Upgrading to Mountain Lion on an older Mac

by | Aug 14, 2012 | Apple, Blog, MacOS

There are lots of reviews about the new features that Apple included in their latest OS X release, Mountain Lion but not much talk about running it on older Macs. I hope to explain some of the details to you. First of all, this is the first version of OS X that...

Enabling emoticons on the iPhone

by | Jun 28, 2012 | Apple, Blog, iPhone

I’m embarrassed to admit this, but for over year after switching to the iPhone I missed those silly little icons from my older phones. But it turns out that the iPhone had them, but they have to be enabled. Here are the instructions: Go to Settings Go to General...

The iPad for Content Creation

by | Jun 13, 2012 | Apple, Blog, iPad

The iPad is a great device. I often have people ask me if they should buy an iPad instead of a laptop. I guess that depends on what you want to do with the iPad but it can’t replace a laptop for me. I started thinking about what it would take to make the iPad...

Let’s get rid of the microwave

by | May 30, 2012 | Blog, Technology

When was the last time you cooked without the microwave? In our fast paced culture, the microwave fits perfectly; it cooks nothing well but it does it quickly. Does that sound like life? We need to concentrate more on the depth of a few things than the shallowness of...

iPhone 4 battery

by | May 27, 2012 | Apple, Battery Life, Blog, iPhone, Technology

As of June, 2012 I have owned an iPhone 4 for 18 months.  In the past month the battery life has dramatically shortened.  A full charge in the morning is down to 40% or less by 5 PM.  I tried all of the normal tricks to improve battery life but it was obvious that the...