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iTunes vexes me. For better or for worse, we’re an Apple household and own an Apple TV, so I’m kind of stuck with iTunes for managing my media files. My wife and I have also purchased a significant amount of DVDs over the years, which I ripped to
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I recently changed jobs (Hello, FireEye!) and was issued a new MacBook Air. I spend a lot of time looking at the screen and was getting bored with the supplied desktop pictures. I also start work very early most days (7am-ish), and thought it would be nice to have a
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Update 10/25/2011: I’ve discovered that Apple provides Lion-ready versions of the older server management tools via a separate download from Apple, called Server Admin Tools 10.7 (link no longer available). I have amended my post to reflect the capabilities of the Server Admin Tools 10.7
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The problem 50GB+ iTunes library. Multiple Macs. How can you share the iTunes library between Macs? Solution #1: Home Sharing The answer Apple provides is “Home Sharing,” which allows you to share the contents of your iTunes library with up to 5 Macs. However, there are major shortcomings with Home
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Update: Steve Jobs Responds! Well, not to my letter directly, but it hits on the major points and is a well-written explanation of Apple’s position. Dear Apple and Adobe I’m a long-time customer and have spent more money on your products than I have on just about any
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I had a hard time sorting this out, so I figured I’d post it in case anyone else needs to know. Assumptions: You have Parallels v4 for Mac, and have already created an Ubuntu 8.10 image. Instructions: 1. Launch your Ubuntu image (in window mode). 2. Go to
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The transition is almost complete: I have ditched my Windows-based PC for a MacBook Pro. My reasons? Well, I could write a whole bunch of fluff about how as a developer I need to be able to test my work on multiple operating systems, and a Mac (with BootCamp and/
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A computer is born, and another computer dies (“I’m not quite dead!” he says in his best Eric Idle imitation). (Mac) Hi, I’m a Mac. (PC) And I’m a PC. I’m sure all of you know this commercial by now. As with many other geeks around