Category: 754: Internet is Running Out of Addresses, Precise Volume Adjustment, Less Can Be More, Preview Within An Icon

One of my favorite features in Mac OS X is that certain icons themselves are a “preview” of the file’s contents. A photo’s icon is a tiny version of the photo itself, making browsing through a packed-full folder in the Finder less of a chore than it might be otherwise. A customer came in yesterday…

Apple’s Migration Assistant is a great way to transfer your files from one Mac to another. It (usually) is able to seamlessly move your programs, documents, and settings over with a minimum of fuss, relying either on FireWire, USB, Ethernet, or AirPort. For some of us though, particularly those of us who upgrade all the…

We’ve all been there. You arrive at the office intent on listening to your tunes, only to discover you’ve left your headphones at home. At Small Dog, a quick trip to the warehouse to browse our “*inventory*”:http://www.smalldog.com/category/x/x/x/Audio|Headphones for a replacement set is all that’s required, but many are without that luxury. So lets say you’re…

I’ve written in past Tech Tails about IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, and how every single device connected to the Internet needs to have its own IP address. Under the current system, known as IPv4, the addresses are formed as four groups of up to three digits. Each group of digits can go from 1 to…

Happy Tuesday, Yesterday was the first real thaw of the season. Foot-thick sheets of ice slid off rooftops, including the one right over my head, and the river is rising. Roads are still flanked by massive, dense snowbanks, and all the meltwater doesn’t have anywhere to go. With temperature expected to fall to the lower…