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Comparing Apple's MobileMe Contrition with Google and Netflix
Apple has again extended MobileMe subscriptions - this time by 60 days - but the company's statements have only once used the magic words "We apologize." How does Apple's level of contrition compare with the handling of similar outages by Google and Netflix?Read more...
| Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/01-Sep-08
This week's discussions cover odd bug-related behavior with screen savers, Eudora and sleeping, and an iMac starting up on its own. Readers also discuss VNC under Tiger, charging a laptop on an plane, and finding the latest App Store releases.Read more...
Searching for the iPhone 3G Case of My Dreams
As a newly assimilated iPhone owner, I quickly got sucked into a quest for the perfect case. I'm gradually zeroing in on what I really want.Read more...
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/25-Aug-08
This week's discussions are all over the map, and it's a good map to follow. Readers discuss the latest Microsoft Office upgrades, archiving a Time Capsule, several aspects of MobileMe, and more.Read more...
Jobs Personally Acknowledges iPhone Bug and Upcoming Fix
Super-secretive Apple has a mole: its CEO. Steve Jobs acknowledges via email to a customer that the iPhone has a bug that prevents third-party applications from loading, and that the bug will be fixed in September.Read more...
| Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/18-Aug-08
Readers this week have email on their minds, talking about merging folders in Eudora, the new Odysseus program, and the simultaneous outages of MobileMe and Gmail. Other topics include iPhone applications, Adam's review of the Garmin nuvi 255W, and backing up photos while traveling.Read more...
Why I Like the Eye-Fi Explore Wireless SD Card
While our fearless leader Adam Engst despises his Eye-Fi Share, I've grown to like, if not quite love, my Eye-Fi Explore, an SD storage and Wi-Fi card that tags photos with locations and uploads at some hotspots.Read more...
| Why I Hate the Eye-Fi Share Wireless SD Card
Sometimes a golden-haired poster child for advanced technology is really the devil in disguise. An SD memory card that can upload photos automatically via Wi-Fi sounds like a great idea, but for Adam, it has caused nothing but pain and suffering.Read more...
| Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/11-Aug-08
This week's TidBITS Talk discussions concern the iPhone's accelerometer, making Entourage (or another email application) the default program for the Mail PDF command in the Print dialog, the strange case of a suddenly unformatted backup hard disk, walking directions provided by online maps, and the susceptibility of phishing attacks in Safari on the Mac.Read more...
Sky Dayton Steps Down from EarthLink
Sky Dayton leaves EarthLink, the company he founded 14 years ago as one of the first providers of Internet service to the masses.Read more...
| Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/04-Aug-08
This week's discussions focus on recent Apple news, from the DNS security update (and Apple's response) to MobileMe fixes, the iPhone, and iTunes 7.7.1. Also, we learn how to extract images from PDF files, use Time Machine across a network, and upgrade Leopard, among more.Read more...
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Apple Claims MobileMe Mail Fully Restored
Apple says that its MobileMe mail outage for 1 percent of users has been resolved, and archived messages restored.Read more...
| Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/28-Jul-08
This week's discussions cover continued problems with MobileMe, how to cope with the theft of a laptop, synchronizing iPhones, and more.Read more...
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/21-Jul-08
This week brings a varied menu of TidBITS Talk discussions, as readers troubleshoot problems with Mail, MobileMe syncing, and the iPhone, and discuss recent articles.Read more...
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/14-Jul-08
TidBITS took a week off, but our readers didn't stop talking. This week's topics range from the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 update to replacing the battery on an old Mac laptop.Read more...
iPhone 3G: On the Line in Seattle
So who was crazy enough to wait in line on the first day of iPhone 3G availability? Jeff Carlson, who reports on the experience of hanging out with 400 other close personal friends while Apple's servers imploded.Read more...
| Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/30-Jun-08
In this week's TidBITS Talk discussions, readers share their experiences with Firefox 3, debate the merits of AppleCare, examine the latest Mac OS X Trojan vulnerability, solicit suggestions for hands-free Bluetooth speaker systems for cars, and query about an unresolved PowerPoint 2008 bug.Read more...
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/23-June-08
Readers are talking about old Macs this week, wondering which versions of the Mac OS can run on outdated systems (and whether it's worth the trouble). Other discussions focus on the iPhone 3G (its industrial design and performance in Australia), using online banking within Quicken 2007, possibilities for next year's Snow Leopard release, using Entourage with MobileMe, removing items from the Recent Items list, and more.Read more...
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/16-June-08
The iPhone 3G garners quite a bit of discussion this week, but readers also talk about MobileMe, encrypted Time Capsule backups, scrubbing the Services menu, Back to My Mac, and alternatives to Mail and Quicken.Read more...
MobileMe Oh My (or, Apple Breaks Record in Making My Book Obsolete)
Shades of Cyberdog! A mere two weeks after the release of "Take Control of .Mac," Apple has renamed .Mac to MobileMe, rendering another of Joe's books less than up to date.Read more...
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/09-June-08
This week's TidBITS Talk discussion topics are refreshingly disparate, covering Apple TV download speeds, illicit ebook copying, swapping cable modem hardware to improve performance, Windows software under virtualization or Boot Camp, and sharing files among family members in different locations.Read more...
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