Regarding the question whether Xcode is worth paying the $4.99 at the store, or becoming a developer, consider this: I bought the App Store version. I spend considerable amount of time in front of Xcode, mainly for C++. The software itself is a good improvement over the previous version. But moving it to the App […]
I had a real great Apple Store experience recently. My mid-2010 17″ MacBook Pro developed a strange crease right around the power button, which is presumably the weaker part of the unibody top case. I took it to the Dallas Apple Store (Knox Street), and Joshua looked at it and kindly agreed to swap the […]
The MacBook Pro (Mid-2010) frequently beach balls, especially did earlier on. I suspected that Adobe Updater was responsible. Disabled it. Not really sure what fixed it, but I have not seen that in the last days. It has been reported that it may be hard disk related, but I do not believe so, especially considering that […]
Regarding the Digital Audio In capability of the mid-2010 MacBook Pro’s, has anybody been able to make it work? While this feature was introduced with the previous generation, this is the first Mac that I bought that has this feature. When I connect my TOSLink optical cable (with the proper adaptor) between the output of […]
On my brand new 17″ Mac Book Pro with i5, my battery lasts around 4 hours to run down. This seems to be related to the graphics card, as that the discrete card seems to be kicking in too aggressively. In my case, it was the SlingPlayer that kept it on. Next thing I want […]
I notice in hackintosh forums that I frequent, that people are often struggling with two things when it comes to a functional hackintosh. Initial installation Backing up in a way that is simple, and if an update causes problem, reverting back to prior state. Both problems are easy to address. The easiest way to install […]
On Monday, I received my 17″ Mac Book Pro with a 128 GB SSD, ordered within the first hour of availability. I ran xbench and ATTO Bench to evaluate the disk speed. The SSD disk is good, but not great. It is nowhere near where intel’s SSD offerings are. Interestingly, I also noticed that i5 […]
Look at the second line from the bottom, which BTW is mind boggling. Why would Apple, of all tech companies, take the latest 64 bit processor from Intel, and then run the OS in 32 bits on it. While I have not tested with the i7, I presume that the results would be the same, […]
My new 17″ Mac Book Pro showed up this morning. I had ordered the 128 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) with the laptop, and I have not yet played with it much, but it boots in just a few seconds. Check out the boot video below: The drive appears as: It has the following xbench […]
