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Category Archive: Macs

The Eclectic Light flickers: my iMac might be dead

You know, from soon after getting up, that some days are not going to be easy. Yesterday was […]

December 13, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Q&A: Bluetooth headphones

They work with my iPad, disconnect from my MacBook Pro, and don’t work at all from my old Mac Pro. Are they duff?

December 13, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: El Capitan keeps beachballing

After a difficult install, El Capitan nows spends much of the time beach balling. How can I fix it?

December 12, 2015 Macs, Technology

Storyspace 3: using guards to structure reading

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Guard links, only followed when conditions are met, allow us to structure the reading of a non-fiction book.

December 12, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Whatever happened to QuickTime?

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It may have become QTKit, but QuickTime is still going strong, and now 24 years old.

December 12, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Removing duplicate tracks in iTunes

Why is Automator so poor at a simple task like removing duplicate tracks from iTunes?

December 11, 2015 Macs, Technology

Internet-enabled toys, kids, and their safety

As a parent, threats to children now seem out of your control. Should you let them have that Internet-enabled Barbie doll, or remain a Luddite?

December 11, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Q&A: iTunes with a mind of its own

Whenever I plug a phono lead into my MacBook’s audio output, iTunes fires up and starts playing. How can I stop it?

December 10, 2015 Macs, Technology

KeyStrokes: the ultimate assistive keyboard

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The mother of all virtual keyboards, completely customisable, and operated by the input device of your choice.

December 10, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

The demise and fall of the printed manual

For any company to put more effort and expenditure into its packaging than its documentation is hardly user-oriented.

December 10, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

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