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iOS6 Upgrade

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Unless you’ve been on a desert island you know iOS6 is out now. I upgraded both my iPhone 4S and iPad 3 on Thursday. While not completely uneventful it was relatively smooth. There were related Mountain Lion and Apple application upgrades on my Macs. In my case, it was iPhoto and Aperture that were upgraded. It took most of the evening to get everything upgraded although most of that was spent waiting, either for downloads or installs. I updated my iDevices directly, over wireless, rather than through iTunes. There’s also [...] Read the rest »

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Why I Got The Verizon iPhone

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Continuing the disturbing trend I started with the iPad, I pre-ordered the Verizon iPhone once it was available. There was a lot written about whether or not there would be a rush to the Verizon iPhone once it became available. I guess you could say I was part of the rush so I might as well get specific as to why. Read the rest »

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The OS Quest Trail Log # 53: Attack of the SATA Ports Edition

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The latest Trail Log brings news of two problems resolved. The first was that one drive in my Windows Home Server wasn’t reporting SMART info, although seemed to be working fine otherwise. The second was a problem with a PC I was building - when it was powered on it would freeze when looking for the hard drives. Turning it off and immediately back on would resolve the problem after which it would run just fine. I also rant on the Apple iPhone hype and the Apple Microsoft revenue/market cap comparisons. Read the rest »

Favorite iPad Apps

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The question of which are my favorite iPad apps wasn't any easy one to answer. But after going through the apps I use more often and which ones became part of my daily workflow I was able to come up with my top 5 apps. Ok, six, since two tied for the 5th position. Read the rest »

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WWDC Kicks Off

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Apple is kicking of WWDC today so naturally the Apple rumors are flying. I find it hard to get exited about anything that might happen there. Apple is primarily a consumer products company these days and while important, computers are just one component of their business. Naturally there will be a new iPhone announced along with iPhone OS 4.0. I don’t really care. As long as the iPhone is locked to AT&T I will never have one as long as they’re the telco provider. Rumors of the iPhone arriving on [...] Read the rest »

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The OS Quest Trail Log #48: iPad Anticipation Edition

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The iPad frenzy is in full swing. Shipments are being tracked, store reservations are being confirmed, Apple marketing is trying to set new records in superlative usage, and yes, my iPad is due to arrive on Saturday. I did have an urge to cancel my pre-order. Mainly because the price puts it in the luxury category for me, even at the base version. I take issue with Apple’s superlative laden adds that keep calling it a “magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price.” Ok, they don’t say “low price” [...] Read the rest »

Apple Marketing Gets Me Again

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I have to give Apple credit, they do a great job of segmenting their products into different price points and feature sets. Despite being one of the people saying no one needs that much space for music when the original iPods were announced I eventually bought one, which was my first Apple product. I’ve bought two replacement iPods since then and my current iPod is a 60GB 5th gen. The iPod Touch/iPhone has been calling to me since it’s release but I refuse to get an iPhone as long as [...] Read the rest »

Apple Software Updates

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I finally got around to applying to recent Apple updates to my iMac. I’ve been queueing them up starting with the iTunes 8 update. Part of the reason is I wanted to limit changes while I was recovering my Windows Home Server. But the main reason was I’ve come to expect problems when applying updates from Apple. So far the problems have been minor. While waiting to apply the updates I’d read about people losing iTunes songs and album art after installing iTunes 8 A common thread for the missing [...] Read the rest »