Category: 740: Troubleshooting Kernel Panics, How To Banish Flash, TotW: How To Rename Bluetooth Devices

Whenever you connect a new iPod or wireless device to your Mac you get the option to name the device. Many times when I get a new device, I like to come up with a funny name for it. For example, my new little pink iPod shuffle is called “Little bubblegum shuffle” (don’t judge!). However,…

Do embedded flash movies and other items ruin your browsing experience? Do you find flash as contemptible as Enron? Do you want to stop Flash from loading during a browsing session, or from running down your battery? Well, welcome into your computing experience “ClickToFlash.”:http://clicktoflash.com/ I found ClickToFlash on a whim while reading through blogs and…

Last week, I performed a major upgrade for a corporation in Burlington. A design department was having all of their Macs upgraded to Snow Leopard, CS5, and Office 2011. A few users also had hardware upgrades. One of those users was moving from a first generation Mac mini running 10.5.8 to a brand new 2.4Ghz…

Happy Tuesday, Much of Vermont woke up this morning to sleet and freezing rain, and for the first time this year I started my car a few minutes before driving to work. I drive down a short but very steep hill on my commute, and was alarmed at first to see a car overturned near…