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Time Machine Interference
I’ve been having a little problem with our PVR system. We have an Elgato EyeTV that records television shows to the computer hard drive. From there, it is exported to iTunes, and finally sent to the Apple TV in the living room via WiFi. It all works seamlessly… except for one small detail. Every so often, in shows that are…
Read more »And Baby Makes Three!
No, no, no! Stop thinking that! I rounded out my happy little Mac family the other week. I started with a desktop, the MacPro. I loved it so much I didn’t want to leave it….so I bought a MacBook. And just the other week I finally broke down and bought an iPhone. It wasn’t an easy sell mind you. I…
Read more »MacGourmet
I’ve been using a cool little Mac application for awhile now and I think it’s going to stay in the repertoire. I’ll admit it, I’m an organizational nut. I like everything in its place, and I hate clutter. I also hate having to hunt for things. Isn’t it nice when you are looking for something and it’s right there at…
Read more »Sidenote for Mac
OK, found a new piece of Mac software that I love. It’s called SideNote, and it’s free. Do you use Stickies? I do, but there are a couple of things about Stickies that annoy me. One, I have to open the application to start it all the time. And two, when I do leave it open or have it start…
Read more »AppTrap
OK, I love this little application. Not only is it totally useful, but it’s free. If you come from the world of PC’s you know what it is to uninstall a program. Or should I say, you know what a pain it is to uninstall a program. You know the drill… “Should I use the uninstaller with the program, or…
Read more »MyThoughts
Are you a visual thinker? Do you draw arrows and bubbles when you plan something? I am…and I stumbled across the coolest program recently. It’s called MyThoughts and is only for the Mac. They call it mind mapping software, although as a biologist I think of mind mapping having different connotations. But it’s really a useful little program. When studying…
Read more »Vinyl Flashback
A number of years back I dug out all my old vinyl and with a ton of effort and time I managed to rip most of it into mp3 files on my PC. It involved rooting out our old turntable and connecting it in the living room, then running miles of RCA cable into the bedroom where the computer is…
Read more »Elgato’s Eye-TV and the Apple TV, makes the Mac my favourite PVR solution
Awhile back (Pre-Mac) we were in Future Shop and I saw someone buying something called “AirTunes” or something like that. Kirk sniffed at it and said wireless sound wasn’t any good. Oh how times change. Shortly after we bought the MacPro last year, Kirk delved into the Apple TV and started to change his mind a bit. On the PC…
Read more »How to set up iChat to work with other Messenger Services
Want to set up iChat with an MSN Messenger account you already use? Here’s How! Copied from this Blog (TooneTown Blog: 10 steps to a multi-protocol iChat.) because I’m afraid it might disappear someday and I keep having to refer back to it from time to time… Upgrading to Snow Leopard broke things a bit but from other people’s comments…
Read more »Janitorial Services
Found a great new little Mac App recently. I think it’s fascinating that the Mac OS runs important cleanup services everyday at a specified time, somewhere around 3 am. That’s pretty cool to me. It brushes off it’s own cobwebs and tidies house while I sleep. This keeps things running smoothly. How cool is that? I pretty much leave the…
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