Tag: Apple
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Apple still fails at cloud computing
I’ve been saying for years now that, for as much as I like most Apple products, they simply don’t seem to get cloud computing. Their poor track record is proof positive but, even now, each time they revise their approach I look at it and think, “Eh. STILL not doing it right.” Case in point:…
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Restoring Apple Hardware Test
If you find that you’re unable to boot your Mac in to Apple Hardware Test (by holding down the ‘D’ key during startup), you can restore it by downloading the correct version for your system here and then copying the hidden /System/Library/Coreservices/.diagnostics directory to the same location on your system. Also! Just discovered the Internet Recovery tool,…
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Put your laptop on eBay now (or “How I learned to love the iPad”)
As an IT manager, I’ve been a huge advocate of laptops ever since the early 2000s (when they finally became powerful enough to adequately handle almost any software you threw at them). And why not? Look at the alternative – a big, ol’ box under your desk with a keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, etc. tethered to…