Archive for the ‘ Apple ’ Category

Is MobileMe Worth It?

  • June 30th, 2009
  • Posted in Apple

My macbook pro had some severe problems a couple weeks ago (see Is Applecare Worth It?).  As a result I was without my macbook pro for a couple of days and needed to find a way to be productive at work.  I had a SuperDuper backup drive, but in the perfect end to the tech [ READ MORE ]

iPhone Insurance

  • May 19th, 2009
  • Posted in Apple

I love my iPhone but have been concerned what I would do if I damaged it.  I know that Applecare won’t cover things like swimming with my iPhone, dropping the iPhone in the bathtub, losing the iPhone or dropping and breaking the iPhone.  ATT&T and Apple’s solution is for me to replace it by buying [ READ MORE ]

Is Applecare worth it?

  • May 12th, 2009
  • Posted in Apple

Today marks the three year anniversary of buying my first mac.  If it doesn’t make sense to you why I’d celebrate this, you’re a PC.  Its okay, I was a PC once too.  My first Mac was a 17″ iMac 1.83 Ghz Intel Core Duo.  I bought Applecare on the machine for an extra $169.  [ READ MORE ]

Mac Mail.app Must Have Plug-ins

  • April 14th, 2009
  • Posted in Apple

I love my macs.  With my friends and collegeaus I’ve become the guy to go to with Mac questions.  One frequent question is how do I use Mac mail.app?  Most of these questions are coming from former Outlook users who aren’t used to an intelligent UI.  While Mail.app is an outstanding stand alone there are [ READ MORE ]

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