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Upgrading My MacBook Pro Hard Drive

I have been using my MacBook Pro more and more lately and quickly finding hard drive space shrinking. The addition of VMWare Fusion and some virtual machines seems to eat up hard drive space pretty quickly. The stock 160G Fujitsu 5400rpm hard drive is also a bit slower than I would like. I did a bit of investigating and a couple of conversations on Twitter I found out the job of upgrading the hard drive in the MacBook Pro is a doable task with the right tools and some guidance. I have been working...

Manage Servers from your Apple iPhone

I have been using my iPhone version 1 for a while now and when Apple released version 2.0 of the iPhone firmware along with the app store I was really excited to see some of the applications I could use. So far I use tools such as Twitterrific and others but really only for minimal use, until today when Instant Cocoa released pTerm which allows SSH, Telnet and TCP connections from my iPhone. pTerm costs only $4.99 and will let me check my servers, change configuration or other maintenance from the...

Updated iPhone to 2.0 and the App Store

It seems Apple carefully let the release of the 2.0 firmware for the iPhone out a little early. MacRumors was the first I saw with the announcement with a link to the download . I am running iTunes on Windows and had to download iTunes 7.7 to be able to do the update and access the App Store later on. Once iTunes was up-to-date with 7.7 and with the iPhone connected and viewing the summary screen, click Check for Updates while holding down the Shift key. This invokes the ability to install firmware...

Apple Time Capsule not a Happy VPN Participant

I have been a happy owner of an Apple Time Capsule for the past month or so. It was very easy to setup and configuring it to work with Time Machine was a breeze and backups seamless. I have been using a Linksys 54GL router as my main router and used the Time Machine as a backup and additional wireless station. I came home last night to find I had no network connectivity. A call to Charter Communications tech support pointed to my router and it sure seemed like it but Charter has been known to have...

Time Capsule Up and Running

I found some time this weekend to unpack the Time Capsule, set it up and perform my first back up. I was going to provide the "unboxing" post I mentioned in a previous post but lost interest. I am sure there are a ton of those types of posts out there if someone wants to search for them. One thing I was surprised by was the size of the device. It is a lot smaller than I expected and almost completely silent. Setting up the Time Capsule The first thing I needed to do to install and configure the Time...

Apple Time Capsule is Delivered

Today was a great day when the Fed Ex driver showed up two days early with my Apple Time Capsule . This is the best I can show right now: I am going to be on the road for a couple days so I can't do the unboxing photos just yet but I will get to them when I get back. It will be a great moment getting it setup and running my first Time Machine backup. Technorati Tags: Apple , Time Capsule...

Apple's Time Capsule Cometh

Well, after placing my order on January 20, 2008 my 1 TB Time Capsule has shipped today! I am very anxious to get this little toy and be able to have Time Machine backup to my Time Capsule without me even thinking about it. I am planning to take a few pics of the unboxing, not because I really have to but because I have never done one of those lame unboxing posts. Technorati Tags: Apple , Time Capsule , Time Machine...

The iPhone and iTunes surprise me with a cool feature

I have been using an iPhone for about 5 months now and love the thing, it is the single greatest gadget I have ever bought. One reason I bought it was to replace my aging iPod Mini. I listen to as many podcasts as I can on my commute to client sites but also listen to the same podcasts on my PC when I am working at home. One feature of iTunes and the iPhone I totally stumbled upon is one of its syncing features; When I am home listening to a podcast and then take to the road I always sync my iPhone...

Overview of Latest Leopard Update from Wired

Apple released Leopard update 10.5.2 a couple days ago which is intended to fix many of the common complaints with the operating system. I ran the update as soon as I had heard it was available and it installed without problem. I did hear a few people having problems but they seemed like isolated incidents and I am not aware of the details. Wired Blog Network had an article titled Latest Leopard Update Resolves Common Complaints which highlights some of the major updates and biggest complaints. I...

MarsEdit 2.1 is the best blogging software on the Mac

I know the title is a bit subjective but I had to make the claim. You see, I am one of those Windows converts to the Mac you read about and I really like it. I admit I am not a 100% convert as my daily work includes writing applications on .NET and, well I still use my Windows XP desktop and Dell laptop. I have been doing almost all of my blogging from Windows because I use Microsoft Live Writer . Live Writer is by far the best blogging client for Windows and using it is a pleasure but the only problem...

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