Attempt at Osx86 on Acer Aspire 9500

September 13th, 2009 - Apple, Reviews

Well over the weekend, I tried setting up Mac OS Leopard on (iPC 10.5.6 iso) on an Acer Aspire 9500. This took probably 5-6 re-formats, and I was defeated.

Am I just cheap? Or are all the ‘free’ Apps “lite” now?

March 31st, 2009 - Apple, Thoughts & Rants

I don’t know, maybe its just me, but I’ve been getting very annoyed by the Apple App Store lately when I try to get some useful free iPod touch apps.  Everything I find in the top 25 list is ‘LITE’ version branded, basically they don’t call it a ‘DEMO’ anymore [remember Apogee demos?]. It is [...]

Finally Google Sync for the iPhone/iTouch

February 10th, 2009 - Apple, In the News

I have been waiting since I first hacked my iTouch to get Google Sync capabilities, and now the day has come. I don’t have to try to shell out money for MobileMe (which is not something I would use anyways as I am primarily a Windows user), nor do I have to hack the iPhone / [...]

iTunes MP3 to Audiobook folder

December 18th, 2008 - Apple

For the longest time, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get my MP3 audiobooks in iTunes to pop up under the damn ‘Audioboooks’ folder (so they are nice and organized, maybe I just like my mp3s tidy.. *shrug*). Below is all the info to help you organize your audio just the way you [...]

My AppleTV review

October 29th, 2008 - Apple, Thoughts & Rants

So I decided that I just needed to own another Apple product.  It was the worst spur of the moment purchase that I’ve had lately. Quite simply a combination of great US => CDN exchange rate (I work in the states) and my co-workers rooting me on to get it and mod it. Well I [...]