Anything relating to computers and their use.
I love the Adobe suite of products for the web. It costs a lot of money but Dreamweaver and Photoshop really are most professional and one saves money, sometimes, by buying more than one software in a bundle. I even have accepted Bridge even though it seems a bit awkward. My infatuation was put to the test with the most recent upgrade, CS4. The installation went swell until I noticed that Dreamweaver failed to install. Of all the products in…
Step 1: Open iTunes application on your Mac computer. Step 2: Insert a Great Courses CD into computer. Step 3: A splash screen will appear after the computer senses the CD has been inserted. This might take a few seconds. On the splash screen shown below, select “Yes”. You DO want to copy the disk into your computer. Once your computer begins to read the CD, iTunes will give you a progress report at the top of its display. As…
A lot of data continuously moves around the world through some major infrastructure wiring. As with any complicated utility, the performance of the total system can change. Good performance is when packets are sent swiftly and reliably. Simplistically, a total performance number can be totaled up for the whole system but its value is questionable unless the whole planet is affected. External factors such as radiation from the sun can, at times, disrupt accurate packet travel. If a major fiber…
We have a iMac 20 inch computer that was purchased September 2004. Beginning the summer of 2008 it began to exhibit some disturbing symptoms. It would not wake up from sleep mode. The fans would race at high speed for hours. Some times the computer would begin to shut itself off. We took the computer in to the Genius Bar, at an Apple store, September 2008. The technician looked the computer over and told us they would repair the unit…
I placed an order for Apple laptop, iTouch for my daughter and Apple protection for the laptop. I added 3 day shipping so I could get my laptop in the hope it might arrive before the weekend. Here is what went right and wrong with Apple’s shipping. June 17, Tuesday, order was placed late in the evening so statistical purposes the order should start on the 18th. June 18, Wednesday, The clock starts. Credit card company called to authorize large…
One of the major pains for me is to find an external storage solution for my Mac Power PC G4. This model limits its USB port power to the 500ma specified in the standards for this type of port. Problem is that hard drives will draw a lot more than 500ma, especially for start up. You will find that most all manufacturers that sell portable hard drives fail to include the USB Y cable to draw power from two USB…
