Add iCloud to the Dock in macOS
Recently I’ve been wanting a way to launch iCloud directly from the Dock on my work Mac and couldn’t figure out a way to do this. I know it’s not difficult to launch finder and navigate to iCloud, esp...
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Prevent Dock Following in macOS
I love macOS, I really do, but sometimes there is a feature that exists that makes me wonder what Apple was thinking. The current frustration I'm facing is Dock following. It is horrible and the only...
Removing Public Beta Updates in macOS Sierra
Because I love shiny new things, I enrolled in the macOS Sierra public beta to play around with it before its general release. Once Sierra was released, I no longer wanted to receive public beta updat...
Update on iCloud Automatic Backups
I previously wrote how iCloud automatic backups were killing my internet connection and thought I'd provide an update, but first I want to discuss my experience with Apple support. People who know me...
Automatic iCloud Backups Killed My Internet Connection
For the past few months I've been experiencing intermittent connection issues with my home internet. The internet would stop working completely, on every device in the house, for a period of 10-15 min...
2015 MacBook Pro
My work recently adopted a flexible work policy in which employees could work from home at certain times. I get to work from home on Wednesdays. When the policy was announced, I knew I'd want to work...
Ripping DVDs and Blu-rays
Jason Snell at Six Colors wrote up a great article on how he rips DVDs and Blu-rays. This article came at the perfect time as I've been contemplating getting an external Blu-ray drive for my Mac Mini....
The '90s Tech Industry is Back
The Verge has an interesting article, Facebook is the new AOL, that discusses how the tech industry of the 1990s is back. The 90s were a decade of excess and mistakes and excessive mistakes. The rolli...
Dropzone 3
One of my favorite Mac apps over the years has been Dropzone. It's a simple app that sits in your menu bar and allows you to perform a variety of actions with ease. It was recently updated to version...
A New Mac
I'm beginning to look for a replacement for my 4 year old iMac. The current specs of my iMac suit me fine, 8 GB of RAM, 256MB video card (I don't game), Intel Core 2 Duo processor. I haven't really ru...
The Never Ending Saga of iTunes Launching Itself
Two years ago I reported how iTunes would launch itself on my iMac. After tons of research trying to find the cause, I think I found it. To recap what was happening, iTunes would launch by itself and...
Set a Sleep Timer for Pandora on Your iPhone or iPod Touch
One of the things I've often wanted in some of my music apps is the ability to put them to sleep using the built in sleep timer. I've been waiting for Apple to release a public API to harness the time...
iTunes Launches Itself
Over the past year or so I've had issues where iTunes would launch (and even play) by itself. I could never figure out exactly what was causing it nor could I find any type of solution. I did find tha...
Standardizing Artist Naming in iTunes
Okay, this doesn't apply to just iTunes, but since it is the de facto application for downloading music, they have more of an impact on standardizing a naming convention. This would also apply to Amaz...
First Thoughts on the iPhone 4
I received my iPhone 4 today, a day earlier than expected, and wanted to give my quick thoughts. There will be plenty of tech reviews surfacing over the next week, but here is a personal perspective f...
The Emotions of an Apple Ad
Apple is known for designing products that elicit strong emotions. They rebranded the personal computer and made it colorful and fun. Last night I began thinking about how they are playing towards you...
My iMac
I know my sisters are going to get on me about this, saying I don't need another computer, but I purchased an iMac. My Windows Vista desktop has been giving me a lot of trouble over the last few weeks...
Thoughts on iPhone OS 3.0
Unless you were living under a rock the past couple days, you probably know that OS 3.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch came out yesterday. There are many new features including copy/cut/paste, MMS (unl...
Microsoft Just Doesn't Get It
John Gruber at Daring Fireball recently posted a quote from Steve Ballmer of Microsoft. “Apple gained about one point, but now I think the tide has really turned back the other direction. The economy...
Outlook 2007
I use Microsoft Outlook 2007 at work for our work email. It's an exchange account so I had to use it over other mail clients. I've grown to like it over the past year, but I never used it for anything...