Category Archives: Apple

News about Apple Tech (hard- and software), stuff I bought/use.

This saved me at least $200

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Steve

Last week I dropped my iPhone and the glass cracked because it landed glass-side down. Initially, it looked fine until I had a background on the screen. Boom! I could see the hairline crack. I was rather pissed at myself. … Continue reading →

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PhotoLab is my new toy on my new iPad

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Steve

The initial app is free on iOS but I spent the five bucks to ditch the ads. It’s pretty similar to the Photofunia site. I finally found a combination that didn’t “wash out” the main subject of the picture. This … Continue reading →

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My new Bugs Bunny watch!

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Steve

Watch OS 2 finally brought the ability to have the watch face I wanted, my personal hero and totem animal/character in this pushy world. I didn’t have him on there right away but Somara took the time to work on … Continue reading →

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Check out my brother’s company’s app

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Steve

The product they write/develop is called Cola Bubbles, you can find out more here. Nice timing on how it was posted on the Apple iTunes Store on his birthday last Friday. It’s free so I don’t get any money for … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace Murray

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Steve

This last year has been pretty rough for I lost another old co-worker from Apple and he was a former boss too. Murray was a different case though. Back when I joined as a temp in 1995, I had the … Continue reading →

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Week One: My Apple Watch

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Steve

Contrary to the Web page saying it has an 18-hour lifespan between charges, I have managed to get close to two days per recharge. Going with the tap over the raising your wrist part helped. I also put it in … Continue reading →

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Day One: My Apple Watch

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Steve

The timing was perfect! Somara and I received our watches on the same day despite my order being placed several weeks earlier. This gave us the opportunity to configure them together. The new 1.01 update was already in place. What … Continue reading →

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KMAG (v. 3) turns 12

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Steve

It’s late…as always, but I wanted to celebrate the milestone for my personal thing of tunes or the closest I’ll ever have to a radio station. QuickTime Streaming Server may have been put out to pasture in 2011 yet I have … Continue reading →

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I’ve ditched Dropbox for Spideroak

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Steve

Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last couple years, cloud computing has been the overhyped rage. Sure it’s a nice back-up and way to have your stuff on hand through multiple devices…until the big fat EMP we’ll probably … Continue reading →

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Vegas 2013: Day Five, the NFL should play more on Thursday!

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Steve

The day kicked off with a retro NFL game, the Bears of the Seventies I grew up with made an appearance against the Lions. Well, this was a proxy bet for the Silders’ oldest kid TJ so the bookie will … Continue reading →

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My Batphone for the 21st Century!

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Steve

Last week, Somara had an accident with her iPhone 4. After a couple days of trying to save it, the verdict was hopeless. We chose to hit the local AT&T store and see what options the staff could offer us … Continue reading →

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Calendar blues

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Steve

Of all the things to restore when the server regained its data, my calendars have been the biggest nuisance which is a disappointment. Last year I made the jump to BusyCal because its look and feel had more in common … Continue reading →

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Long lost Up2Date quest ended with BusyCal

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Steve

iCal is adequate but its advantage with CalDAV (a protocol for communicating over networks/Internet) often was overshadowed by its lack of features, compared to Up2Date. Then I stumbled upon BusyCal which came with a 30-day trial. BusyCal resembles iCal (Snow … Continue reading →

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Greetings from my iPad 2!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Steve

As you can see, this model has a camera like the other devices so what better demonstration could I do beyond showing that I am still not a morning person after all these years. How is it? A tad smaller … Continue reading →

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Lion is here, along with new Macs

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Steve

The long awaited OS update from Apple was officially released into the wild…hey, it’s Lion (aka 10.7) so isn’t that what people do with the big cats after raising them in captivity or a zoo? This one follows the ongoing … Continue reading →

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