A few weeks ago my wife brought me a secondhand iPod Nano to troubleshoot. She had already performed all of the basic troubleshooting steps herself, but it still would not sync with iTunes. When you plugged the iPod into the computer, the computer would see the device, but iTunes would not. It did not matter …
Tag: Windows
Feb 16
Dropbox
I use a product that just caught my attention in the last month and has now become absolutely invaluable–Dropbox. It’s one of those products that I can’t see getting very much better–it’s almost perfect already. It’s like a folder out on the internet, accessible from all your devices (Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Blackberry). Unlike …
Aug 02
The difference
Customer: “What’s the difference between Windows Vista and Windows 7?” Me: “Vista sucks and 7 doesn’t.”
Jul 27
Amen, brother
Back in the old Mac OS 9 days, when an application wanted to get your attention, it would just sit quietly and blink without interrupting what you are doing (like Windows did). However, ever since Apple shipped Mac OS X ten years ago, this has not been the case. Now when an application wants to …
Dec 07
Review: Sophos Antivirus for Windows
A lot of you out there ask me for computer advice. I don’t mind; I like feeling important, and giving advice helps me do that (so does making my own blog). Probably the question I get the most often is, “What kind of computer should I get?” My answer is, always, “You should get an …
