Posted on June 10, 2008 at 3:58 pm
NOTE: an alternate version of the show has been created that fixes some of the audio problem towards the end of the show. thanks camuel! click to download or listen.
Back to My Mac either just magically works or it doesn’t at all. There are several reasons why it doesn’t just work:
Older Router
Configured incorrectly
Double RouterÂ
Weird wired [...]
Posted on May 30, 2008 at 11:45 am
Preview is a super powerful yet underrated tool.
[more notes go here]
Posted on May 18, 2008 at 8:00 pm
once in a while you re-explore a project only to find that it’s nearly impossible to find things, items are missing and it’s a complete mess. everyone from the programmer to the photographer can benefit from having a consistent file naming and folder structure system in place. rememember you don’t have to do it like [...]
Posted on April 8, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Making a business around Macintosh can be fun and profitable. Just because Apple as a store doesn’t mean that you can’t make Mac the center of your business. There are many ways that you can can make money from Macs: support, training, service, or making things with your Mac.
Remember, don’t quit your day jorb.
Posted on March 31, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Why hack a G4 into a NAS drive. First off, NAS means Network Attached Storage. It’s basically a big hard drive you can use from any of the computers on your network. After years of service the G4 is nearing the end of it’s life. Apple raised the bar with Leopard dead-ending the earliest machines [...]
Posted on March 5, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Using iWork in ways never intended.
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[show notes to follow as usual. please stand by.]Â
Posted on February 19, 2008 at 5:38 pm
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Learning programming is fun and for the most part easy to do. You need to set your expectations to meet this task because for some people it will be a hard road. But fear not, there are lots of ways to learn and examples to follow. Whether you learn in a more traditional classroom or [...]
Posted on February 11, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Why?
Why not.
One Machine not 3.
On a MacBook you have all your environments.
What?
That one thing you need to run for legacy.
Compatibility Checking
Some fun game.
Anything really.
Reviews are already WILDY out of date
http://www.macworld.com/article/55484/2007/02/vmwarevsparallels.html
Why an emulator and not BootCamp?
BootCamp requires a partition.
Emulators don’t need a physical disk.
Side-by-Side
Use Spaces to hold a whole window.
What choices are there for emulation
vmWare
Parallels
DOSbox
Cross Over
http://www.virtualbox.org/
Wine
MAME
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33091
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=176560
SCUMM
What [...]
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Purchased music from iTunes
on more then one Mac (up to 5)
Sharing music on
one computer
the home and office computer
more then one computer in the same house hold
Airport Express
Squeeze Box
http://www.slimdevices.com/
Turning on Sharing in iTunes.
doesn’t sync music just allows you to play it.
Syncing iPods.Â
http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
itunes spelled backwards
iPod Extractor
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12739
floola
http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/
an extensive list of other tools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_iPod_Managers
Conversation about drm’d AAC files
Consolidation (thoughts)
use the [...]
Posted on January 21, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Origin of the myth. Dispelling the scary myth.
Macs are toys not good for “real work”
origin: Mac 128
changed: Mac II
today: UNIX based architecture very versatile.
Mac’s are for dummies.
origin: it’s really easy to use a mac. real computing is done with the command line
now: most of todays work is done with a GUI.Â
http://lowendmac.com/lab/75.html
Mac is Expensive
origin: Mac’s were [...]
