Tag Archives: Apple

AppleCare – Is it worth it? I think so.

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Josh Anderson

Have you ever found yourself wondering whether that AppleCare you purchased was worth the money — I know I would have if I’d had to pay the full price (fortunately as a student it was only around £40). Or perhaps you’re … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 x64 on a MacBook Pro – Guide

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Josh Anderson

As I expected, installing the 64 bit version Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro wasn’t as easy as perhaps it should have been. You can’t just burn the x64 image to a disk and expect it to work. My MBP … Continue reading →

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Stop your MacBook / MacBook Pro from waking when you plug in the power adapter under Windows

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Josh Anderson

OK, so…. When you’re in Windows on your MacBook / MacBook Pro and your computer is asleep, if you plug in the power adapter, it wakes up; in lots of cases, this is annoying and it certainly doesn’t do that … Continue reading →

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Is the iPod Classic dead?

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Yes, I know it’s just been ‘updated’ along with the iPod nano & touch. But you can’t surely say that that was an upgrade? It’s exactly the same! WITH LESS SPACE. Prior to today you could buy an 80GB or … Continue reading →

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iPhone to iPhone 3G – Was it worth it?

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Josh Anderson

So, I, like many others have had my iPhone 3G for about a month and a half now….. I think that’s long enough to decide whether the upgrade was worthwhile – was it worth the money? oh no, that isn’t … Continue reading →

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Sound glitch in Boot Camp, x64

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Josh Anderson

I have known about this issue for a while and as of yet I haven’t found a good solution (though, admittedly, I am yet to look for one!) and the reason as to why I’m posting this now is that … Continue reading →

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MSN on Mac is annoying

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Both Microsoft “Messenger for Mac” and Adium offer far fewer features than the Windows MSN client – Windows Live Messenger — Why is that!? For instance, just now I was signed into MSN in Adium and I wanted to send … Continue reading →

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A new iTunes version coming soon…..

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Josh Anderson

The requirements for the iPhone 3G list iTunes 7.7 as a requirement. I sincerely hope that it is a release that provides some fixes rather than just an upgrade to support the new phone. For as long as I can … Continue reading →

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Good luck, smartphones. The better, cheaper iPhone lands July 11th with 3G & GPS…

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Apple finally revealed the iPhone 3g! Software is the same but it has 3G Data Speeds GPS (which also combines cell-tower and WiFi positioning from before) Awesome battery life (see pic below) A very good price I think the phone … Continue reading →

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CAPS LOCKE! (OH, AND THE APPLE ALUMINIUM KEYBOARD FIRMWARE UPDATE)

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Josh Anderson

I AM CONSTRUCTING THIS POST JUST BECAUSE I CAN! APPLE HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAPS LOCK KEY WHICH USED TO RESULT IN THE KEYBOARD RANDOMLY LOCKING UP AND CONTINOUSLY SENDING BUTTONS. IT WAS FIXED WITH THE ‘ALUMINIUM KEYBOARD … Continue reading →

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