Window frosting makes for the perfect mouse pad on a glass desk!

by MacAdmin | Jan 22, 2020 | Accessories

I picked up a new home office desk the other day and it wasn't until I put the iMac on it that I realized that the Apple Magic Mouse does not work with a glass top desk. In the back of my mind I knew this but was never a thought when I bought the desk or during setup....

macOS Connect To Network Share With CIFS

by MacAdmin | Nov 8, 2019 | macOS

To manually connect to network shares you will need to know the URL/Share you're looking to connect to. With newer macOS's please use "cifs" instead of "smb" for a more reliable connection. With some server connections SMB will give you permission issues. To connect...

How To Setup Bluetooth Mouse With iPad Pro & iPadOS

by MacAdmin | Oct 9, 2019 | Accessories, iPad, iPadOS

https://youtu.be/Hb-_HVuUUQQ Do you have an iPad and you want to setup your Bluetooth mouse? This short and to the point video will show you how to setup your mouse in just a few quick steps.

Can the iPad Pro become an everyday computer replacement? My at work review with the iPad Pro & iPadOS

by MacAdmin | Sep 18, 2019 | Accessories, iPad, iPadOS, Reviews

Before I started in any direction with the iPad Pro I already knew out of the gate that it is not a full desktop/laptop replacement. My thoughts going into this project was that with the help and new direction of iPadOS that the iPad though still an iPad is now...

Jaybird pushed & lead the Bluetooth audio generation for years, now for a new era of wireless earbuds

by MacAdmin | Aug 26, 2019 | Accessories, Audio, Reviews

I've personally owned three generations of Jaybirds from the original over the ear Bluetooth JB-200's to the my last set of Jaybird JF3 Freedoms and from the start I've always sold people on how great and ahead of the curve Jaybird was for Bluetooth headphones. My...

Bringing life to an old 2008 Xserve

by MacAdmin | Jun 16, 2015 | Mac Server

Here at work we have a 2008 Xserve and for the past couple years I’ve only used it as a simple file share server since the highest OS that could be installed was OS X10.7 Lion. I would love to use the server for more since it has plenty of HD space and when it comes...

Mac OS X Over The Years (Public Beta 10.0 – 10.8 Mountain Lion)

by MacAdmin | Jan 31, 2013 | macOS

Almost spanning a decade OS X (pronounced as "O"-"S"-"10" not "O"-"S"-"X") has gone through nine (9) major OS revisions of OS X to date including Public Beta. In this review I've pointed out the release information for each major version of OS X as well as...

Apples first OS X “Public Beta” was internally codenamed “Kodiak”

by MacAdmin | Jan 30, 2013 | macOS

How many people knew that the first OS X "Public Beta" was internally codenamed "Kodiak"? The Mac OS X Public Beta (internally codenamed "Kodiak") was an early beta version of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system Cheetah....