Right after upgrading my Macintosh laptop to Lion I found that iCal, the Mac calendar, was so slow. It was really aggravating. It happened with every change I made to my calendar. I guessed that the reason was my calendar was uploading to a remote server. I did have a .Mac account so I decided to look for this cause. I did find it to be the case. Solution: Open iCal preferences. Choose Accounts. If you see any listing showing…
The secret for me to get my SplashId Desktop version 6.0.1 to synchronize with my iPad was to turn the firewall OFF! Do NOT attempt to syncronize using Bluetooth. It will NOT work. Plug in the serial cable between the iPad and the laptop USB port. Open SplashID Safe desktop on your computer. Open SplashID on your iPad. Turn off the laptop firewall. (Apple menu>System Preferences>Security>[unlock the padlock with your logon code]>press the Stop button. Confirm that the correct IP…
Let me cover some viewpoints and offer perspective to counter some of the negativity aimed at gaming. Gamers are escapists. They certainly are which is an important attraction making computer games a successful commercial product. Why might escapism be good? One answer is that some of our young people live in homes that are troubled. One in eight adolescents may be suffering from depression. One factor that may lead to depression includes family problems. I was utterly shocked to learn…
I suddenly got a job as a contract worker. Previously I had been paid a salary. I was now my own boss and had to charge the client by the minute. What a change in mind set for me! Everything I do takes on a different meaning. Time is now money for me. I needed a method of recording my time and generating the bills to the clients. I found a nice small book at Staples. It measures 7in tall,…
After spending about a week putting together a significant database I ran into a glitch that astounded me. I was creating envelope template when the program crashed. When I restarted the program and went into my database, that I had been working on, the progam now asked for user name and password. I had NOT set either. It took quite some time but the trick is this. Enter “Admin” for the user name and leave the password blank. Do this…
Program: Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac. Version: 12.2.3 Problem: After entering in a formula the cell that contains the formula will still show the formula and NOT the result. There are a number of causes for this problem. One can be that you asked Excel to display an incompatible cell format. Go to the cell or better yet the column you want your formula results to reside and click on the capital letter at the top of the column so…