Category Archives: Windows

Lessons from a Failed NTFS Boot Camp Partition

This article describes the failure of the Windows Boot Camp partition on my iMac, a partition that worked well for over 2 years. The partition was originally formatted as FAT32, but I changed it to NTFS about 6 months ago … Continue reading

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Security Warning : Avoid Internet Explorer for Now

Lifehacker is reporting that security experts advise you not use Internet Explorer for now. We see warnings like this all too often. My recommendation: if you haven’t made Firefox (or Chrome or Safari) your default browser, you should really consider … Continue reading

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New VMware Fusion Beta: One Problem on My Bootcamp System

Last week, VWware made available a second beta of its VMware Fusion. There are a lot of new features, which I’ll highlight briefly in a moment. But, first, I wanted to cover a problem I ran into with one of … Continue reading

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Announcing a Great New Blog: Team Fusion

I had not planned on blogging again until Monday or Tuesday but just found out that VMware now has its own blog: Team Fusion Several of you will find this blog to be very interesting, since, like me, you have … Continue reading

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VMware Fusion Updated with Key Remapping in Windows VM

Vmware has just released a neat update to VMware Fusion. They tell me it has about 15 bugs fixes, which surprised me because I didn’t know it had 15 bugs. It works great for me. But the big change is … Continue reading

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Mac and Windows System Utilities

I am interested in hearing what software you use to keep your Mac and/or Windows operating systems running well. I describe two utilities I use below. To keep my iMac running smooth, I use a free utility that has a … Continue reading

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My Backup Tools

My two primary backup tools are Chronsync for my iMac and Smartsync Pro for my Windows devices. I’ve only recently began using Chronosync, but I am impressed with its speed and ease of configuration. I’ve used Syncpro for years, being … Continue reading

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How VMware Fusion Eliminates Some of My Syncing Woes

When got an iMac in December 2006, I looked for a way to sync all of my Outlook data to Apple’s iCal and Address Book applications. I describe my first success with this in the following article: Keeping a Pocket … Continue reading

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Revisiting That Syncing Feeling

Thomas R. Hall had an interesting comment on an earlier post about my difficulties with keeping several devices and an iMac and two Windows systems in sync (calendars, addresses, tasks, etc.). He notes that he successfully keeps a system like … Continue reading

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Fantastic Open Source Software

If you are not using any of the great open source software that is now available, you may want to give it a try. Here are a few products that I highly recommend: The Firefox browser (Windows, Mac, Linux). A … Continue reading

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