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Category Archives: Utilities
Apple Upgraded the AirPort Utility to 6.0 for Lion Users: A Blessing or a Curse?
I always thought that one of the negatives of using Apple products in my network was the fact that you could not configure them through a browser. All other consumer-grade routers that I am aware of provide a browser-based network … Continue reading
Posted in 3 Geek, Apple, Linux, Mac, Technology, Utilities, Windows
Tagged 10.7.X, 802.11g, 802.11n, AirPort Utility, CNET, cp -rp, Lion, Multiple Application Versions, Network Configuration, OS X, Recursive Copy, root, su, sudo, Time Capsule
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Mac Upgrade Warning: Lion No Longer Supports PowerPC Applications
Itching to upgrade to Apple’s latest OS: OS X Lion (10.7)? You may want to do a bit of investigation first. Some older applications that require Rosetta, will not work after your upgrade. Rosetta is a piece of software developed … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Geek, Apple, Hardware, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Technical Support, Technology, Utilities
Tagged Disk Inventory X, FreeMind, Intel, Kind, Launchpad, OS X Lion, PowerPC, RISC, Rosetta, SPApplicationsDataType, System Profiler, system_profiler, Universal
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Roxio Toast 11 Titanium: A Classic Blunder in Software Design
As many of you know, I’m an avid user of TiVo. The time has come for me to begin converting some of my saved videos to other formats that can be used with my other devices like the iPad, iPhone … Continue reading
Posted in 3 Geek, Apple TV, Gadgets, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Review, Technical Support, Technology, TiVo, Utilities
Tagged Damaged TiVo File, Interface Design, MpegProgramStreamDecrypt, Performance, Quit Unexpectedly, Roxio, Sonic, Toast 11 Titanium, Usability
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Recovering Disk Space with KDirStat, WinDirStat and Disk Inventory X
It has happened to all of us. We attempt to download the latest song, movie or document only to find out that there is no room left on our drive. Where did all that space go? You then spend a … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Geek, Linux, Mac, Technology, Utilities, Windows
Tagged Disk Inventory X, du, KDE, KDE3, KDE4, KDirStat, Recover Disk Space, Ubuntu, WinDirStat
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Wubi: The Windows Based Ubuntu Installer
From earlier posts on my blog, you may know that I’m in the process of rebuilding a Toshiba laptop after a failed drive. The original system was dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu with separate partitions for each. This time, I … Continue reading
Posted in 3 Geek, Linux, Review, Technology, Utilities, Windows
Tagged disk corruption, grub, NTFS, swap space, Ubuntu, Wubi, wubi-add-virtual-disk, WubiGuide
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OneBusAway: A Seattle Commuter’s Secret Weapon
Do you take public transportation in the Seattle area? If you do, you really need to know about OneBusAway. OneBusAway provides real-time arrival information on your computer, phone or smart phone for most of the public transportation companies in the Seattle … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Geek, Android, iPhone, Review, Technology, Text Messaging, Utilities, Windows Phone 7
Tagged App, Community Transit, Intercity Transit, King County Marine Division, Metro Transit, OneBusAway, Pierce Transit, Puget Sound Transportation, Real-Time Arrival, Seattle, Sound Transit, Transit, Transportation, Washington State Ferries
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A Blast From The Past: Apple ][ Emulation With AppleWin
In 1985, my father bought me my first computer. It was an Apple ][c with a 9″ green screen monitor, 128K of memory on board and two 5.25″ disk drives. Over time, I added a Smith Corona dot matrix printer, … Continue reading
Posted in 3 Geek, Apple, Review, Technology, Utilities
Tagged ADT, Apple Disk Transfer, Apple ][ Emulation, Apple ][c, AppleWin, AppleWorks, Applied Engineering, Z-Ram Ultra II, Zip Chip
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My Favorite Mac Backup Utilities
As discussed earlier, backing up your important files is a necessary evil for all but the most very basic computer user. Today, I wanted to cover my favorite backup utilities for the Mac. The most basic of these is Time … Continue reading
Posted in 3 Geek, Backups, Linux, Mac, Technology, Utilities
Tagged Image Backup, Incremental Backup, Mac, rsync, Shirt Pocket Software, Smart Update, SuperDuper!, Time Capsule, Time Machine, UNIX
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A Review of Katana: The Portable Multi-Boot Security Suite
A large part of being the “neighborhood geek” involves fixing computers for friends, family and the occasional friend-of-a-friend. A normal part of this process is to carry an arsenal of bootable DVDs, CDs, and yes, on occasion, even some floppy … Continue reading
Posted in 5 Geek, Linux, Review, Security, Technology, Utilities, Windows
Tagged Bootable USB, Forge, Katana, Portable Apps, UBCD, UBCD4Win
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