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Alsoft releases DiskWarrior 4 v4.1 CD updater for Leopard

Alsoft on Tuesday released a free software updater that will let users create a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard-compatible startup CD for its DiskWarrior 4 Version 4.1 directory repair utility. The CD is a universal startup disc for PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs. Of course, Alsoft's word "universal"...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disk, CD, Startup Disk, Leopard, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Living a bare drive lifestyle

With the increasing demand for storage â€" video content and disk-based backups â€" professional Mac users often use hard disk mechanisms like floppies. Now storage vendors are enabling this bare drive workflow with a variety of disk adapters and protectors. On the desk and bookshelves in my...

Tags: Disk, Storage, WiebeTech LLC., David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-28

MacBook Air: Motion sensor 'bizarrely' enabled with solid-state disk option

MacBook Air owners will find that Apple's motion-sensing technology â€" to protect hard disk drives in notebooks â€" is enabled even on models with the solid-state disk option. In his blog, developer Wil Shipley called the protection "bizarre." More bizarrely, if I drop the Air a...

Tags: Disk, Apple MacBook, Sensor, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-21

New Apple support docs target Leopard

Apple late last week and over the weekend dropped a bunch of documents into its support library. A number of the articles discuss recent problems reported with Leopard, including disappearing volumes during installation, Leopard-only packages and echos with A/V chats. Shortly following the recent release of Leopard,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disk, Apple Inc., Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-11-05

Leopard's installer: The case of the disappearing volumes

Discussions boards are filling with reports of odd behavior with the Leopard Installer. I joined that experience yesterday with my first attempt at the upgrade. Since I have some important apps in my workflow that have yet to be declared fully Leopard compatible, I decided to...

Tags: Disk, Apple Inc., Leopard, Installer DVD, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-10-30

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News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

News to know: VMWare; White House; Google Books; Skype; Apple vs Android

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: VMware to step up data center automation game Sam Diaz: White House not equipped to hold keys...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, White House, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Digital Cameras, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac

I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddance”...

Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Jobs' Apple as premier platform mantra to accelerate

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver another sermon to the Mac faithful at the Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC, but amid all the pyrotechnics about the iPhone, App Store and third party software goodies keep in mind the big picture: There's a platform war about to start. It's...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Developer, Apple Macintosh, Platform, Apple Inc., WWDC, Gartenberg, Morgenstern, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Is it wise to loosen Entourage's attachment security policy?

Entourage 2008 is very strict in its blocking of attachments and some users may find its security rules restrictive. However, with a bit of effort, users can tell Entourage to loosen up on various Mac OS X files, Mime content and certain file name extensions. However, whether...

Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Extension, Entourage 2008, Default Rule, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, E-mail, Desktops, Operating Systems, Scripting Languages, Software, Online Communications, Hardware, Software/Web Development, Web Development, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-22

User experience begins with the software installer

Writer John Welch on his Bynkii blog ranted up a storm this week over his experience installing Adobe Systems' Creative Suite 3. He wonders how it could happen that a software powerhouse could offer such a terrible installer. Or maybe it's because Adobe is so big â€" Welch isn't the...

Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., User Experience, John Welch, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Strategy, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Management, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Can BootCamp mess with your Mac's PRAM?

A continuing thread in an Apple discussion board says that Windows running in the Boot Camp utility can sometimes "pervert" certain settings stored in the Intel-Mac's parameter RAM and interfere with video when rebooting into Mac OS X. Here's the description of the problem by Coelacanth64, who...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Computer, PRAM, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Marketing, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-04-07

News to know: OOXML; Adobe AIR for Linux; Copyright; Best midrange hardware

Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking OOXML standard vote down to the wire  Christopher Dawson: OOXML vs. ODF - Should Ed Tech care? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Photo-sharing, Dashwire, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-31

News to know: Linux galore; Black Hat Europe; Vista reliability; Google and censorship

Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners with open source Jaspersoft, Sourcesense Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors Red Hat CEO: We haven't done a good enough job as an industry leader, or project leader ...

Tags: Black Hat, Google Inc., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Semantic Web, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Troubleshooting Mac OS X software issues

Apple recently updated its Knowledge Base guide to troubleshooting software problems. Roll up your sleeves, it's a long list. Of course, the first item in Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue is whether the issue is in hardware or software. And that's trouble...

Tags: Software, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Apple Mac OS X, Hardware, Cable, Tools & Techniques, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Management, Networking, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Fun facts about Mac OS X Leopard's icons

Computer users on Mac, Windows or Linux must take icons for granted. But the standards for these interface elements keep changing. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard offers new challenges for icon designers. Leopard supports 512-by-512-pixel icons, which are much larger than the previous 128-x-128 standard. However,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X Leopard, Apple Inc., Icon, Utility Icon, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-16

More on the naked drive lifestyle

[Updated Mar. 3, 8:56PM PST]  A reader in Japan points to new products seen in the stalls of the electronics district of Tokyo that can improve the naked drive lifestyle. However, some readers say enclosures, like pants, may have a benefit for protection of valuable data and your investment in...

Tags: Enclosure, Back Panel, Starter, Product Name, Naked Bento Box, Naked Drive Village, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Wintel Vista conspiracy screws customers: Another win for Apple

The latest PC market scandal - that Microsoft, Intel and some PC makers knew that the "Vista Capable" logo certification program was a lie and that some chipsets for popular machines couldn't support the new Aero interface stuff - must be music in the executive suites down in Cupertino. The...

Tags: Wintel, Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Story, Intel Corp., Chipsets, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Running naked (with hard drives)

Earlier in the week my cohort here at The Apple Core, David Morgenstern, wrote about living a bare drive lifestyle where "professional Mac users often use hard disk mechanisms like floppies." Count me in that group. I keep a lot of (non-traveling) hard drives in my office, most in silver...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Hard Drive, Enclosure, WiebeTech LLC., FireWire, Consumer Electronics, DriveDock, Personal Technology, SJ

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Join a user group

Join a user groupBMUG West First Timer...Considering that I have never attended an Apple users group I wasn't sure just what to expect. I thought I might meet a nice girl maybe, someone who shares some of my interests. Unfortunately there wasn't a female to be found under fifty, and...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Leopard, font

Discussion threads 2008-02-26