I own both (as well as a very underused Wii). Historically, i’ve invested far more into the X360 than the PS3 both in terms of buying games and actual game time. Most of my friends also own X360′s so back when I had lots of free time for gaming, I spent time playing online over [...]
Clearing the BIOS password on a Dell D610
Seeing as I work in technology, that obviously means I’m the first port of call for friends/relatives with any kind of computer issue. A couple of weeks ago, one of my wifes friends asked if I could take a look at her lappy – a Dell D610. She hadn’t used it for a few years [...]
[Gig Pics] The Wildhearts @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
The Wildhearts have long been one of my favourite bands, I’ve been hooked since I first heard Earth Vs The Wildhearts, so I was naturally excited to see them coming to play at my favourite local venue. Their current tour is in support of their excellent new album, Chutzpah! which they play in full for [...]
iPhone sync taking a long time? Maybe a "manual" sync will help
My iPhone sync has been a real pain in the ass for MONTHS. If I just quickly want to add a podcast i’ve just downloaded, or add a new playlist or single song, it would take at least 10 mins. 5 mins of Backing Up 5 mins of Copying Applications from iPhone x mins of [...]
Fixed: Unable to sync iPhone with Calendar/Contacts
Sometime after upgrading to iTunes 8.0.1 and OS X 10.5.5 (not sure when it started TBH), everytime I connected up my iPhone iTunes error’d with: “iTunes cannot sync information with the iPhone “Macca’s iPhone” because syncing has been disabled on this computer. Do you want to enable syncing? (y/n)” Weird, I thought. I haven’t disabled [...]
Migrate iTunes to a new Mac
I couldn’t find anything, via Google nor the Apple support site, that explained in the simplest and quickest terms how to migrate a functioning iTunes library to a new Mac. I use a bunch of smart playlists to generate my own ‘radio station‘ playlist which relies on playcount, skip count, rating and other cool stuff. [...]
Cisco VPN Client on OSX
I’ve had a few problems with the Cisco VPN Client for Mac OS X (release 4.9.01 (100) ) recently. I’d get intermittent “Error 51: Unable to contact the VPN subsystem” when opening the VPNClient appliaction. Some times a reboot would fix it, sometimes it wouldn’t. I can’t reliably reproduce it either, sometimes coming out of [...]
Wanted : Definitive iCal Entourage sync
Now that i’ve gotten hold of MS Office:Mac 2008 and an RSA Hardtoken (for VPN) I no longer need to use Windows at all for work or play. (I’ve also just ordered a new MBP through work, huzzah!) Since i’ve got Entourage connected up to the Exchange server here at work, I want to be [...]
Has OS X 10.5.2 reset some security settings?
I’m pretty sure it has, I certainly haven’t turned this off. Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! The release notes for the update mentions “Improves stability and performance during log in.”. Anyone else seen the same or worse?
First Apple 'Genius' Experience
If it was up to me, i’d just replace the cracked topcase on my Macbook myself. I’ve got the Macbook service manual (one that gets issued to the Official Apple Service Centre places) and it’s just as straight forward as I thought. However when I asked the Genius at my local Apple store if I [...]