Got a Time Capsule and you bought it between February and June 2008 and it’s having power issues? Turns out, you’re not alone. Flip it over, and look at the serial number If it’s between XX807XXXXXX – XX814XXXXXX, Apple has a fix for you: If your Time Capsule falls within serial number range above and…
Apple has a lot of money. So much so that they can do anything they want right now, including buying 2,668,445,630 copies of Avatar from the iTunes store, or maybe bailing out Greece. But recently, they decided to spend a little bit of cash on Siri, an app that we reviewed in February. For the…
Do me a favor and take a moment to watch the video above. Don’t worry, it’s worth it. Trust me. I’ll wait. So it’s gotta be tough to be a journalist in Wisconsin nowadays, because Doug Higgins of Fox 11’s Good Day Wisconsin says that buying an iPad is going to cost you too much…
The team behind MacHeist is filled with the Christmas spirit, and will be giving away a bundle of free applications through their Mac Giving Tree. All you have to do is sign up, and return on Christmas Day to recieve promotional code to “unwrap” your gifts. So far we know that Synergy and Enigmo 2…
Today’s software spotlight is slightly different, because it’s not a Mac app you download and install…it’s Think Free’s Online Office. I’ve been looking for an Office Suite that didn’t have “Microsoft” on it anywhere since I switched to Macs a few years ago. I’ve tried Open Office, but I don’t like having to run x11…
Looking to add some holiday cheer to your desktop? May we present Snö. Snö makes it…well…snow on your desktop. That’s it. From the website: Snö is a useless application that makes snow fall over your desktop. Snö is the Swedish name for Snow. Snö is freeware, OpenSource, non-copyrighted and totally unsupported. I make no claims…
Time Machine is a great, convenient backup tool, but it doesn’t always work perfectly. Fortunately, the most common problems have relatively straight-forward solutions. Here are some fixes for common problems with macOS Time Machine. Time Machine won’t back up After updating to Sierra or High Sierra, some users find that Time Machine simply won’t back…
Having just watched the trailer for this film, all I can say is – WOW. You have to see this! MacHeads is a new documentary film that chronicles the lives and experiences of several members of the “Cult of Mac”, including the 2007 Macworld announcement of the iPhone during Steve Job’s Keynote. From the trailer…
Last week, we pontificated about this hypothetical product from Apple that just received FCC approval. As it turns out, the theories were correct, and now we have a new input device for Mac users. It’s called the Magic Trackpad, and it is, essentially, the same trackpad from a MacBook Pro, just made portable. It’s the…
Yesterday, I was called in to do some consulting work with this new company located just north of my parent’s house on the other side of town. When I got there, I noticed a brand new 27-inch iMac box sitting on the floor, next to copies of iWork and Adobe CS5. The first thought I…
If it ever feels like we as a country are living in the future, things like this are the reason why. Regardless of where you stand on his politics, the Obama administration has gone leaps and bounds past the Bush administration in making the White House more web accessible. They’ve got a Twitter feed, a…
A while back, I got an invite from Apple to be a member of the MobileMe Calendar Beta, so I gave it a shot. I had a few hiccups here and there with my setup, but once I got those kinks worked out, I was good to go. Did I notice a difference? On my…
