Tag Archives: Apple

Files Gone on Drobo FS with OS X Lion? Get ‘em back!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Using DroboFS and OSX Lion only to discover that your Drobo shares have no content!? Yikes! But fret not, you merely have a small corruption problem brought on by the firmware, and in moments you can force a rebuild of that database and all your files will be back safe, happy, and sound with no data loss. Here’s how. Continue reading →

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Apple Magic Mouse Sleeping on Win7

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

My bluetooth Magic Mouse kept falling asleep. Here’s how to keep it away. Continue reading →

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My take on the (OS X) App Store so far

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

The App Store … it’s Terrific, Average, and Awful all at the same time. Continue reading →

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Caution – the new Mac App Store just bit me

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Be VERY careful when using the Mac App Store — here’s how it purchased an app without my permission, along with THREE simple things Apple could have done to fix the problem. Continue reading →

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Apple’s Discussion Boards

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

An amusement – notice how many of the Apple discussion threads report “2 Helpful, 1 Solved” and not only is the issue unsolved, but often there aren’t even three messages in the thread. Something’s broken, and apparently Apple doesn’t care. Continue reading →

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Absolute Genius

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Here’s an Apple Genius recommendation you wouldn’t have expected. (IMG) Continue reading →

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Where’s my JDK?

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

Caught in the Java depreciation battle under OS 10.6 and can’t find where the Java Development Kit (JDK) now resides? Here’s a command that will tell you, allowing you to still use InteliJ and other IDEs on OS X. Continue reading →

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Uninstalling Intego Software

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

I’d rather eat an orange then brush my teeth with peppermint toothpaste than deal with cleaning up my system after using Intego’s software. If anything can bring the Windows reboot experience, coupled with the leaving of software cruft, to the Mac platform, this software does it in my opinion. Here’s how I finally got rid of it all. I hope. Continue reading →

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Competitors?

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Walt Stoneburner

An opinion piece: are Apple and Microsoft competitors? This line of reasoning says no. Continue reading →

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