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Five minor Vista features I wish Leopard had
Published on 25 Jul 2008 at 1:45 am.
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Filed under mac os, rant, vista.
These aren’t a big deal to me, but they are enough that I keep thinking about them. For most people I bet none of these are issues. Read the rest with that caveat in mind.
An easy way to see the wireless connection speed. Signal strength and connection speed are somewhat related, but they are different. [...]
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My Mac’s security is being compromised by .Mac
Published on 17 Nov 2007 at 9:19 pm.
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Filed under apple, mac, mac os, security.
I’m not a security expert by any means, so it is with great consideration that I bring up anything security related. While a feature I don’t understand may not necessarily be a security problem, one part of Leopard behaves in such an unexpected way that I can only call it a security problem – .Mac [...]
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Managing 10.4 Servers from 10.5
Published on 14 Nov 2007 at 11:50 pm.
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Filed under apple, mac os, server, software update.
Finally! The release of Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 update finally makes it possible for me to manage my Xserves from my Leopard client. I think Apple did a excellent job with the new server overview.
One caveat is that you cannot manage DNS on 10.4 servers using the 10.5 server admin tools. This doesn’t effect [...]
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Apple pushes out 12 updates today – servers still unmanageable
Published on 14 Nov 2007 at 1:52 pm.
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Filed under apple, mac, mac os, server, software update.
Apple has released 12 software updates today, including the overdue Mac OS X 10.4.11 update and a security update for 10.3.
I have several 10.4 servers in need of the .11 update. When I upgraded my iMac to 10.5 I could no longer use the 10.4 server admin tools. The 10.5 server admin tools told me [...]
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