Category: Mac

  • Apple releases 10.5.1 update to Leopard

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    Tom Raftery
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    Apple released an update to OS X 10.5 (Leopard) today. The standalone update is 110mb but when I downloaded it this morning through Software Update it was a 38mb download for my machine. According to the Apple info page on the update, it: includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security…

  • OS X Leopard hacked to run on PCs

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    With Apple’s move to Intel chips for its Macs, the last significant difference in the hardware architecture between Macs and PCs disappeared. This meant that Apple’s much vaunted OS X operating system is designed to work on PC hardware. Leopard, Apple’s latest version of OS X was released on Friday 26th last and in just…

  • Microsoft needs a new strategy for its Windows platform

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    I have Vista installed on this laptop. I haven’t booted up Vista in weeks. Why? Because I installed Ubuntu on another partition and it is so much faster, and more secure (since Microsoft instructed me to remove Norton and then failed to get OneCare to work on this laptop). Many others are eschewing Vista, not…

  • I have a dirty little secret to confess

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    I never thought I’d say this but I’m using my Vista machine more than my Mac these days! Why? Well, there are a number of reasons – the Vista machine is a Vaio SZ3. It is small, light and has a significantly better battery life than my 15′ MacBook Pro so I’m far more likely…

  • Skitch invites anyone?

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    I have a couple of Skitch invites. Skitch is a very cool image, super easy to use, doodling tool for Mac which I have written about previously If anyone is interested in trying it out leave a comment or email me (tom@tomrafteryit.net) with your details.

  • OS X to Vista networking help needed

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    Anyone know of any good resources for networking a Mac (running OS X) and a PC (running Vista) on a peer-to-peer lan network? I’m asking because I have a 4.75gb file on my Vista machine which I want to transfer to the Mac and it is too big to burn to DVD. I have turned…

  • Does Silverlight kill Internet connectivity on Macs?

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    I had a problem with my MacBookPro the other day. It lost Internet connectivity. It couldn’t get an IP address from the DSL router. Restarting the router didn’t help. Nor did stopping and starting Airport or using a wired connection. At first I figured the router was fried. But then, I restarted the Mac and…

  • Windows Live OneCare is a POS

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    Windows Live OneCare is a fantastic idea. Write buggy insecure software and then charge the people who buy your software extra if they want to buy OneCare, which is supposed to protect them from the errors you created in the first place. Anyone else see a conflict of interest here? Why fix the software, when…