Want to sync to your address book, calendar, and bookmarks? Don’t want to pay $100 a year? Doh. That’s the answer of yesterday, because I’ve got some news for you. Now you can sync your stuff seamlessly and for FREE. That’s right, after waiting on a little or no cost solution for years; someone has finally stepped up to the plate. Fruux is an amazing service available to us Mac OS X users at literally no cost (in dollars, mental anguish or otherwise).
fruux is a lightweight and convenient system preference pane, that syncs your Address Book, Calendars, Tasks and Bookmarks between different Macs.
Continue reading ‘MobileMe Without the MassiveFee’
A couple months ago I ordered the Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus from the online Apple Store (free shipping FTW). Technically speaking its a TV tuner, but I bought it for its cassette digitizing abilities - more on that later. I thought that was the only use I’d get out of it too, since Elgato doesn’t offer a Electronic Program Guide (EPG/listings) for Canada. Until now. The past few weeks they’ve been rolling out a beta version of the EyeTV 3 software that includes support for a Canadian EPG.
Continue reading ‘EyeTV in Canada’
The world is full habits and quirks, and over time people come to accept all that quirkiness. A lot of the time it seems that acceptance evolves into some sort of dependence. Soon we find ourselves addicted to the way things work. This can be observed in everyday life, but if you’re looking for some proof right now take a look at the reaction to the “New Facebook”. It sounds like a great number of people absolutely hate it. But what is it that people hate?
Continue reading ‘Change is Strange’
As some of you are painfully aware (due to my lack of progress on a few projects) I’m in the process of getting a new computer. I had been using a MacBook as a desktop replacement, but I was starting to feel the lousy integrated graphics, the slow 2.5″ HD and the overall irritation of running a notebook in clamshell mode.
So last Sunday I followed the advice of many veteran Mac users and pulled up the Apple refurbished section. Its stocked with nearly everything in the regular store at a great discount. For the savings you give up the gorgeous retail boxes (refurbs ship in a plain brown box). That’s it, really. The product may have been taken home by another customer, but has since been returned to Apple and reconditioned. This process involves replacement of any internal parts, if necessary, and a thorough cleaning or case replacement. Refurbs arrive in perfect cosmetic condition with no scratches, scuffs or imperfections with brand new keyboards, mice and accessories. They have same warranty as new Macs and are generally better inspected than new machines. Mine apparently fell through the cracks.
Continue reading ‘Refurbished 24″ iMac’
In 2003 Apple introduced new wired and wireless keyboards that were ascetically pleasing and very functional. The white-acrylic models were a treat to type on, but did have their share of flaws. Given that, and the fact that after four years the design was aging, a change seemed to be in order. This call was answered with the aluminum keyboard we observe today, and I’d like to tell you about my experience with it.
The problem I had with the old Apple keyboard was just how easily it became dirty. All too often a hair would show up underneath the transparent acrylic, or a smudge on the white surface. I found myself cleaning it often and it became an irritation. Another problem I had with the acrylic keyboards was that they crapped out at a considerably high rate. Out of the three I owned, two stopped working for no apparent reason. Needless to say after these experiences, I became skeptical of these ‘pro’ keyboards.
Continue reading ‘Living With Apple Wireless Keyboard’
Recent Comments