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Tag Archives: MacOS X

BBC News – Windows 8: Taking a look at Microsoft’s latest operating system

If you’re wondering what all the fuss about is with Windows 8 it’s worth taking a look at this video from the BBC’s tech correspondent Rory Cellan Jones: BBC News – Windows 8: Taking a look at Microsoft’s latest operating system. You’ll see that what Microsoft are trying to do is produce an OS thatContinue Reading

Time Machine – Not Such a Foolproof Solution

Last night we had the kind of problem that most computer users dread, the un-bootable computer. Beth had used the iMac earlier in the day without any problems, but when I tried to start the machine up, it stalled during the start-up process. The next stage when you’ve got any sort of Mac problem relatedContinue Reading

Salvage Work

I’ve had an interesting evening… A few days ago I realised that the original scans of a couple of old pictures were only on the hard drive of my old PC – no problem I thought, I’ll just hook the old box up to the network at the weekend and copy the files off… NotContinue Reading

PC Pro: The Average Home User Should Get a Mac

So six months ago they were doing their annual Mac attack, now the schizophrenic PC Pro has swung back the other way again. On the cover of issue 157, one of the headlines is “Apple’s New iMac – Run OS X and Windows on this stunning £799 systemâ€?! Flip to the review and you’d thinkContinue Reading

Spot the Difference

The announcement of a Windows version of Safari, the default browser under MacOS X has provoked a good deal of discussion. Personally I’m of the opinion that it’s existence is primarily about providing a platform for iPhone development on Windows – very much that they need a platform, rather than any deep seated belief thatContinue Reading