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Mrs. MacCraic’s MacBook Battery Issue

For a while now Mrs. MacCraic’s MacBook has had an icon indicating that the battery needs to be serviced. The issue seemed to be that it was not getting the optimal battery time for a machine of its age and … Continue reading

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Repurpose a Bookcase as a Home Server Rack

Today I set out to move around some of my hard drives and routers and get rid of some books I no longer needed. I saw an opportunity to use the space freed up on the bookshelf in the MacCraic … Continue reading

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Going Paperless

About a year ago I decided that I would like to go paperless. One year on and I have just started on the journey. What took me so long to get started I hear you ask? Well over the year … Continue reading

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Keyboard Shortcuts and the power of P

Using a notebook on the go usually means that you are not in the vicinity of a printer all the time. What happens then when you want to print. Well with Mac OS X you can print to PDF. This … Continue reading

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Sync issues with iCal on Mac, Mobile Me and iPod Touch

Those of you reading this who also listen to the podcast will be aware that  I have made the jump into the Getting Things Done philosophy in respect to my personal and professional life.   Part of this adoption has … Continue reading

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