Every time I start thinking about switching to Google’s Chrome browser, they go and do something like this. Dropping H.264 support brings them right on par with my current and still favorite browser: Firefox. Yes, it bugs me that Firefox doesn’t support H.264. But if Chrome won’t support it either, then that leaves me with [...]
UPDATE 5/1/11: If you’ve been having trouble syncing multiple calendars to your iPhone, it’s because Google has added an extra step to the process. I’ve added a bit about Google’s new required iPhone sync utility to the Set Up Your iPhone section for folks with multiple calendars. As always, happy syncing! I keep getting comments [...]
Boy, you’d think by now Apple could nail a launch, but it seems like they always have problems if it’s something web-based (MobileMe, I’m looking at you). Case in point, my first attempt at a purchase in the Mac App Store: Some nice touches, my purchased apps — even ones purchased outside the Mac App [...]
Dropbox has finally reached 1.0. This is a significant milestone for the venerable file sharing and syncing application and service. With version 1.0 come some notable new features. For one, the preferences pane has undergone a facelift. Also note here the new Selective Sync, which allows you sync only certain folders on a given system: [...]
The latest Firefox 4 beta is really nice. I particularly like the minor refinements to the tabs. The tabs in 4.0b7 look pretty much like Firefox 3.6′s tabs: The tops are rounded; the bottoms, where the tab connects to the page, are square; the color of a background tab is nearly the same as the [...]
I just discovered 1Password. I know. I’m an idiot. I don’t know what took me so long. I guess I just didn’t get it. All this time I’ve been trying to manage all my passwords across multiple computers using Keychain. Insanity! Wherefore Password Management? As a SysAdmin, I have more passwords than I could ever [...]
In my last post I talked about using Apple’s MobileMe to mimic the functionality of Dropbox, and discussed it as a possible replacement for the file syncing service should I ever need more space than the free Dropbox offers. In the end, both services came up wanting to some extent. So I’ve continued to poke [...]
So I’ve been using Dropbox for quite some time now and I’ve been extremely pleased with it. It keeps my stuff in sync, and I don’t have to even think about it. And that’s what you want from a service like Dropbox: seamlessness; ease-of-use; freedom from worry. I’m using the free version, so I only [...]
First off, I had no idea that the Mac OS X 10.6.4 update affected Mail. Probably because Apple never bothered to mention it in the release notes. Nonetheless, this greets me after launching Mail post-update: I’m also surprised at how much I’m liking iBooks for my iPhone. There are tons of free, interesting-sounding books, and [...]
Is it just me or does it strike anyone else as somewhat strange that the new Find My iPhone application is for the iPhone? Uh, guys, if I can install an app on it, it’s probably not that lost. I mean, how many of these things do you think I own? Oh… A lot, I [...]