Mac OS X Archive
Suboptimal iTunes video downloading
0 Comments Published by Eric August 23rd, 2008 in Customer satisfaction, Mac OS X, The Suboptimal WayI was just watching some of the “Get a Mac” advertisements on the Apple web site yesterday. They’re quite entertaining.
Before I went to bed last night, I told iTunes to download a bunch of the iPhone development videos. After the first one had finished downloading, I watched it while others continued downloading.
I just [...]
Suboptimal iPhone “Sync” and “Back Up”
0 Comments Published by Eric August 16th, 2008 in Gadgets, Mac OS X, The Suboptimal WayOver the past week I purchased several iPhone applications through the App Store, including Super Monkey Ball, a Rotary Dialer, and a few others. I also downloaded some free applications.
Today I connected the iPhone to the Mac Mini for the first time. I had to update iTunes, but that was relatively painless, other than dealing [...]
Suboptimal new computer experience — privacy vs. Mac OS X
1 Comment Published by Eric April 10th, 2008 in Mac OS X, Nonpareil, Privacy, The Suboptimal WayI just got a refurbished Apple Mac mini, with the 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It is mainly intended for use compiling my open source programs such as Nonpareil for Mac OS X. I am extremely surprised at the user experience of booting Mac OS X Leopard for the first time, [...]