Did you know that it’s possible to turn your Mac computer into a wifi hotspot without any 3rd party software? It’s super easy and you can even password protect. Here’s how! Open System Preferences from the Apple drop down menu at the top left of the screen Click on the “Sharing” pane From the drop [...]

Since the release of Lion Server, PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol), the most popular VPN protocol, has been a nightmare. Apple removed the GUI used to configure PPTP for Windows connectivity, and asked that users setup via the sudo server command in Terminal.  And it… DOESN’T AUTHENTICATE!  I’ve worked recently with a consortium of [...]

Hey all, So Apple released 10.7.1 with iCloud.  Cool! I installed and updated my Mobile Me over to iCloud and was off to the races!  Nice! The next time I went to open my Address Book and search for a contact, I entered the name of the contact, and NOTHING HAPPENED! I tried removing the [...]

For all you Mac users, you are most likely familiar with System Preferences, your “Control Panel” for the Mac.  Many of you who use it know of the “Show All” button on the top of the window, where you can bring all preference panes back to the front for customization of your Mac.  What you [...]

Hey there domain administrators.  Did you know it was possible to join a computer to your domain remotely?  Not so hard at all. First, you must have VPN configured on your network.  Your VPN can be configured directly to your firewall, or through your firewall to your Windows Server Routing and Remote Access.  (How to [...]

So Apple released it’s new iCloud service not so long ago, a fantastic upgrade to Mobile Me, which some considered to be disastrous, so much so that it led to the demise of certain leading development team member positions at Apple.  For the regular home user, iCloud is fantastic.  It sync’s your contacts, calendars, emails, [...]

What’s the deal with the iPhone 4s.  It’s not an iPhone 5.  What does that mean? Apple has already sold over 1 million iPhone 4S’s on day 1 of pre-orders.  Is it just a hype?  Or is there something substantial here? Aside from the internal chip, camera, microphone, and antenna boost, iPhone 4S is getting [...]

Intuit has announced Quickbooks 2012 for Mac, the latest vernon of the company’s financial management software for small to medium sized businesses.  This version with be Mac OS X Lion compatible, and is set to ship on 9/26.  It will offer over 50 new features and enhancements. Intuit has released that the primary goal of [...]

Airline pilots have historically used bulky and heavy flight bags that include navigational charts, and other books/maps that they are required to carry on all flights.  United Airlines is the first to embark on a digital revolution, contracting with Apple to purchase 11,000 iPads to replace these heavy bags, reducing the weight of bags and saving fuel on [...]

I recently came across a client who needs 22 TB’s of data sync’d up between 2 locations, both locations housing big and bulky RAID systems, and they are both Macs.  We’ve reviewed products like Dropbox, Box.net, Sugar Sync, etc…, and they are all fantastic, and have a reasonable price tag, if you don’t have enormous [...]