!), Joe Kissell has an article about IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail, and how he mixed and matched features and functions to get his email system working perfectly for his needs. The article ...
Coming very soon: wireless everywhere!
Novatel Wireless has just announced that their MiFi 2200 device, a personal portable wireless network that goes with you everywhere. It runs on Verizon’s 3G high-speed network, so your internet is fast (unless there’s no 3G where you are, of course). Should be available May 17, if their press ...
using iWeb with your custom domain
I just worked with a client who wanted to inexpensively create a website and host it at a custom domain name. Of course I suggested he use iWeb to create the site, because it's very easy to use, even for non-designers. iWeb does have some downsides, the biggest one being that the page designs aren't ...
How to erase a computer before giving it away
I've had so many clients and friends ask what they need to do to safely give an old Mac to a relative or donate it to charity. The easy way is to use the disks that came with the computer--insert the disk and use the Disk Utility program to perform a secure erase (I recommend the 7-pass erase ...