Archive for 'Apple'

Best Backup Battery for iPhone

If you’ve noticed your iPhone’s battery just isn’t cutting it you might be considering a backup battery. These are compact devices, some cases too, that connect to your phone’s dock connector and charge it on-the-go. There’s actually a surprisingly wide selection out there, and these are some details you should pay attention to when looking [...]

Push For All Email Accounts on iPhone

Update: iOS 4 now allows unlimited Exchange accounts, so you can you have as many Google Sync accounts hooked up as you like. There’s a trade off as far as how long you’re battery will last, however. Here’s the deal: you can use push email from MobileMe, Yahoo or a Microsoft exchange account. This is [...]

ZoomOut on OS X

UPDATE: I’m happy to report that the Zoom + Screen Sharing issue has been resolved in Snow Leopard. The remote Mac will now zoom out when using the normal keyboard commands. Using the built-in zoom and screen sharing capabilities (or any VNC) together on OS X can be a real pain in the posterior. If you [...]

Refurbished iMac: Overall Experience

Some of you know that I ordered a refurbished 24″ aluminum iMac last August. The ordeal proved to be an exercise is in my patience and sanity, but now that the dust has settled I can make a few conclusions. The biggest problem was the faulty displays that shipped in my first two iMacs. I [...]