Another Netgear device dies… My GS605 Gigabit Switch

I’m paranoid about backups (in case you hadn’t noticed)! I have a LaCie d2 Quadra attached to my Mac Pro via firewire 800 for daily backups. Then I do weekly backups to a D-Link DNS-323 NAS box, monthly backups to a Synology DS210j and ad hoc backups to a Synology DS108j across my home network. [...]

Uninstalling apps – more secrets

I’ve written a couple of posts before about uninstalling apps from a Mac, particularly for those who subscribe to the school of thinking that dragging the app to the trash can is all it takes. Now I’ll say up front that in a lot of cases that may be sufficient and work perfectly well for [...]

The Snow Leopard Pixelated (Fuzzy) Icon Bug

In the interests of wasting more time than is healthy on my Mac, I have for some time now, been adding custom icons to many of my folders. Where it is most prevalent is in my ‘install’ folder. While I religiously back up my Mac in various ways every day, I have a folder called [...]

iOS 4.2.1 Airprint Frustration

Strangely enough I didn’t pay much attention to the release of iOS 4.2.1 even though I have a WiFi iPad, an iPhone 4, my old iPhone 3G and an Apple TV (2nd gen). Sure I was aware of the basics like improved speed on the iPhone 3G (I’ve yet to notice it), folders on the [...]

AVG Link Scanner removal problem

I have at least two failings… that I know of! First is that I like trying new software on the Mac. Second is that I’m a little bit OCD about everything on the Mac working as it should. Actually those two shortcomings of mine probably don’t sit happily together because trying out software inevitably means [...]