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Ever take your eyes off something for a moment...
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Ever take your eyes off something for a moment then come back to find it gone. I've been busy at work and so just skimmed quickly over MacNN for a couple of weeks rather than settling down to read it...
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Posted by daqman, on Jul 4, 2016 at 07:43 AM, in Mac News |
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Oh my. Clicked on the old familiar bookmark this...
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52,211 Views / 77 Replies |
Oh my. Clicked on the old familiar bookmark this morning to start my day as I have done for the past twenty years or so. This is a complete shock to me. I will miss MacNN which has been a part of my...
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Posted by daqman, on Jul 4, 2016 at 07:37 AM, in Mac News |
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How does this compare with the Livescribe pen...
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How does this compare with the Livescribe pen that uses similar technology? I bought a Moleskine Edition Livescribe 3 about a year ago and hardly use it because the App that Livescribe produced was...
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Posted by daqman, on Apr 7, 2016 at 02:05 PM, in Mac News |
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Polls of the public are, in general, problematic...
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636 Views / 5 Replies |
Polls of the public are, in general, problematic because the average member of the public has no clue at all about how Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and any of the others compare in terms of...
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Posted by daqman, on Mar 23, 2016 at 11:45 AM, in Mac News |
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well look at that. If you have Ad Blocker on then...
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506 Views / 5 Replies |
well look at that. If you have Ad Blocker on then there's no content in any of the articles.
But, look on the bright side I get to look an Ad titled "30 celebrities who've fattened up" and get to...
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Posted by daqman, on Feb 8, 2016 at 02:21 PM, in Mac News |
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I see the title "App Update (OS X): Tweetbot,...
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506 Views / 5 Replies |
I see the title "App Update (OS X): Tweetbot, Together, Permute, more", a picture of App icons "MacNN's OS X App Update for Feb 8, 2016" and nothing else, no text. Is there supposed to be an article...
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Posted by daqman, on Feb 8, 2016 at 02:18 PM, in Mac News |
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Why does everyone have a large black circle after...
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Why does everyone have a large black circle after their name in the comments on the new website? It looks like there should be a personal avatar but I can't find any preferences that allow a user to...
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Posted by daqman, on Feb 5, 2016 at 03:53 PM, in Mac News |
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Charles Martin: I did ask Apple for a refund....
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881 Views / 8 Replies |
Charles Martin: I did ask Apple for a refund. I'll keep on using the last 1.x version in the hope that the developers change their minds. It's sad because otherwise the updated App has some nice...
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Posted by daqman, on Feb 5, 2016 at 03:50 PM, in Mac News |
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Spudboy2004 : I agree with that for this version....
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881 Views / 8 Replies |
Spudboy2004 : I agree with that for this version. My issue was that Day One was one of the few combinations of iOS and OSX Apps that was aimed to being a journal that I COULD put things in that I...
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Posted by daqman, on Feb 5, 2016 at 01:15 PM, in Mac News |
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This seems to be a paid update which surprised me...
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881 Views / 8 Replies |
This seems to be a paid update which surprised me but I paid the $19.99 and "updated" now I have two copies of Day One. Running the new version the interface is different and more in tune with the El...
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Posted by daqman, on Feb 5, 2016 at 10:13 AM, in Mac News |
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Well that was a shock...
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3,057 Views / 50 Replies |
Time for a short break from work and I nearly fell off my chair! A little bit of warning would have been nice!
Overall I like the new look, the old one was starting to look dated (and I don't...
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Posted by daqman, on Feb 4, 2016 at 10:32 AM, in Feedback |
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I went to the BBC website in hope of more detail...
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I went to the BBC website in hope of more detail but there is none. Why did he win this case? The claim would only be legitimate if he'd opened the sealed box and found the screen already cracked...
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Posted by daqman, on Feb 3, 2016 at 09:46 AM, in Mac News |
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OK, I'm feeling like an idiot here. I patiently...
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1,744 Views / 9 Replies |
OK, I'm feeling like an idiot here. I patiently waited for Quicken 2016 and a couple of days ago Quicken 2015 offered to upgrade for full price minus a small discount. I use Quicken daily so I took...
