Category: 680: Time Machine after Logic Board Failure, iTunes Authorizations, Snow Leopard vs. AirPort Admin Utility, 8GB of RAM In Your iMac, Snow Leopard Tips

As we mentioned last week, the Garage Sale is coming this Friday, September 18! We have over 150 products listed so far, with many more to go before Friday. *WHEN:* Tuesday, 9/18, beginning at 8AM ET. *WHERE:* “Smalldog.com/garagesale”:http://www.smalldog.com/garagesale This is an online-only event, and we *will not* be taking phone orders. Happy shopping!

This week I have a few more Snow Leopard enhancements to share with you. The Date and Time Preference Pane now has an option to automatically set the time zone based on your location. It’s a thoughtful enhancement that will appeal to anyone who travels often. To enable this feature, open Date and Time from…

Last week’s article on installing 6GB of RAM in MacBooks brought quite a few responses and questions, most of which came from readers hoping their older PowerBook might hold more than 2GB of RAM. Unfortunately, that article applied only to the machines specified. I did realize, though, that I didn’t include the other machines that…

Morgan wrote in following last week’s issue: “Thanks for your Tech Tails contributions. I appreciate and enjoy them very much. I have a question and I hope you might know the answer. I would like to upgrade to Snow Leopard, but I think I read that the upgrade does not work with the Airport Utility…

Pretty much everyone has downloaded from the iTunes store, but not too many of us know just how iTunes keeps track of computer authorization. Every device on the internet has at least two unique identifiers: a MAC address and an IP address. MAC is an acronym for Media Access Control. Many believe that Mac, the…

One of the great things about Time Machine is that it can store backups from multiple computers all on one hard drive. To do this, it needs a way to individuate each backup. One might notice that the backup name is the same as the computer name, aka “MyComputerName.sparsebundle”. However, it’s very easy for a…

Happy Tuesday, Eating locally is a something I strive to do year-round, and the Mad River Valley Localvore Project challenges Valley residents to eat exclusively local food for a week each year in September. Up and down Route 100 are signs urging passers by to enjoy local squash, kale, tomatoes, and other vegetables. There’s even…