Category Archives: Apple

On the Passing of Steve Jobs

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Richard

I am sad to hear about the passing of Steve Jobs. But it was not unexpected news. After seeing how thin and weak he appeared at the Apple 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), I had told my co-workers and friends that he would … Continue reading →

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iPhone on vacation

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Richard

I had not planned to take my iPhone on the trip to Europe as my phone is locked to Rogers. The roaming rates are too expensive to use the phone in Europe. But we needed the phone in Montreal to … Continue reading →

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I have an iPhone!

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Richard

I have an iPhone 4! After a team lunch today, I drove to Kanata Centrum on a physical hunt for an iPhone. Even though I wasn’t expecting to find anything, I thought that if I found a store that had … Continue reading →

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Still Looking for an iPhone 4

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Richard

I’m still looking for a Rogers iPhone. I’ve been calling all around the city. Two stores said they just got some in but both already a lineup of people waiting. I call everyday. Today, I figured I needed to get … Continue reading →

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Looking for iPhone 4

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Richard

I’ve been wanting to buy an iPhone for months now. I waited until the iPhone 4 was announced, rather than pick up the previous model. Once it was announced in Canada at the end of July, I started to look … Continue reading →

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My backup strategy

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Richard

Because of the problems with loosing my MBP, I am glad I have a solid backup strategy, which is detailed below. I perform the backups on the first Friday of every month. While my MacBook Pro is running, I will … Continue reading →

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Dead Macbook Pro

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Richard

Today, I had to turn in my MBP 2.4Ghz for servicing at The Mac Group. It looks like a hardware failure, possibly in the video card. It would freeze and there would be video artifacts. When I attempt to reboot, … Continue reading →

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Hacking the Macbook Pro

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Richard

I have a 2.4Ghz Macbook Pro (2007) with a 160GB internal drive. However, I only had 2GB free disk space left. My Aperture library with my 7495 photos was taking 80GB of the 160GB. And I knew I would be … Continue reading →

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Safari 4 hacking

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Richard

Bless the hackers. I get my tabs back where they should be.

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Safari 4

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Richard

So the new Apple Safari 4 is awesome. The coverflow of the history items (except for auto-refresh pages – I’m looking at you Contivity VPN), the Top Sites, it’s all very neat. Except… The new tab paradigm is awful! Putting … Continue reading →

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