Saturday, July 28, 2012

Technology defeats the do not call list

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I've been getting repeated calls from 459-121-8344. There are web reports on this number, it's supposedly a telemarketer scam. AT&am...
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Friday, July 27, 2012

An AppleScript to prevent the iCloud CRLF bug - normalize line endings

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Yesterday I wrote perhaps the fifth AppleScript of my life, and I purged an iCloud paralyzing cloud of "Groups" created as a side...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

iCloud group replication resolved by AppleScript

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It's been a month since my disastrous MobileMe to iCloud migration . Over the course of a week I figured out a convoluted solution for i...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Mountain Lion - my experience

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I've never installed an OS on its debut. I generally wait 5-6 months for the .4 release. This time was different. I really don't lik...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

My Apple purchase records jumped from true AppleID to one I've never used. This is what I think happened.

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I made a rare "Genius" consultation today. The visit confirmed that there's no "safe" Apple-approved way to fix brok...
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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Mobile broadband hope: Walmart, TruConnect, Netzero, Sprint, Amazon and why I'm waiting on my next iPhone

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I recently reviewed the state of American mobile broadband, including mifi, tethering and iPad hotspots . Bottom  line - the Verizon/AT&...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Carbon Copy Cloner is now commercial. Good change, bad execution.

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[See update: The lack of notification was a screw-up.] Carbon Copy Cloner , one of my best loved apps, is no longer donationware. It is now ...
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