Category: Hardware

Apple Recalls iMac disks

My hatred for Seagate hard disks goes back many years. Way back in the mid 90’s, when I worked for the reseller Logical Solutions, we received an order for 25 Macintosh IIsi. But the hard disks from Apple weren’t considered big enough so it was decided to fit them with 25 Seagate drives instead. Within a …

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If you have just purchased Mountain Lion you need to do this

If you have just purchased and downloaded Mountain Lion I am sure you will recall  – along with a rolling of the eyes – how long it took to download the update. If you are unfortunate enough to ever need to reinstall Mountain Lion you will have to go through this all over again. That …

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Backup to more than one Time Capsule

Nearly everyone these days has more than one Mac whether it be a desktop and laptop or maybe two laptops. I even know families who have a laptop per person! Unfortunately traditionally you have only been able to back up to one Time Capsule or one external hard disk at a time using Time Machine. …

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Apple TV just got 1000% more useful

The Apple TV has been around for quite a while but with the release of Movies in the cloud it recently got 1000% more useful. Once again, after almost two years, you can now buy as well as rent movies from iTunes. But oddly this article doesn’t cover that, no I will let Apple do …

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Microsoft Surface

It has taken them over two years to enter the space dominated by Apple and a few sniveling runts gorging themselves on the scraps left behind but on the 18th of June Microsoft finally announced a tablet. The device itself looks a little dated with the profile of a Dell Inspiron and some stolen technology …

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