Technology Archive

  • Normally 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 […]

    Change the Computer Name on a Mac

    Normally 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 […]

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  • Age 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. […]

    Age of Mythology Under Parallels

    Age 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. […]

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  • One 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 […]

    Mac With Insomnia

    One 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 […]

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  • I 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 […]

    Age of Empires III Settings

    I 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 […]

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  • I 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 […]

    iTunes Determining Gapless Playback Information

    I 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 […]

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  • If 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 […]

    Home Network Management Strategies

    If 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 […]

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  • I 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 […]

    Mac Mini Server

    I 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 […]

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  • Welcome 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 […]

    Welcome!

    Welcome 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 […]

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