ShareTool — remote access for any Mac application or service that uses Bonjour

Dec 31, 09 ShareTool — remote access for any Mac application or service that uses Bonjour

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When my MobileMe account came up for renewal, I let it expire. I did not need it. I had found cheaper and better alternatives. When Apple’s $99 MobileMe service was released I was quick to register. With MobileMe I could access my mail, contacts, and calendar information in the “cloud” and keep everything in sync across my...

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OmmWriter Beta — Zen writing for the Mac

Dec 13, 09 OmmWriter Beta — Zen writing for the Mac

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I was catching up on reading the news feeds this morning when I came across a post on the smoking apples blog about a new text editor called OmmWriter. I’m not sure why I downloaded it. Maybe because of what OmmWriter’s cleanly designed web site promised. So here I am writing this blog post in what so far, has been the most...

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Google Chrome is faster than .…

Oct 27, 09 Google Chrome is faster than .…

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For me the word Chrome evokes images of the shiny, the futuristic and the fast. Clean, efficient and well built. Google Chrome developer preview doesn’t disappoint. Google has taken WebKit, the same Open Source browsing engine that Safari is built on, and in a very short time developed a browser for Mac and Windows that is...

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Dropbox and iDisk

Feb 02, 09 Dropbox and iDisk

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When Apple released MobileMe as a replacement for .Mac I decided it was time to give it a try. Mind you, I already have a free Gmail account with 8GB (and growing), and a free Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Contact. I had already configured Leopard’s Mail, iCal and Address Book for use with these services and for...

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Proposed Home Network and rebuilding the home network

Apr 05, 08 Proposed Home Network and rebuilding the home network

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I recently bought a 500GB Apple Time Capsule. The Time Capsule is a wireless access point (WAP) with an embedded hard drive. The Time Capsule replaced my aging Linksys WRT54G WAP. The WRT has worked flawlessly over the last 3 to 4 years but I wanted something for the future ( 802.11n ) and since I plan to completely switch my...

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Wishing Apple Into the Enterprise Won’t Get It There

When IT managers call Macs and maybe even iPhones “toys,” they don’t literally mean a child’s toy. They mean that those Apple products are the calling cards of the alienated, arrogant, combative and selfish employees who don’t consider the big picture. (Toys are played with by children.) (Via –Mac News: Enterprise...

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