Tag Archives: Apple

Just the essentials

Earlier this week at work I had the good fortune of having a solid state drive loaned to me to test and play around with in my Macbook Pro.  Figuring that the only PROPER way to test a drive like … Continue reading

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Secure Delete Automator Workflow

What do you do when you’re finished with a document on your computer and need or want to get rid of it?   For most people the answer is to delete the file.  That is, after all, the most logical … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Applecare

Back when I got my first mac,  a 12″ Powerbook G4,  one of the guys I worked with suggested that I get Applecare with it in case anything went bad.  I thought it was a bit pricey, but opted to … Continue reading

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Snow Leopard: Beating Microsoft at their own game.

It should come as no surprise to anybody that I am an Apple fan. I use Mac’s almost exclusively (I do have a Windows 7 / Ubuntu Linux dual boot workstation in my home office…. along with a 24″ iMac … Continue reading

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A small Hiccup, and how I fixed it.

My last two posts covered how I implemented portable home directories on my home network using OS X Server (Leopard) with Open Directory. It seemed to be working fine for all I wanted to use it for – until I … Continue reading

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