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Apple Special Event

Notes from the October 23, 2012 Apple Special Event: – 275,000 distinct iPad apps – Mac #1 Desktop in the US – Mac #1 Laptop in the US – New 13″ MacBook Pro with Retina display starting at $1699 – New Mac mini – New iMac —...

A few notes on the new Macs

First, the new MacBook Pro 15″ with the Retina display looks stunning. The price is high compared to the rest of the lineup, starting at $2200, but that’s not far off historical pricing. I remember buying a G3/500 Pismo PowerBook for about $3000 a decade...

‘Flashback’ Trojan Horse in the wild—what to do

A Trojan Horse—a bit of bad computer code that pretends to be something else—is infecting a few Macs. This is different from a virus which spreads from computer to computer. I saw an infected Mac up in Portland yesterday via remote support. I don’t think...

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

My own interest in Apple mirrored Steve Jobs’ return to the company in 1997. In the late ’90s I saw him at Seybold and Macworld, and over the years watched his keynotes both live and, particularly after we returned to Oregon, by video stream. He was a...

Brother printer cartridge trick

Quoting David Tutwiler in an Amazon.com review: This cartridge will disable your printer once it (the cartridge) tells your printer it’s empty. The cartridge has a window that is closed (blocked) by toner. This window runs through the cartridge from one side to...