Seems that some people are having some issues connecting to certain PCs in Snow Leopard. The workaround seems to be to enter the server name or IP address as part of the login window’s username field. So say if you usually connect to a PC file server via the command K combo in the Finder …
Snow Leopard now available
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) is available now. Snow Leopard enhances your entire Mac experience. In ways big and small, it gets faster, more reliable, and easier to use. It’s the Mac you know and love, made even better. Call us to order your copy today for only $29!!
Account Edge for Mac is back!!
AccountEdge is premium small business Mac accounting software which automates, organizes, and processes all your business tasks and financial information so you can focus on your business. After a long absence on the Mac, this accounting software is back and with a full Canadian edition! Available in July, call for more details and pricing.
Apple updates MacBook line
Apple updated their entire line of laptops. The 13″ unibody MacBook is now part of the Pro line and all now feature a new SD card slot instead of the Express card slot (the 17″ MacBook Pro retains it however) and Apple has restored the FireWire on the 13″ model! All MacBook Pros now have …
Save your business money with a Computer Tax Break!
There is no better time to purchase a new computer, server or laptop! The 2009 Canadian budget allows for a 100% capital-cost write-off for new computers and related software and peripherals purchase for your small business between January 27, 2009 and February 2011. As per the Income Tax Regulations under CCA Class 50, equipment …
Download high-quality videos from YouTube
Now that Youtube has HD-quality videos and a wide-screen format here’s a little tidbit you can use in Safari or FireFox to download a high-quality MP4 video of any Youtube video! First, in your bookmarks manager create a new blank bookmark in your bookmarks toolbar (so you can click it anytime you like), change the …
DROBO; an incredible solution for ever-expanding storage needs
A regular external hard disk has a finite capacity and no methods of its own to guard against data loss through drive failure. When it’s full, you have to buy a new drive with a higher capacity and copy the data across, or, if it crashes, buy another and hope that your backup regime will …
Limiting Time Machine's disk space usage
Many of you are using Time Machine, the wonderful backup system built into Leopard. Time Machine however out of box will use up all the disk space on an external drive or a server volume which is not a good thing. You can however limit how much disk space Time Machine uses with this simple …
Networking Windows Vista and Mac OS X
Windows Vista has a fundamental change to the networking system that will prevent it from connecting to Mac OS X (client and server) as well as stock SMB servers such as Linux. Microsoft is forcing the use of NTLM2 authentication in Vista which Samba(the PC networking Mac OS X) does not recognize. If you use …
Helvetica and Leopard
After a prolonged battle with Mac OS X, Helvetica — along with younger cousin Helvetica Neue — was finally pronounced dead on October 28, 2007 with the release of Leopard, by Apple. For years, print-based graphic designers and prepress professionals have fought to replace certain Mac OS X default fonts with their existing PostScript Type …
