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iPad on Tour – Blogging
Jul 25, 2010 18:18 - 1 Comment
As I said in my previous post I am currently away on holiday and have only brought with me my iPad, rather than a laptop of some description. Over the next couple of posts I am going to look at the apps that I have been using for various different tasks, starting with blogging.
I have [...]
iPad Backing up – please wait.
Jul 20, 2010 16:49 - 0 Comments
Is your iPad taking forever to backup? Mine is. After several aborted attempts I finally got a full backup done taking a massive three hours and that was after I had deleted off some large apps. Three hours for a device that is less than half full.
Feeling that there had to be a solution to [...]
Replacing iTunes with Something that Works
May 5, 2010 9:10 - 1 Comment
It is no secret that I am not a fan of iTunes. It is simply too big and slow in day to day use for those of us with large music collections. I am not alone is this dislike, a quick search on Google will reveal many people looking for replacements, and my friend Dirk [...]
Clipping to Evernote from iPhone Safari Browser
Jan 17, 2010 18:16 - 0 Comments
One of my favourite tools is Evernote, the note taking application. I regularly find snippets of information on the internet that I want to retain and come back to later. Evernote provides a number of tools that sit in the browser allowing you to clip directly to your account. This is enormously helpful and [...]
A Better Perspective
Dec 17, 2009 20:27 - 0 Comments
I consider myself to be a power Googler. Not only can I bang in keywords but I can also use boolean operators and search operators, such as filetype: & site:. However, I discovered yesterday that this all counts for nothing if you don’t know what it is that you are searching for.
One of my clients [...]
MacBook Pro
Nov 8, 2009 14:53 - 3 Comments
One thing that I particularly like about the MacBook Pro is its grunt. Even though mine is the bottom of the range model it has far more processing power than my old Windows desktop allowing me to rip DVDs in minutes rather than hours. This processing power has led me to make the MacBook [...]
Windows 7 vs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Nov 5, 2009 22:03 - 0 Comments
Well to date I have upgraded two machines to Windows 7 and I have to say that the whole thing has been a pleasurable experience. Not only has it breathed new life into a couple of old machines but also I am liking the improvements that have been made. I particularly like how you [...]
Installing Windows 7
Oct 23, 2009 11:50 - 0 Comments
Well I am still on Windows XP despite having had two copies of Windows 7 for a couple of days now. The problem stems from the fact that the version of Windows 7 I want to install on my XP machine has been downloaded (legally) but I need to run it from a DVD as [...]
Isn’t this due on Thursday?
Oct 19, 2009 19:40 - 0 Comments
When I got home this evening there was a parcel awaiting for me. Much to my surprise it contained my copy of Windows 7. I had been told by the supplier (PC World) that they had been embargoed by Microsoft from delivering these before the official launch day of October 22nd. I’m not sure [...]
Moving to Windows 7
Oct 4, 2009 13:25 - 0 Comments
So I have slowly been getting my PC ready for the arrival of Windows 7.
I have had my existing machine for about four years now and it is beginning to show its age with it being slow to start and, at times, sluggish in operation. The underlying architecture of the machine is still fine [...]
