Category Archives: Macintosh

It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)

Posted on July 5, 2005 by rsfinn

Guess I was wrong about that whole Intel thing, huh? The afternoon of the announcement I was describing myself as “lost and frightened” to people who knew me as a long-time Mac fan — but that was (mostly) a joke. … Continue reading →

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New Tiger window style documented… sort of

Posted on June 20, 2005 by rsfinn

The new “unified title and toolbar” window style I previously commented on has now made an appearance in Apple’s documentation. Unfortunately, it just tells how to activate the feature from Carbon. We’re still waiting guidance on when to use it…

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Dogs and cats living together

Posted on June 5, 2005 by rsfinn

Apple and Intel. Geez. That’s what I get for spending a weekend away from the Internet. I’m still catching up to the Internet commentary, but it’s beginning to sort itself out, or at least start to repeat itself. Just to … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: New Tiger window style deciphered

Posted on April 15, 2005 by rsfinn

Paul Thurrott accidentally wrote a pretty favorable review of Mac OS X 10.4 (“Tiger”). Towards the end, he apparently realized he was losing all his street cred in the Windows world, so he threw in some gratuitously negative comments — … Continue reading →

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That's better…

Posted on March 9, 2005 by rsfinn

Following up to my last post: Today Dantz released a new Retrospect Driver Update that supports the DVR-109. I hooked everything back up and fired up Retrospect; it recognized the drive immediately and proceeded to happily write to my 16x … Continue reading →

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How not to backup to DVD+R faster

Posted on March 2, 2005 by rsfinn

In which the author demonstrates the meaning of the proverb “Penny wise and pound foolish.” Short version: If all you want is a faster DVD burner to work with Retrospect, get the LaCie external burner; don’t try to put an OEM DVR-109 into a generic FireWire case.

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Dear Paul Thurrott…

Posted on December 8, 2004 by rsfinn

Could you explain just what you mean in your article Apple Macintosh Installed Base Set To Grow Again? 1) You show Forbes quoting Goldman Sachs as saying in 2005 Apple will see “unit growth of 10% compared to our industry … Continue reading →

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