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More on Leopard…

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 | Experimentation, Vendors | Comments

It has been a few days and overall I’m pleased with the ease of upgrading my systems. The new 64 bit core really improves performance - particularly on my mac mini DVR (using elgato’s eyeTV software).

I have also resolved my Time Machine issue - although not as cleanly as I would like.

Time Machine will backup to afp shares on other OS X 10.5 (aka Leopard) machines. However, it will not allow you to put a backup on a afp share that is being hosted on a linux machine (via netatalk). This is disappointing as I had to go out a purchase a 1TB usb drive to attach to a mac mini. While this was not cheap it was less expensive than the alternative - buying a external drive for every Mac in the house.

Leopard… I swear I was excited.

Saturday, October 27th, 2007 | Analysis, Emerging Technology Practice | Comments

I have to admit I was really excited for Leopard. I pre-ordered my family five pack and was happy to get it in my hands by 11am Friday.

Since then I’ve been less than impressed. I’ve had one rather annoying upgrade bug and pretty severe dissapointment with my most anticipated new feature.
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Now iPhone (and iPod Touch) optimized

Friday, October 19th, 2007 | The Future | Comments

For those of you addicted to your iPhone or iPod touch, I’ve added the iPhone plugin to this blog. Just open safari on your iPhone/iPod Touch and open the blog… it will display nicely on your device.