Updated 8/28: See section in red block. Mozy released MacMozy 0.6.2.2 (23015), their online backup software for the Mac which is still in beta. This release was a reminder to me about the downside of beta software. I upgraded both my iMac and my Macbook. The MacBook upgrade went relatively well. I’d describe it as [...]
It’s always something. Just when I think everything’s going along fine I find a problem. The problem defies solution until I finally reach a point where the solution may be worse than living with the problem.
The problem was resolved relatively painlessly. See the bottom of this post for the update.
Sometime between July 30th and August [...]
Posted in Wordpress | Tagged frustration |
…but not always what you think. I lost a couple hours of blogging time tonight because my site was down, or I thought it was down. Shortly after I put in a redirect to one of the domains on the server I began to lose connectivity to the Bluehost servers.
First I couldn’t access through SFTP [...]
I decided to remove the Button Manager drivers (Mac) for my Western Digital My Book 500GB drive. The button manager software is used to provide:
1. the capacity gauge that shows the drive space used
2. Safe shutdown (by pushing the drive button)
Since installing the My Book drivers I’ve had one case when my iMac just pin-wheeled [...]
I finally got around to researching the wireless problem that surfaced after I applied the OS X 10.4.10 update. In short, every time the computer booted, or woke from sleep I’d have to reconfigure the wireless network. For wireless I use 802.11g with WPA for security.
The solution was simple. I deleted the network from my [...]
Posted in Mac OS X | Also tagged os_x, wireless |
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133019/article.html
Back on the 22nd I commented in a sidenote about an ISP survey that I was fairly happy with AT&T except for the lack of higher speed plans. As retribution I came home yesterday to find my phone service out (voice and DSL). I called AT&T and they were helpful although I consider myself lucky [...]
Posted in Quick Bits | Tagged frustration |
