Archives for the 'Apple' Category
Fixing SNMP in Mac OS X Server 10.5.7
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
I monitor my network with PRTG Network Monitor. After recently upgrading our Xserve from 10.5.4 to 10.5.7 (server), its status changed in PRTG to “in alarm” and was unable to connect via SNMP to collect any data. It turns out that the default configuration of the SNMP agent changed with the 10.5.7 upgrade, tightening access [...]
In-Depth Review of Snow Leopard
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
John Siracusa has posted an exhaustive review of Apple’s latest OS release, Snow Leopard. Great read if you really want to learn why you need to upgrade.
WWDC Sold Out!
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
For the second time in history (and second year in a row), Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference has sold out. This seems to support my theory that WWDC is “the” Mac conference – eclipsing the once-mighty MacWorld Expo.
Apple Reports $1.21 Billion Profit for Q2 2009
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
“We are extremely pleased to report the best non-holiday quarter revenue and earnings in our history,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, in announcing the company’s March quarter financial results. In its fiscal 2009 second quarter, Apple posted revenue of $8.16 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.21 billion, or $1.33 per diluted share. Gross [...]
Safari 4 Beta Initial Benchmarks
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Safari 4 benchmarked: 42x faster than IE 7, 3.5x faster than Firefox 3. Wow! See the full article here. Via Smashing Magazine on Twitter.
Why Apple Is Dropping Macworld
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
One word (or acronym)… WWDC. I quit going to Macworld years ago in favor of WWDC. Don’t get me wrong, Macworld is fun. It’s a big show with lots of vendors, lots of big booths, lots of geek loot, lots of good parties, the occasional booth babe (anyone remember the Iomega chics in the rubber [...]
WordPress iPhone App
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Posting from my iPhone was never so easy.
