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So, I was working on my G4 running Leopard and just for kicks I decided to watch a little bit of a movie on DVD. I rarely do this but I was in the mood to try something different (and, … Continued

Today I was greeted by yet another software update. I guess the programmers at Apple are working around the clock and drinking plenty of Jolt and Red Bull! This morning I was alerted to an Epson Printer Updater. If you’ve … Continued

One of the cool features of Mac OS X Leopard is Screen Sharing. Screen Sharing is just Apple’s fancy name for VNC which allows a remote user to control a local machine. For example, if someone needs help setting up … Continued

It may seem like I am griping alot about how things DON’T work in Leopard. But the good news is that much of what I use my Mac for does work just fine. And while I do continue to have … Continued

Firewire is a protocol invented by Apple so you’d have to figure that it would work. With firewire, you are supposed to be able to daisy chain up to 127 devices, whether they are hard drives, scanners, video devices, or … Continued

This has to go down into one of the X-Files as this is too weird to be a coincidence. Just yesterday, I spent half a day at a client site troubleshooting network disconnects. The parameters are as follows: all Macs … Continued

Just in case you didn’t realize it, this blog publishes an RSS feed. So if you prefer to get your news that way, you can subscribe to one of two different feeds. The first is the “Entries Feed” which updates … Continued

Just when I was starting to like Leopard, it went ahead and crushed me. It left me standing at the prom all alone with that sinking feeling. Here’s the latest with my little Leopard… Of course I updated to 10.5.1 … Continued

So here is what I found as a workaround to print directly onto a CD from EPSON PrintCD software when you get the error, “The EPSON printer driver dealing with CD printing is not installed.” When you chose “Print” out … Continued

OK, so it isn’t life shattering, but one thing that is really bothering me about Leopard is my Epson R220 printer no longer prints CDs. I bought this printer so I could print directly on printable CDs and DVDs. Believe … Continued