Using FreeNAS’s CIFS Service To Allow Local Computers (e.g., Mac, Windows,...
As I’m getting to know FreeNAS better, I begin to like it more than ever before. FreeNAS has allowed me to set up CIFS share (Common Internet File System share) so I don’t have to rely on Pogoplug...
View ArticleWhat About Thunderbird?
By now, probably everything good about Thunderbird has been said, but I truly profess still that you need to try out Thunderbird if you are heavily using emails. What is with the plural form of email?...
View ArticleI Don’t Need A World Backup Day To Remind Me To Do Backups, Because I Rely On...
Time Machine's retrieval interface. Image from Wikipedia. Slashdot’s Ask Slashdot: It’s World Backup Day; How Do You Back Up? post reminds us to not forget to do backups for our data even though the...
View ArticleApple Rolls Out New Update Patch, Combating Mac Flashback Trojan’s Java Exploit
Apparently Apple has just rolled out a new Java security patch which addresses the Mac Flashback Trojan’s Java exploit, because I has just updated my MacBook Pro with this patch through Software...
View ArticleInstalling Windows On Mac?
Windows 7 on iMac (Photo credit: ryaninc) Although the video right after the break was uploaded for almost a year ago by someone on YouTube, but I think it is still very relevant as the instruction...
View ArticleWhat About Free Avast For Mac?
Image of free Avast antivirus for Mac According to PCWorld’s Avast Offers Free Security for Mac OS X article, Avast is now offering free antivirus for Mac users. Me personally (obviously using...
View ArticleLet Download An Entire Website Locally For Viewing A Website Offline
A download symbol. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I should have known how to save a website for offline viewing long long ago, but the truth was that I did not know an elegant way of doing it until now!...
View ArticleTime Machine On Mac OS X Mountain Lion Allows Multiple Backups
Time Machine (Mac OS) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Before the arrival of Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Time Machine was fixed on backing up a Mac to a single backup device. Every time a Mac user wanted to...
View ArticleWhat About Steam?
Steam empowers Windows and Mac gamers alike as it allows gamers to have a central destination where they can basically get discount game offers from time to time, download free to play games, shop for...
View ArticleWith The New Mavericks, I Found Love In Bitdefender Virus Scanner
English: An “X” colored to be similar to the logo for Mac OS X tiger (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I just got done updating my MacBook Pro to the latest Mac OS X which is the Mavericks. Coincidentally...
View ArticleHow To Map A Network Share To Mac OS 10.9 (Mavericks) Permanently
Within the video right after the break, I show you how to map a network share to your Mac OS 10.9 (Mavericks) permanently. This way, whenever you reboot or first boot up your Mac, the network share...
View ArticleGlobal Tech Outage: CrowdStrike’s Update Failure and Its Repercussions
The digital world faced a significant disruption recently when a faulty update from cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike triggered a global tech outage. This incident had far-reaching effects, bringing...
View ArticleHarnessing the Power of an M4 Cluster: Practical Applications and Comparisons
In the tech world, innovation often pushes the boundaries of practicality, leading to solutions that spark both curiosity and utility. Clustering M4 Macs for Dockerized containers is one such...
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