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Comment on Turn your MacBook into a WiFi Hotspot by 5D

5D — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:59:00 +0000

thank u this was very much helpfull

Comment on Pre Clean-Install by Linda King

Linda King — Thu, 30 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Thank you for more great advice Chita! You are a wealth of information.

Comment on Apple to Bring Back the Floppy Disk by Niles Mitchell

Niles Mitchell — Wed, 29 May 2013 01:09:00 +0000

Floppy’s already work with the iPad.

Comment on Stormy Weather by Michael W. Perry

Michael W. Perry — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:33:00 +0000

If you get a weather alert radio, be careful to specify what alerts you want. If you live near the sea like I do (Seattle) there’ll be a lot of Small Craft Advisories that you may not need to hear. Ditto flood warning if, like me, you live on a ridge top. Pare it down, and you’ll only hear what you want to hear and be less likely to turn it off completely. You don’t really want to be awakened in the middle of the night, adrenaline pumping, only to discover that it’s a false alarm.

Also, I believe that some sort of alert system is now being built into cell phones. And article with more details about that would be helpful, particularly if our clueless politicians and bureaucrats are delaying implementation. Tornados usually get a few minutes warnings and, if we on the west coast had the same warning system that Japan has built, we could get at least seconds of warnings from all but the closest quakes, seconds that could make a big difference.

Comment on How To Create a Bootable Mountain Lion USB Thumb Drive by Terry White

Terry White — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:07:10 +0000

Excellent point! Thanks!
I added a note to the post above.

Comment on How To Create a Bootable Mountain Lion USB Thumb Drive by CM

CM — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:17 +0000

Unfortunately, many USB 3 thumb drives cannot boot Macs. I found this out the hard way, when I purchased a Lexar drive (tested as the fastet one out there). It works fine (and fast) as a regular drive, but will not allow booting; no matter what I do.

I ended up having to revert to my old USB2 Patriot.

Caveat: Make sure that you get a drive that can boot. Not exactly sure how to figure them out, as manufacturers don’t make it easy to tell if you can boot a Mac from their drives.

Comment on Home Automation Has Come a Long Way Since “The Clapper”… by Chita

Chita — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:44:10 +0000

Thanks.
I saw these at Costco a few months ago and decided to take a look at the “Wemo Switch” version. The other versions are the “Motion” detector”, and a combo “Switch/Motion”, and Belkin has a “Baby” monitor version, too.

Belkin, it seems is developing a Light Switch, that integrates with your home existing light switches, but which can be controlled by the WeMo app also.

Comment on Home Automation Has Come a Long Way Since “The Clapper”… by Nina Cleven

Nina Cleven — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:30:17 +0000

Really liked your presentation. Looks like this would be perfect for so many people who travel or just want to make it appear someone is home when out for the evening. Thanks for reviewing the device as I’d not heard of it before.

Comment on Hot Rod Lincoln by The Office - MacGroup-Detroit

The Office - MacGroup-Detroit — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:03:03 +0000

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Comment on Find My iPhone/iPad/iPod touch by Steven Klein

Steven Klein — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:26:49 +0000

This used to work on the 2nd gen iPod touch, before the iCloud transition. I know because I own one, and I used to use this feature all the time.

I don’t begrudge Apple offering new features for new products, but it seems very unfair to take away an existing feature from an old device. (This feature disappeared about 2 years after the last iPod touch 2nd gen rolled off the assembly line.)