Posts Tagged ‘OS X’

Software Above the Level of a Single Device – Saasu

April 18, 2011Matt 1 Comment »

Overview Saasu is an Australian online accounting software company who’s name stands for “Software as a Service Utility”. Saasu is also the name of their online accounting software for managing business finances. Saasu is capable of handling sales, payroll, purchasing, e-commerce, inventory, point of sale, document and workflow management that can be and is extended [...]

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VMWare Fusion “Failed to Lock the File”

January 25, 2010Matt 2 Comments »

I had a VMWare Fusion crash today with a Windows virtual machine running. When I tried to bring it back up though I got a “Failed to Lock the File” error. Restarting VMWare didn’t fix it, rebooting didn’t fix it. After a quick search I found an article on a similar issue with the Windows [...]

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Switching Video Cards on Your Macbook Pro

January 18, 2010Matt No Comments »

If you have a unibody Macbook Pro in the 15″ or 17″ models, then you probably have two video cards. In the case of my Macbook Pro, I have an nVidia 9400m and an nVidia 9600m GT. By default the 9400m is enabled. For the most part this is perfectly fine for my usage, but [...]

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Activity Monitor System Memory Meanings

January 12, 2010Matt No Comments »

Ever wondered what all the different memory types are that are shown in the pie chart at the bottom of the system memory tab in your Mac OS X Activity Monitor? If you’re used to the memory usage information that Windows shows, then the OS X descriptions might be a bit confusing. The reason for [...]

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Is Mac Really Better than Windows?

December 3, 2009Matt 2 Comments »

I was just reading a post over at the Global Thoughtz Technology blog about Brian Croll, Apple’s OS X Marketing Vice President, commenting that Windows 7 uses antiquated technology. The post itself I think is valid, Brian Croll’s comments may be fair, they may not be, but either way Windows 7 is a huge improvement [...]

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Accessing & Converting Blindwrite Disk Images

January 9, 2009Matt 5 Comments »

VSO Software’s Blindread and Blindwrite are an excellent set of tools for creating backups of copy protected disks on the Windows operating system, especially when using the Blindwrite disk image formats – .bwt .b5t and .b6t. Most disk image mounting tools for Windows will read this format, such as Daemon Tools, Alcohol 120% and so [...]

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Cooler Master X Craft 250 (eSATA and USB)

November 8, 2008Matt 4 Comments »

I got the Cooler Master X Craft 250 (eSATA and USB) when I was planning the hard drive transplant for my Macbook Pro, and after my excellent experience with the Cooler Master X Craft 350 Lite, I was quite happy to get the baby brother, the 250 Lite and give it a try. The 250 [...]

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Where Have I Been?

October 14, 2008Matt 1 Comment »

It’s been a while, and how I’ve missed you my poor, neglected blog and readers, it’s been so empty without you. So what have I actually been doing for the past month? Yep, it’s been a month already! Or it would have been if I had waited two more days to write this, but I’m [...]

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Snow Leopard Thus Far

June 25, 2008Matt No Comments »

I have noticed news and rumours popping up, as well as some releases on Apple’s website about the next version of OS X, due out next year, Snow Leopard. Just going off the information directly from Apple, Snow Leopard is sounding like it is going to be a very interesting release and as an unashamed [...]

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Adobe Media Player

May 2, 2008Matt No Comments »

Today while downloading the latest version of Adobe’s Acrobat Reader for a computer at work that didn’t have it for some reason, I noticed that Adobe have started to bundle their new Adobe Media Player with it. From the Adobe website: “With a broad catalog of videos and shows from the leading media companies and [...]

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