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Posted by daqman, on Nov 19, 2015 at 05:50 PM, in Mac News |
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Mike, yes, I second that opinion. I have had...
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452 Views / 4 Replies |
Mike, yes, I second that opinion. I have had numerous problems with not only software but also services. Many things are not as stable as they should be or behave very differently from one machine to...
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Posted by daqman, on Nov 18, 2015 at 11:33 AM, in Mac News |
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Nice apology to the developers. Meanwhile I have...
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452 Views / 4 Replies |
Nice apology to the developers. Meanwhile I have had to re-download about a dozen Apps from the App store before I could use them. The latest PDFPen Pro just an hour ago. There was a twist to that...
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Posted by daqman, on Nov 18, 2015 at 09:30 AM, in Mac News |
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The section about automatic Windows updates...
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The section about automatic Windows updates reminded me of the time that there was a "high level" project review at work. A couple of dozen staff making presentations and a panel of experts flown in...
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Posted by daqman, on Nov 17, 2015 at 01:25 PM, in Mac News |
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I work in front of an iMac all day and the only...
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486 Views / 4 Replies |
I work in front of an iMac all day and the only keyboard I will use is the Das Keyboard with full size full travel keys. Why? Because I do a lot of typing and my personal experience is that, after...
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Posted by daqman, on Nov 4, 2015 at 04:56 PM, in Mac News |
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I started up Quicken yesterday evening and was...
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I started up Quicken yesterday evening and was offered an update to 2.6, I'm not a member of a beta program etc. The Quicken Forums have two posts one about the 2.6 update and the other about the...
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Posted by daqman, on Oct 14, 2015 at 02:57 PM, in Mac News |
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Odd that you mention Quicken Mac 2015 at version...
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701 Views / 6 Replies |
Odd that you mention Quicken Mac 2015 at version 2.5 because that version has been around for quite some time. Version 2.6 is being released this week and Quicken 2016 should be out next month.
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Posted by daqman, on Oct 14, 2015 at 02:01 PM, in Mac News |
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Although I like to see bugs fixed it is...
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Although I like to see bugs fixed it is disturbing that there have already been two updates to iOS 9. In my mind it is indicative of a general trend at Apple towards releasing products that are...
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 30, 2015 at 01:55 PM, in Mac News |
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I can't see Apple going anywhere with this. There...
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451 Views / 2 Replies |
I can't see Apple going anywhere with this. There are far too many places where smoke is perfectly acceptable, camping, cooking, grilling, a cosy fire in the winter. If you could turn it off then it...
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 2, 2015 at 08:02 AM, in Mac News |
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Inkling, check your facts. The largest single...
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Inkling, check your facts. The largest single foreign holder of U.S. debt is China, which owns more about $1.2 trillion in bills, notes and bonds, according to the Treasury. The largest holder of...
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Posted by daqman, on Aug 25, 2015 at 08:27 AM, in Mac News |
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I'm glad I still have the big box of CDs but I'd...
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I'm glad I still have the big box of CDs but I'd hate to have to rip them all again. Since iTunes had (has maybe but not used for a long time) the ability to auto-rip a CD and add it to the library...
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Posted by daqman, on Jul 2, 2015 at 11:05 AM, in Mac News |
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This is a disturbing trend. With a home service...
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This is a disturbing trend. With a home service you should be paying for bandwidth not GB per month. I think that should be the same for wireless but that's a different argument. I'm paying them for...
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Posted by daqman, on May 15, 2015 at 09:02 AM, in Tech News |
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"The site suggests that Apple implement a...
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"The site suggests that Apple implement a required..."
How about "implements the OPTION of a required..."? I hope this doesn't lead to another knee-jerk poorly implemented Apple reaction to security...
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Posted by daqman, on May 14, 2015 at 05:34 PM, in Tech News |
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I think the issue is that "we" are, for the most...
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I think the issue is that "we" are, for the most part, not power users but longtime Mac users. I bought my first Mac Plus in 1985. There has always been technology turnover as Apple embraced new...
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Posted by daqman, on Mar 11, 2015 at 02:55 PM, in Mac News |
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Hmm, my wife and I independently struggled with...
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Hmm, my wife and I independently struggled with this for a fair amount of time this morning. I was trying to update software at work and she was trying to download some new music she'd paid for...
