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Solved another little Mac problem tonight, so here goes.
A while ago when I plugged my iPhone into my MacBook all was seamless, syncs downloads etc.
Then I got my ‘proper’ camera and installed the EOS utilities on the Mac. All was working fine, but the next time I plugged the iPhone in, I got a little popup dialogue saying there was no camera found.
Finally! It had all been going too well, so I suppose it had to come; something negative to post about regarding the Mac platform.
I’ve not had the Mac long in the big scheme of things, but up till now, pretty much everything ‘just worked’ which was a welcome relief from Microsoft-land that I know and love.
That was until today, and it was a kinda strange one.
The much hyped Snow Leopard OS came out recently and I decided in my nice shiny world of Mac-iness I’d give it a go to try and keep up with the trends. So I got my nice shrink wrapped package with the nice picture of a… Snow Leopard on it at the weekend.
In days gone by, the measure of a man was perhaps in his hunting prowess.
Going out into the wilderness, facing daily danger to bring food back to his tribe and family.
As the years have gone by, the measure has changed. With the advent of shops and supermarkets, modern man no longer has to stalk and hunt his prey.
So other measures have variously been used; His educational status, the money he earns, the clothes he wears, the car he drives. You name it.
Now I reckon there’s a new, modern-day candidate for the measure.
Hot on the heels of the similarly titled post, I have a few other gems I’ve come across or been pointed towards to make life on the good ship MacBook that little bit more simple. Not that it’s difficult in the first place, just different if you’re used to Windows.
Note: Feedback from the family, who are a mix of casual and regular PC users, would suggest the Mac is easy to use. So fear-ye not Mac virgins, this is not a platform (only) for the uber-geeks.
That said, if you *are* an uber-geek, there’s lots (and I mean lots) to float your boat here.
So, what do we have in the bag this time?
No posts for a while, partly because I’ve been on holiday and busy with other things, but also because I have a new toy. I’ve gone over to the dark side, as a few of my friends have commented, and now have a foot in the MacBook camp.
So I’ve been spending time getting to grips with the myriad of differences between Windows, which I’ve used for the last 20 years or so, and the platform of choice for the creative world. The butterfly finds another flower to alight on, so to speak.
So, how’s it going so far?
One of the burdens us IT folks have to bear is that everyone invariably knows you “work in IT”, and so expect that you can fix any of their computer problems.
Over the years I have had countless requests to, “fix this…”, or “stop it from…”, or “tell me why it doesn’t…”, or “show me how to…”, etc., with varying degrees of success. What escapes most folks is that, like probably 95%+ of the people that “work in IT”, I’m not a PC hardware engineer. OK, I do use a PC a lot and it’s an interest for me, but it’s not really my field, it’s merely a tool I use as a means to an end.