Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category

Quick and easy folder sharing in 10.5

Monday, May 5th, 2008

(Via Mac OS X Hints.) When Apple introduced System 7—way back in 1991—one of its most-notable features was quick and simple folder sharing with anyone on your network. Just click a folder, enable sharing, define which users would have access to the folder, and you were done. OS X, of course, ...

Time Machine Saved Me Hours

Friday, April 4th, 2008

So, I had to install Adobe Connect to take part as a presenter in a online meeting. Seemed to work fine until I logged out and tried to come back in. To shorten the sad story I ended up with a slow MacMini, weird behavior. Everything began to get slow ...

Air Disk: A Sales Feature or Vaporware?

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Having a large external disk available on my network via AirPort Extreme (APE) was one of the reasons I upgraded from my old Air Port to APE. Certainly the ?n? specification and speed boost set high expectations. I had just purchased a MacBookPro (MBP)and enjoyed the boost in productivity from the ...