The Twilight of The Macintosh
In the history books, you could call today the official beginning of the end. Today really marks the end of the Macintosh as an independent computing platform.
PSA: Don’t Clean Install Windows 10 Creators Update on a Mac with Boot Camp
PSA: Do not clean install install Windows 10 Creators Update on a Mac. You need to install Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Build 1607), and then update via Windows Update. Microsoft will not fix this until the next major Windows 10 release.
Space Hog: Seagate Dashboard for Mac App Eating Up Gigs of Disk Space
It’s very ironic that a disk drive maker’s software is such a space hog.
Saturn Sky Mac Icon
While killing time, I made an icon.
Chrome / Chromium Bug: Updates on Mac & Windows Don’t Handle Incognito Windows Properly
A user workflow bug that results in users losing Incognito windows on Mac and Windows when running an in-place fix. While this is by design, there should be warnings when users update in-app that Incognito windows will be lost during the dynamic update process.
Mac Migration Assistant Doesn’t Disable Time Machine Local Backups
I explain, once again, the biggest security hole on Mac today. And, this time, why you need to watch out each time you get a new Mac, too.
Warning About Seagate Diagnostics & Mountain Lion
Be very careful how you install Seagate’s drive diagnostic software on Mac, even if downloading from their own web site.
Preserve Java Preferences.app From Apple’s Update Deletion
If you install the latest Java update, released yesterday, on OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion, it will not only delete the Java web-plugin, but it will delete something you didn’t expect… Java Preferences.app. Apple did make note of this, in the security descriptor notes for the update, but nowhere in the notes […]
My Apple IDs & Me
Today I had to help yet another confused/frustrated person deal with the fact that they, unaware to themselves, possessed multiple Apple IDs. I personally have four Apple IDs that I have to juggle. Apple’s iTools/.Mac spawned one (which I’m now stuck with because of the iTunes Store purchases being tied to it… iTunes and iTools […]
Neat Makes NeatWorks / Neat 4.0 Free for Mac! (Here’s How)
To my surprise, it appears that Neat Company has made the latest version of NeatWorks, Neat 4.0, free software. NeatWorks (now apparently renamed just Neat for Mac) is great software that I rely on daily. It is designed to work with a select few scanners, but can provide Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for any TIFF […]