Since moving 6 iPhones from MobileMe to iCloud back on October 12th, my extended family has had some sporadic nuisance errors that seem to come up randomly. Not finding anything useful as I Googled around for fixes to these issues, figured I'd post what worked for me, in case it can help others. …
Update: Friday, July 12, 2013. Unfortunately, buy-it-once FingerPrint is no longer sold, replaced by Presto, which I haven't tested, but is reviewed by The Wall Street Journal here. This article kept for archival purposes only. Update: Sunday, September 23, 2012. New version 2.1 released, read …
I use a family shared Apple ID for iTunes purchases, tied to a credit card. I use an individual Apple ID for each phone's iCloud.com access (same @me.com email addresses we used as MobileMe users, 1 Family Pack and 1 Individual). I suspect many other families are doing something very similar, to…
Oct 13 2011 Update: _A majority of the issues I noticed would likely not have occurred had I just waited a day or two, to avoid the inevitable time-out sort of issues expected for such massive deployments. Also note that I've located this excellent troubleshooting article on cnet._ Oct 13 2011 1:…
Here's the iCloud system status site: www.apple.com/support/icloud/systemstatus Here's how to open a ticket with Apple using Express Lane: www.apple.com/support/icloud/contact Wed Oct 12, 2011: Here's some observations I've had tonight, as I go through the process of updating 3 phones in my…
The lovely Lenovo ThinkPad W520. All the details of what I crammed into this efficient Core i7 mini-beast. I managed to get 3 drives in, with 2.1TB of total capacity. And the 16GB of DDR3 RAM is running at full 1600 speed. The secret to all this was is the mSATA port, under the keyboard (see top r…
I'm very happy to have finally received my ThinkPad W520. Set original preload drive aside for a bit, to play with Windows 8 Developer Preview for a bit fun first, seen here: https://tinkertry.com/windows8onw520 Now back to getting this laptop ready for work. 1) Memory I needed to upgrade to 16GB, …
So far, so good, after kicking the tires for a bit. Pretty too. I plan to demonstrate some rather impressive boot speeds, and show the difference between the new fast reboot and the Windows 7 regular reboot. Sep 16, 2011 Update: The video has now arrived, see TinkerTry.com/windows8boottime Sep 0…
I've been using Mozilla Thunderbird, Zimbra Desktop, and Windows Live Mail for a couple of weeks, trying to find the best solution for my needs. I use pobox.com since 1997 for POP and more recently IMAP email. I also use gmail.com, MobileMe me.com, and Hotmail (which is the oddball here, uses MAPI i…
See updates I've made to my original post here: https://tinkertry.com/mifi Here's how it looked (I used the Windows binary)
I was a road warrior for years (as many as 100 hotel nights per year), tethering to a Windows Phone based device in 2004, which I remember having to use the reset pin on frequently, and it liked to overheat and reboot spontaneously when used for data. More recently, my travel kit included USB …
I like a sturdy cradle near my monitor when I work, allows me to easily operate the iPhone, and dock/undock with one hand, even with a case on the iPhone. In the photo below, note how some tan felt pads are used to cushion the phone. Bending the aluminum slightly at the base of the stand, and 2 l…
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After 6 successful years testing then shipping well over 1,000 Xeon D Bundles, Wiredzone had to stop selling them in mid-2021 due to cost, supply, and logistics challenges. So far, Xeon D-1700/2700 (Ice Lake D) was a minor refresh for 2023, with Xeon D-1800/2800 (Granite Rapids D) refresh looking a little better for 2024. More cores, but still just PCIe Gen4 and DDR4. Looking ahead, I'm glad it's Pat Gelsinger at Intel's helm. I'm also grateful to have had the honor of working at VMware when Pat was the CIO there. I'll leave it at that, given the whole Broadcom thing.
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