Yearly Archives: 2011

One of the most anticipated game releases of 2011 arrived this week. Portal 2 is the thinking-man’s first person shooter. If you played the original, then you don’t need to be convinced that this is one of the best games of all time. If you haven’t played the original, then you may want to try that first, as playing Portal 2 first would spoil some of the fun of discovery. You can get both from the Mac Steam application.
In both games you solve levels by jumping through portals, moving boxes, making clever jumps and throwing switches. And at the end of the original Portal, you get cake. Maybe.

You’ve probably heard of, or played, this game before. It has been around for the Wii, Windows and Mac since 2008. You build structures out of goo to reach a goal. Very inventive and fun. The iPad version of World of Goo has been around for a few months, and now there is an iPhone version as well.

In the end Tom was thankful that Apple didn’t make the iPad’s screen less reflective.

I bought a new iMac in August of last year, but I have noticed that there appear to be some screen burn in, I.E. it has some ghost text on the upper left hand side of the monitor, since I am out of my three months covered by Apple for AppleCare I was going to wait and get some ... (2 Comments)

i have an iTunes Library of ofer 750gig and perioidicly i back it up to disc using the iTunes function. I usually use dvd r dl 8.5gb to do this but i got curious looking at my two boxes of over 100 discs and to my disgust the last 20 or so discs only had about 50mb each on them. ... (3 Comments)

Dear Gary Have you got any idea about how bad is for a Mac to abruptly stop operating because of a power failure, instead of a normal shut-down? Is just one or multiple incidents enough to cause these harmful effects (if any)? —– Jim ... (1 Comment)

How do I add excel files to my iPad? New to iPad. —– Bob Doyle ... (2 Comments)

Hi Gary How can I record a phone conversation on a iPhone 4/iOS 4.3 —– paulie3660 ... (3 Comments)

I am a 3 year old Mac convert, and would like to know the equivalent option for the “Shift end or Shift home” home keys which is used to highlight text from a position to the end. I cannot seem to find an equivalent. —– femiguard-meebo@yahoo.co.uk ... (1 Comment)

Many new Mac users have some common misconceptions about their Macs and how they work. See if you are operating under any incorrect assumptions. Add to the list of common misconceptions below.

I’ve been sharing a room for some months where hairspray and spray perfumes are used. I’ve moved to a new place but my laptop is filling the whole apartment with very strong,acrid, perfumish/chemicalish odour of hot hairspray. Leaving it to burn off has not reduced ... (1 Comment)

I am using a Macbook Pro 13″ (Early 2011) model, and am new to Mac. I’m wondering what’s the best way to use my Macbook, as i use it as a desktop computer at home, and also use it for school. I’ve had it for around 2weeks and it’s on 14 cycles. This ... (33 Comments)

Administrative Professionals Day is upon us, and I’d like to get my secretary an iPad, but am on a tight budget, so I’m thinking 1st generation 16GB Wifi. I don’t want used, but new or refurbished would be okay. I need to have it by the weekend. Can anyone ... (1 Comment)

I have a MB Pro and just got the facetime app. We just got an ipad2 and also have the facetime app. I personally have an apple ID for itunes and the app store, but my wife does not. Do we need separate ID’s to facetime each other on our devices? if so how does she get her ... (4 Comments)

I currently use MobileMe but do not use the sync function that much between calendars. I can’t really justify paying the subscription fee moving forward. Is there a way to transfer my mobileme emails over to gmail? —– Pat ... (5 Comments)

I have a 2.65Ghz 17″ Titanium Laptop with a Hitachi 160GB 5400RPM 8MB Buffer SATA 2.5″ Hard Drive that recently went bad. I would like to replace it and possible upgrade the drive but I am not sure what drives are compatible with my Laptop and I don’t want to ... (1 Comment)

MacMini sometimes just restarts itself. It may be a an issue with the hard drive or it may not be. Can I leave console running, or activity monitor running to figure out what occured just before the restart and diagnose the problem? —– Martin ... (1 Comment)

How to get rid of it. —– Jacques Bastien ... (2 Comments)

I would like to take a small video clip (25MB) and send it to friends via email, however email file attachments can only be 10MB (or something close to that). Is there a utility which will create a multi-file zip archive so I can send a few emails with the zip segments? Also, ... (3 Comments)

I saw the ad on your website about MacKeeper. Is a program like MacKeeper really beneficial? I was also wondering if you use any such programs that “clean up” your mac, and if you have any other recommendations? Thanks. —– matt ... (1 Comment)