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Technology Archive
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Change the Computer Name on a Mac
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 2 CommentsNormally you can change the computer name on a Mac by going to System Preferences / Sharing. After binding a workstation to Open Directory I was unable to change this […] -
Age of Mythology Under Parallels
Posted on February 6, 2011 | 10 CommentsAge of Mythology: Including Titans Expansion is a great game, and since the Titan’s Expansion was never released for the Mac, running the PC version is a job for Parallels. […] -
Mac With Insomnia
Posted on February 5, 2011 | 2 CommentsOne thing I have struggled with through the years is getting computers to sleep and wake up like they’re supposed to. I have usually found the culprit to be one […] -
Age of Empires III Settings
Posted on January 30, 2011 | No CommentsI noticed while playing Age of Empires III under Parallels that my settings weren’t saved. It turns out that the game uses a hard wired location for the path of […] -
iTunes Determining Gapless Playback Information
Posted on January 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsI recently experienced an issue where every time I launched iTunes it insisted on “Determining gapless playback information”. That wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t freeze iTunes for 2 […] -
Mac OS X Server Network Home Directory Sharing
Posted on January 3, 2011 | 4 CommentsWith Mac OS X Server you can configure network accounts that have user home directories hosted on the server. See the earlier post on Home Network Management Strategies as to […] -
Home Network Management Strategies
Posted on December 24, 2010 | No CommentsIf you find yourself maintaining multiple computers, a reality in many homes today, you may be faced with the following administrative tasks. Creating user accounts Keeping user accounts and passwords […] -
Mac Mini Server
Posted on December 17, 2010 | No CommentsI recently bought an Apple Mac Mini Server to replace both a Windows Home Server and a Windows Media Center. That’s right, two for one! Why the replacement? Hardware failure in one […] -
Welcome!
Posted on December 17, 2010 | 1 CommentWelcome to my blog! I’m an engineer at a technology company, and so I’m usually up to my elbows in some kind of digital adventure. I hope to share details […]