Technology and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 02 Aug 2010
Ever since I decided to start using Time Machine it has been bugging me that I could not figure out how to back up my my iMac to an attached FireWire HDD and my PowerBook to the the same HDD over the Network. Of course I could buy TimeCapsule, but I wanted to make it [...]
Technology Tobi on 02 Aug 2010
If you don’t want to fill-up your Time Machine backup with dayly or weekly news podcastsm they can easily be excluded.
Mac OS X Platform and Technology and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 02 Aug 2010
Leopard’s Time Machine has an option to exclude certain folders from being backed-up. iTunes movie rentals which usually weigh in with greater than 1 GB are a prime example for what should not be backed-up. Unfortunately, movie rentals are stored in iTunes’ Movie folder–along with all your other movies that you may have purchased, or [...]
Technology Tobi on 31 Dec 2009
This is something I always wondered about. This Apple Support article explains very detailedly what works and what doesn’t.
Technology Tobi on 08 Nov 2009
Mine has this model number T86A7X103BD2. This blog post, describes a similar model and the instructions worked for me. In my case, the cables were actually red and blue which made it easier to connect them.
Technology Tobi on 06 Jan 2009
Apparently Apple finally listened to the many users requesting direct FTP support. Quote: Rather use File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to publish to a different hosting service? With the built-in FTP support in iWeb, you can do that, too. I am curious to see if this works as seamlessly as syncing via .Mac or MobileMe…
Technology Tobi on 16 May 2008
One of my first posts on this blog was a description of my idea alarm clock: Dreaming about an Alarm Clock. One of my key desired features was to set a separate alarm for each day of the week. Every time a new iPod radio alarm has been released, I eagerly read the online documentation, [...]