Author Archives: Michael

About Michael

Started computing with a Commodore 64 during his elementary school years. Used PCs from the DOS era until Windows XP came out and he couldn’t take the increasing mediocrity. A Mac user since 2001. There’s no looking back.

Printing coming to iOS 4?

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Michael

Apple has invited members of the press to an event tomorrow showcasing iPhone OS 4. One of the things I expect to hear about is system-wide support for printing. Continue reading →

Posted in iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch | Tagged printing, written on iPad | 1 Comment

An iPad as your only computer

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Michael

Is it possible for someone to use an iPad as their only computer? The short answer is “yes!” Based on my current analysis I cannot see any reason that someone couldn’t use an iPad as their only computer. Continue reading →

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Please sync your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Michael

You probably connected your iPhone or iPod touch to your computer when you first bought it to get your music. Have you connected it since then to synchronize it with your computer? If you haven’t, you should. Continue reading →

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Why my aunt should get an iPad

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Michael

I have an aunt that has never had a computer in her entire life. The only kind she has ever used were the Apple II computers in the elementary school lab while she was a teacher before she retired. But, she’s recently started mentioning that she wants a notebook computer to write letters to her friends. I have an old iBook from 2001 that I was going to set up for her but it turned out to be dead. I planned to set her up with a Power Mac since it was the only other Mac I have that I don’t really use. Continue reading →