30 August 2008
21 August 2008
Today I unpacked my new iMac...
...then packed it back up again about 30 minutes later!
On starting it up I spotted a black mark on the lower left quarter of the screen. Not dead/stuck pixels as far as I could see but what appeared to be an upside down L shaped mark on the LCD screen.
After a few phone calls it is getting collected and replaced - so I guess another week to fortnight without a desktop machine.
20 August 2008
Thursday - iMac Day?
Hopefully tomorrow will see the arrival of my 24" 3.06GHz Intel iMac.
IF TNT can find my house...
07 August 2008
Bye bye iMac...
TNT are picking up my G5 iMac for return to Apple this afternoon.
Wonder how soon the shiny new iMac will take to arrive?....
Or maybe they are not. Just got a phone call to say that the driver could not find my address!
So, TNT employ people with no ability to ask for directions? There is a Post Office/Store about 500 yds from my home on the main road through the village. The driver didn't think to maybe stop and go and ask? UPS seem to manage to find me...
I asked if they had sat nav? Apparently the drivers tend to ignore the satnav in small villages as they aren't accurate. Well, MY satnav seems to work on the postcode for my home.
Do they have mobiles? They had my home phone number but apparently TNT use phones which don't work out here in the sticks!
So, I have stayed in all day - now, due to trips etc., I am not going to be around until next Wednesday.
Great........
Traffic tourette's...
The uncontrollable urge to scream obscenities at other drivers who infringe on your space (whether real or imagined).
Jay: Man that guy just cut you off.
Mark: That @#$% can't drive worth @#$%.
Jay: I see your traffic tourette's is getting worse.
Urban Dictionary
06 August 2008
"This accessory"...
...nag screen appears every time I plug my iPhone 3G into the Griffin AutoPilot in my car.
Pressing "No" dismisses it and allows me to play music.
It even connects to the integrated vehicle Bluetooth system allowing calls to be made/received (1) and charges the iPhone (2).
All this while still fitting into the Proclip mount that I originally got for my 4G iPod!
So, this accessory does work with iPhone......
MobileMe - perhaps, maybe...
Never had any real issues with .Mac but since they revamped it into MobileMe I have been having problems. As, no doubt, have other .Mac users...
One thing is the 'homepage' fails to load without some "unresponsive script" error message popping up two or three times - doesn't matter what I am trying to access, mail, gallery etc.
05 August 2008
iStat Menus 1.3
I found the iStat Pro widget by iSlayer to be a useful tool during my recent iMac problems and they have a neat addition to the menu bar - iStat menus 1.3 - it even got a MacFormat "Choice" award and five stars.
I like the ability to view the calendar and time zones from just clicking on the time icon in the menu bar. Maybe other utilities have this but I hadn't found one...
Update...
Been a while since my last post so here goes...
iMac:
iMac has been back into Apple Store for the constantly running fan problem. Had a new fan fitted which failed to make any difference.
Eventually contacted Apple Support and, after another visit to the Apple Store with no fix, Apple have agreed to replace the G5 with a brand new Intel iMac. Thank the gods for Applecare...
As it was a straight like for like replacement I was offered the base model, a 20" 2.4GHz.
I decided to try for a paid upgrade to a 24" 3.06GHz and this has been accepted. So for the difference in price between the 20" and 24" I will hopefully be 'future proofing' my desktop Mac for the next few years.
The machine was becoming impossible to work on - the CPU fan was running at 4500rpm almost constantly. The ability to do any work was being affected by sitting 18-24" from the fan which was almost like sitting in front of a hair dryer. Even just using a browser would cause the fan to start speeding up. I even went back to Tiger to see if the extra load of Leopard was the cause but it still happened.
iPhone:
I finally gave in and bought a 16GB iPhone 3G in black - while the 3G cover is a bit sparse around where I live, if I travel 8-10 miles east, west or south I get into 3G-land.
One of the first things I did was apply InvisibleSHIELD to the back and Power Support Anti-Glare Film to the screen. The IS film was a bugger to apply and still has 'bubbled' areas around the corner cuts.
So far I am pretty happy with the device and wonder if the IS film will help prevent the rear case cracking that seems to be getting reported on various iPhone sites...
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