http://macdiddy.com who's your diddy? Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:59:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Part 3: Make the battery last. Battery technology has come a long way, but there's still a long way to go. When your Macbook is new, its battery life is great and all is well in the universe. But the honeymoon doesn't last. Used batteries hold their charge for less and ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/161 Part 2: How to safely clean a Macbook or desktop LCD screen. OK, now that we have the safety tips out of the way, let's talk about the most common question I hear: how do I safely clean the screen? Well if you're like me, the worst thing to ever happen ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/159 Apple's Magic Mouse has been on the market for just a few months now and while many users are very pleased with its functionality, the magic has been short-lived in one area: battery life. When Apple annouced the Magic Mouse in late October of 2009, they claimed that it would have ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/200 Each time it dumps snow in Colorado (October?!) I find a certain request coming up more and more often... companies want remote access to their server so people can work from home. Can't make it to school? Well the teacher can email you assignments. Can't make it into work? A ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/189 The Quick and Dirty: Some Snow Leopard users have reported losing their user data when logging into the Guest account on their system and then logging back into their own user accounts. Who is affected: Apparently those who had a Guest account enabled in 10.5 and then upgraded their systems to ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/175 As a support technician, I put my hands on a lot of computers and of course I've found that some people take care of their Macbooks better than others. After a couple of years of use they range from grungy and gunked-up to clean and pristine. I tend to fall ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/156 Lots of people are having trouble getting the Lide 80 to work in 10.6 "Snow Leopard". Well I was able to recreate the issue (application runs, but unexpectedly quits the second you try to perform a scan) and come up with a fix. Instructions: Be sure you have installed Rosetta. It ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/148 Snow Leopard users who check Software Update will find that Apple has already released 10.6.1, just two weeks after the release of the operating system. From Apple: The 10.6.1 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/145 Edit: I've figured out the issue and rather than edit the heck out of this post, I've created a new post with instructions. As I mentioned in a previous post, my Lide 80 scanner has been working fine in Snow Leopard, despite the fact that it hasn't been officially support since ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/133 Update: The game subcategories have reappeared, now underneath the right column. Still no subcategories under some of the other genres, but perhaps this is a sign that those are coming. Along with the shiny (and slightly buggy) new version of iTunes release on Wednesday, Apple updated their iTunes store. With the ... http://macdiddy.com/archives/117