Last month The Woz (Steve Wozniak) was reported by Business Insider for buying an Apple iPhone 4S. Yesterday he was caught buying a Samsung Galaxy phone with Google’s Android operating system, Apple’s biggest Smart Phone competitor, straight from Google’s headquarters! I guess that he’s showing his [...]
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R.I.P. Steve Jobs – Former Apple CEO Dead at 56 Years of Age
The world just lost a visionary in Steve Jobs today. At 56 years of age, Jobs battled numerous health problems and lost the battle on cancer. He will be missed. From a technology perspective, Apple’s mantra has been that “Apple innovates and everyone else imitates.” I find this to be true to an extent. During [...]
Apple’s version of CTRL+ALT+DEL
Apple’s version of the “three finger salute” is Command (Apple) + Option + Escape. This will bring up a menu that lets you kill any application. If you end up in a rare situation where the computer is completely and utterly unresponsive, you can hold the power button down. You shouldn’t really need any of [...]
Apple Mac’s (Macintosh’s) Task Manager
This is possibly one of the most frustrating issues when switching over to a Macintosh Computer from a Windows PC. How does one get the task manager in case an application freezes and one wants to kill that application? Try Activity Monitor in Applications => Utilities – BEST. Or if you just want a simple [...]
iPhone FourSquare app displays ‘must give permission to see location’
Derived from http://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/iphone_app_displays_must_give_permission_to_see_location_alert_7x Download the most recent version. Have you tried to delete it and reinstall? Also check the Settings on the iPhone. Go to Settings -> General -> Location and make sure Foursquare is set to On.
Apple Macs – Uninstall Microsoft Office?
http://kb.iu.edu/data/aprq.html Note: Currently, the Remove Office tool is not available for Office 2011. To remove Microsoft Office from your Mac OS X computer, use the Remove Office tool provided by Microsoft. Note: The Remove Office tools will not delete documents you have created with Office programs unless they are located in the application folders for [...]
Apple Macintosh – Macbook Computer: Connect to Shared Windows Printer
Recently I acquired an Apple Macbook and wanted to connect it to a shared Windows printer. Since Apple really stinks at networking compared to Microsoft Windows, focusing moreso on design and usability instead of playing well with Microsoft products, I finally found the solution from Macworld Hints: “I’ve seen a lot of these hints on [...]
