A Frustrating Journey
Everyone got into the patch game recently. Microsoft patch Tuesday sent a half dozen or more patches to PCs. Windows 2011 got some care with a a rollup patch. Then my web server had updates for evey major component. Naturally, it's this site, down last, but where the problems began. Read the rest »
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 »
I run a mixed Windows/Mac home and all my data resides on my Windows Home Server no matter whether it's Windows or Mac. This means my iPhoto library, iTunes library, Aperture library are all on my Windows Home Server. I recently noticed that these libraries were saving deleted files forever. Here's why. Read the rest »
June was a month of updating old projects and updating software. Read the rest »
The OS wars are heating up again with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard nearing release and Google announcing Chrome OS. Since this site is called The OS Quest I should probably add my own tw0 cents. Feel free to ignore me as you should every other analyst. Google Chrome OS Despite all the buzz and claims of vendor interest Google Chrome OS is nothing more than a press release. There’s already Google Android which has been pretty slow to get traction in the cell phone market despite some early buzz. [...] Read the rest »
My Apple woes continue. Every since upgrading to OS X 10.5.7 my iMac has been locking up on a regular and frequent basis. I’m not alone with one thread on the Apple forum reaching 11 pages. So, since my initial problems I’ve re-installed my OS twice (a fresh install beginning with a drive format). The second time I incorporated all the tips in the various articles I’ve read and starting off by zapping the PRAM. All peripherals were disconnected during the install except the Apple keyboard, Logitech trackball (just the [...] Read the rest »
I was doing some website work this weekend which involved a DNS change to move a website to a new server. These DNS changes usually go pretty quick for me although I don’t usually change servers. In this case it had been over 24 hours and I was still getting the old site from my iMac. I did a DNS query and everything pointed to the new server. Since I use OpenDNS I was also able to verify what address their name servers had. So finally I fired up another [...] Read the rest »
Apple has released OS X 10.5.5 today. Apple’s release notes were quite detailed this time. They also released a separate bulletin with the security related updates that are included. I installed the update on my MacBook a little while ago without incident. It was a 136MB download through software update on my Intel MacBook. It’s also available a a standalone download from the Apple download page. The MacBook had already installed the iTunes 8, QuickTime and FronRow updates. At this point I haven’t installed OS X 10.5.5 on any other [...] Read the rest »
Apple has released OS X 10.5.3 through Software Update and as a Combo Update. Details about the update are included in this knowledge base article while the security fixes are listed in the security bulletin. I’ve updated my three Macs (MacBook, iMac and Mac Mini) without serious incident So far just a few minor anomalies. All use Intel processors. The update naturally requires a reboot. This was a double-reboot which is common enough now that my heart no longer stops. Each reboot took much longer than normal and the desktop [...] Read the rest »
Apple released an updated copy of Security Update 2008-002. The re-release is Leopard only. Apple is typically tight lipped and don’t ay what’s changed. Others have reported that it fixes an Aperture printing problem that was introduced in the first update attempt. This makes sense with what I’ve seen. I have three Macs with Leopard but only the two with Aperture were offered the new version of the update through Apple’s Software Update. Read the rest »