Category: Mac/Apple

New speed test with upgraded service

Though it technically still sucks, it's a hell of a lot better than the previous speeds I was getting.  It's not anything to brag about, but atleast now I don't feel like I'm on dial-up anymore   Anyway, just thought I'd share my happy story.  Happy 4th!

There goes the paperwork

I went down to the local tax assessor-collector office here in Dripping hoping that they would be able to process my DBA paperwork, boy was I wrong. They informed me that I would need to head to San Marcos to the County Clerks office to file for Assumed Business Name(DBA) forms and provided me with [...]

Tuesday April 13th, 2010 in Business, IT/Network, Mac/Apple, Windows/PC | No Comments »

Starting my own company!

After months and months of not being able to find a steady job I have decided to open up my own shop.  The company will be called Far Away Computer Services and I will provide computer services to Dripping Springs, Johnson City, Wimberley, Driftwood, Woodcreek, Bee Cave, Spicewood and the surrounding areas in the hill [...]

Sunday April 11th, 2010 in IT/Network, Mac/Apple, Windows/PC | 1 Comment »

iPad, the glorified iPod/iPhone

After taking a look at multiple sites that feature the iPad, I've come to the realization that it is not a computer, but an over-glorified iPod.  With applications being installed like widgets and the lack on a useful operating system, this is one product that I think is totally useless.  It is nothing more than [...]

Thursday April 8th, 2010 in Mac/Apple, Tips & Trick | No Comments »

Another PDF trick with a Mac!

So yesterday I spent the day looking for methods of adding a page to a PDF file and was amazed at how much easier it is on  a Mac than in Windows.  Here is the very simple, yet apparently daunting task for a Windows user(if you don't own Acrobat[not Reader, the full version ~ $280 [...]

Wednesday March 24th, 2010 in DIY, IT/Network, Mac/Apple | No Comments »

Thoughts on Google Wave

Google Wave In mid 2009, Google developers announced a new communications technology know simply as Google Wave.  It connects more people and more content together in a sort of email but not email, semi-instant messenger type of fashion.  Though it is still in the beginning of its life, this program already shows some great potential and [...]

Nice little Mac/*nix utility – Split & Cat

While searching for a way to split up my 5+GB dmg file due to it not transferring onto my external hard drive because the fat32 file system cant handle files in excess of 4GB(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463).  It pretty much sucks when it’s the only external drive that has all your music and no other available drives with [...]

Sunday October 18th, 2009 in Mac/Apple, Tips & Trick | No Comments »

Retrieving text from locked/protected PDF file

Every once in a while you run into a situation where you need to retrieve data from a PDF file and find out that the creator has password protected it and does not allow copying the text and  printing.  Geez, you think yourself, how am I going to get myself out of this predicament and [...]

Thursday July 23rd, 2009 in Mac/Apple, Tips & Trick | No Comments »