OSX
Remote access solutions I use the most
I recently got asked what types of remote access solutions I like the best. Now I have tried almost all of them - RDP, VNC, TeamViewer, LogmeIn etc.
I used to install VNC (Especially UltraVNC) almost everywhere I go, but hated the fact that I had to open up ports in the firewall all the time. [...]
Windows 7 - It’s actually really good!
If you have read most of the posts on the blog, you will know I love Apple products and especially OSX. Having supported Windows from v3.1 up, I basically got sick and tired of the same old problems and wanted to try something new a few years ago. So I jumped ship to the darkside [...]
My adventures with the Dell Mini 9 and installing OSX 10.5
I recently bought one of the wonderful Dell Mini 9 netbooks to use as a basic task replacement to my now 2 year old 15″ Macbook Pro. As an added bonus, it is also one of the best netbooks to install OSX on.
Actually, I had intentions of installing OSX on it right from the beginning, [...]
Problems connecting to a share on Windows XP from OSX 10.5
I came across a problem with trying to connect to a share hosted on a Windows XP Professional machine.
I could browse for it and see the share, however whenever I tried to connect to it, it would connect as Guest. This is fine if you have the security setup so that Everybody has at least [...]
Synchronizing an Entourage 2008 Mail Database between two Macs
I ran into a weird problem while trying to setup the ability for a customer to synchronize an Entourage 2008 mail database between two macs. The master machine was a iMac and the secondary was a Macbook Pro.
He basically wanted to use the iMac during business hours and then use the Macbook Pro at home, [...]