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Posted by daqman, on Mar 11, 2015 at 10:15 AM, in Tech News |
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This is probably OK for quite a few people but...
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This is probably OK for quite a few people but switching to only one hardwired connection is a very limiting choice. Just a week ago I was setting up a wireless router, the first step, connect a...
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Posted by daqman, on Mar 9, 2015 at 04:34 PM, in Tech News |
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The strange thing about the "new feature" of...
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The strange thing about the "new feature" of having a common password across all devices is that I had thought that is how it already worked! If the 1Password file on my Mac is encrypted with a...
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Posted by daqman, on Jan 31, 2015 at 08:50 AM, in Mac News |
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@And.reg : I thoroughly agree. Along with similar...
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@And.reg : I thoroughly agree. Along with similar corporations Sony have their entire inventory of assets in digital form. The same is true with the banking industry, who's assets (apart from a tiny...
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Posted by daqman, on Dec 21, 2014 at 05:06 PM, in Tech News |
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"Generally speaking, if your hardware drove...
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"Generally speaking, if your hardware drove Civilization V, then it can play Civilization: Beyond Earth.'
Generally speaking maybe but I have a Macbook Air that is a year older than my wife's and...
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Posted by daqman, on Dec 8, 2014 at 10:47 AM, in Tech News |
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Beware! Read the system requirements before...
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Beware! Read the system requirements before buying on the App store. This game REQUIRES Yosemite and certain GPUs are not supported. As a Thanksgiving treat my son bought it steam to run on his...
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Posted by daqman, on Nov 27, 2014 at 03:21 PM, in Tech News |
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I've got to agree with mgpalma on this. I had to...
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I've got to agree with mgpalma on this. I had to buy a premium membership with fitbit so that I can export MY data (to have to pay extra for that is pure fraud). The other disturbing trend for me is...
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Posted by daqman, on Oct 27, 2014 at 02:20 PM, in Tech News |
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Take a close look at the kid's hands in the...
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Take a close look at the kid's hands in the picture. You can see how much force is being used here. He really seems to be putting quite a bit of effort into it. All he's proving is how dumb he is....
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 30, 2014 at 08:40 AM, in Mac News |
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The MyFitnessPal update would be great if it...
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The MyFitnessPal update would be great if it actually worked. Logging a meal causes an immediate update to be sent to HealthKit tagged with the date and time of the update. There is also a periodic...
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 27, 2014 at 05:20 PM, in Mac News |
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Maybe someone can help me out understanding this....
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Maybe someone can help me out understanding this. It's a bug in bash that allows code held in environment variables to be executed. The problem I'm having is that, at least with the example shown, to...
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 25, 2014 at 07:52 AM, in Tech News |
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This knee-jerk change is somewhat welcome but...
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This knee-jerk change is somewhat welcome but annoying in it's implementation, come on Apple get a grip! I wanted to use iCloud this afternoon and couldn't. I'd set up two factor to protect my iTunes...
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 16, 2014 at 05:10 PM, in Mac News |
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@Spheric Harlot: Maybe a first world problem but...
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@Spheric Harlot: Maybe a first world problem but symptomatic of the human condition. People don't like other people "messing with their stuff". This is particularly true of something like music which...
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 16, 2014 at 10:01 AM, in Mac News |
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I wonder how they count the downloads? If they...
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I wonder how they count the downloads? If they are counting all the folks who had "automatically download new purchases" on and had multiple devices that's really a meaningless number.
I, my wife...
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 16, 2014 at 07:51 AM, in Mac News |
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Out of the six Apps have not used any of them on...
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Out of the six Apps have not used any of them on an iPhone. On my iPad I've used Pages and Numbers, and on my MacBook all of them. It seems like a waste of their time to preinstall all of them...
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Posted by daqman, on Sep 15, 2014 at 05:30 PM, in Mac News |
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Well this is indeed odd. I've been using...
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Well this is indeed odd. I've been using TrueCrypt on the Mac for years and do not use Windows. Why the demise of a popular cross platform tool should be tied to the termination of Windows XP is...
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Posted by daqman, on May 29, 2014 at 01:30 PM, in Tech News |
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