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Macs vs PCs – mythbusters and refreshments

Here we go again… I don’t mean to revisit this ancient old debate of which system is better… but I JUST CAN’T HELP IT! =) Since now I own both systems… I think I can bring some new perspectives and...

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OS Upgrade vs Fresh Install

I get this question all the time… Should I do an update or a fresh install of my operating system? Short answer… Fresh Install > Upgrading Long answer… it depends on how the upgrade went and what...

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More iTunes, iPhone and Snow Leopard 64bit grief…

I switched my Snow Leopard kernel to 64bit after reading an article online about the performance advantage in Lightroom, and a few other apps. However, lately I realized my iPhone tethering is no...

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droboshare alternatives – tonidoplug + gigabit switch? [Updated w/ solution]

I have a 2nd generation Drobo with 4TB worth of drives and 2.6TB of usable space. I loved the drobo’s ability to use drives with different sizes, however it is quite useless without any NAS capability....

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Google Sync… Friend and Foe? [Updated x3]

Many iPhone, Windows Mobile, and S60 users are enjoying the free Exchange sync service Google is providing. It is basically an Exchange layer for Google Mail, Contacts and Calendar. Sounds sweet...

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iPad is good for Apple, bad for just about everyone else. [updated]

Update (Apr 8th): Big thank you goes to @CanoeKing for letting me play around with his shiny new iPad, after he drove down to the US to buy it. I was very impressed by the device’s responsiveness. It...

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iOS 4 + iPhone 3G (multitasking and jailbreaking) [UPDATED]

iOS 4 Apple recently released its latest build of iOS (formerly iPhoneOS) version 4. This is perhaps the most significantly improved iOS version to date. It adds multi-tasking, Folders, Spell check,...

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iPhone 4 is avaiable in Canada! or maybe not… [UPDATED]

On July 30th, the iPhone 4 was officially released in Canada! I know many friends of mine actually drove down to the US to buy an unlocked phone… Either way, the country is filled with anticipation for...

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iPhone 4: Demand > Supply or Marketing > Customers?

Here is my story of the day… I woke up at 4:30 am and arrived at the Fairview Apple Store at 5:20 am hoping to get a good position in line for the iPhone 4. People gradually started showing up after...

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iPhone 4 Review + Thoughts on Antenna, Battery life and Cases

Just got my iPhone last week and I thought I’d share my thoughts and experience with it. Antennagate The story of “antennagate” has died down ever since Apple’s press conference where CEO Steve Jobs...

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Random Thoughts on : this blog, new iPods, iTunes, Apple TV, DD-WRT Routers

Just look at the title… can we be more random than that? I’ll add bold headings so you can skip to the stuff that interest you, if at all. =) Jump to: | iPods | iTunes | Apple TV | DD-WRT Routers |...

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iPhone vs. Android devices

Recently we’ve had an interesting debate among some friends about which is the better platform. The debate of course came at the expense of my buddy Mitchell McKenna‘s Facebook wall… but nonetheless...

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Maximizing iPhone’s Battery Life

So many people asked for it, and now it’s here. I’m going to give you some very useful tips on how to get the most out of your iPhone’s battery The Facts Lithium-ion batteries start to lose capacity as...

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Downgrade iOS 4.2.1 on iPhone and iPod Touch

Apple recently released iOS 4.2.1 which added quite a few awesome features including AirPlay, AirPrint, Safari “find on page”, and free “Find your iPhone” feature for iPhone 4. (sorry 3GS and 3G users…...

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greenpois0n RC 6.1 untetheredly jailbreaks iOS 4.2.1 [Mirrors Added]

This will be a short post regarding the new Greenpois0n RC 6.1 Release for jailbreaking your iDevice running on 4.2.1. For the longest time, we had to use the alpha Redsn0w release that not only...

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Mac OS X Lion review

Hello y’all! It’s been a while since my last post. but it looks like there is still steady traffic to the site, which is pleasantly surprising! So thank you all very much! Mac OS X Lion Today, Apple...

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Connect to a FreeNAS Samba or AFP share on Mac OS X Lion [Workarounds] [Updated]

No support for legacy authentication method in SMB or AFP As previously mentioned, OS X Lion does not support logging into NAS boxes running Samba or AFP servers that employ the DHCAST128...

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Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Steve Jobs – a leader, an icon, a legend. Upon hearing the news that Steve Jobs has passed away, my  reaction was to check every news source I could to make sure it wasn’t some mistake like last time....

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Flush DNS cache in MacOS El Capitan 10.11.x

This helped. sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder;say flushed  Related PostsJuly 21, 2011 Mac OS X Lion review (0)November 14, 2009 OS Upgrade vs Fresh Install (0)November 14,...

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