Thursday, October 25, 2012

Supporting old iPhones: Keep a local copy of older apps

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It's not hard to keep an old computer running well -- just don't update.  That's harder to do for old iPhones, especially for a ...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Retrospect Professional for Windows 7.7 bug: recreate backup set workaround

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Dantz barely sells  Retrospect: for Windows , and the version I use (EMC) is obsolete, so this bug workaround will probably go unused. Still...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Brother printer: check drum life before ordering new printer cartridge

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I've ordered 3 printer cartridges since I bought my Brother 2140 a bit over two years ago  [2]. Yes, we still print. It's a kid thin...

Apple extends iMac drive replacement program - will refund what I paid

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A year ago, after a month of system instability but no SMART reported errors, I paid an Apple Store to repalce my 27" iMac drive . It w...

International iPhone: Using a Canadian SIM card had surprising effects on return to US - Google Voice, Voicemail, Siri

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I've never heard of anything like this, but for what it's worth my use of a Canadian SIM card was associated with several iPhone 4S ...
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Friday, October 19, 2012

VMWare Fusion 5: faster with a single file than with 2GB files?

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I've been girding my primary machine for the Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion conversion for about a year. Yes, before ML was released. Hav...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

iTunes smart playlists with nested rules

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I had absolutely no idea this was possible, but  iTunes smart playlists can have nested rules (Mac OS X Hints) . I tried it, and it works. O...