Leaving 1Password
Recently, 1Password announced early access to version 8 of their new Mac App. Things did not go well from there. You see, the problem with the new 1Password app for many Mac users is they switched to...
Tag: technology
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...
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...
Aerial Screensaver for OS X
John Coates created a screensaver for OS X based on the new Apple TV screensaver. It is beautiful. You should check it out. The only problem I have with it right now is that it doesn't support energy...
Office 365
I've recently been looking for a replacement for Google apps. I wanted something that had reliable email and calendar. While Google does provide both of those things, I find myself wanting to be contr...
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...
Companies can track what diseases you look up online
Well, this is terrifying. From Vice: Tim Libert, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, has discovered that the vast majority of health sites, from the for-profit WebMD.com to the government-...
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...
Stopping Data at the Border
Another article in the never-ending war against net neutrality and the fight against privacy. The ITC recently gave itself the power to rule on data as it crosses US borders, as a result of a complex...
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...
Unified Folders in Thunderbird
When I decided to leave Google Apps for Rackspace Email for a couple of my domains, I switched from a webmail user to an IMAP user. I set up the new email accounts in Outlook and within hours decided...
Leaving Google Apps
I love Gmail. I think it is the best webmail interface out of any of the major providers. This is why, along with great spam protection, I decided to set Google Apps for domains up on some of my domai...
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...