A Treasure Trove of Technology Tidbits
So, yesterday I needed to find a WIFI printer that was attached to the network, but whose IP address I did not have. I realize I could have opened the Apple Airport Utility to see what WIFI IPs were in use. But, this utility does not show the IPs attached via Ethernet, and it’s only […]
So, this morning one of my friends excitedly told me that they had purchased an Apple MacBook Pro. Now, they wanted to move all their files and pictures from their old Windows 7 computer. Did they have to create a virtual machine running Windows to do this? Not at all! You can copy files directly […]
I sometimes need to coordinate with other people for meeting and work schedules. I have found it convenient to add access to third-party Exchange servers and to Google Mail from my Apple Calendar application. Now, meeting notices appear both in email and in the calendar. Here’s how to do this for yourself, using Gmail as […]
I use an Apple MacBook Air as my primary desktop. With it comes a host of included applications, including the Calendar app. Using Calendar, you can link any Exchange server to it, link your gmail account to it, and also link the Apple Mail app. I have all these, and use the different colors available […]
So, I have been sniffing at the new black tower that is the Apple Mac Pro. One frustration I had about the online Apple specifications was the lack of CPU model number (e.g. Intel’s identification) in Apple’s write-up. If anyone else had this complaint, here is the matrix of equivalents: 3.7 GHx quad-core with 10MB […]
So, last week, I was in a quandary. I needed to email a diverse set of folks a Powerpoint presentation and I did not want them to be able to see the speaker notes that were embedded in the file. So, of course, I printed the Powerpoint to a PDF file. The next issue was […]
Sometimes webpages fail when they load. Sometimes the failure is minimal, like the new Delta Airlines website does not appreciate being asked to use larger font sizes. Sometimes its catastrophic. But, in any case, I find myself looking at the source code to figure out if it’s me, if it’s the browser, or if something […]
I am in an out of customer sites all the time. I work in server rooms, in conference rooms, in offices, in cubes, and sometimes with my laptop propped on my knees. Mostly, I pack my Apple Air around with me, because closing its screen puts it immediately to sleep and it becomes portable. But, […]
More people I know are taking the plunge and transitioning to the MacBook, MacBook Air, or iMac desktop. So, I have recently been receiving more Apple OSX “how to” questions. This post describes how to setup a network printer in either 10.6.x or 10.8.x. The only real difference between the two setups is that the […]
