So a client calls me to set up his spanking new MacBook, an operation that I took to be utterly routine, having done that sort of thing for years with different Macs. Arriving at his home, I realized I had forgotten to take my FireWire cable — he had purchased the white MacBook entry-level model, […]

Your Mac is great at playing music, and editing videos, so being able to watch and record your favorite shows is no great stretch. In the past, however, Apple’s own efforts to add a TV tuner have been mixed, although some speculate that it might just happen next year, courtesy of the iMac or a […]

When I first had the chance to review Move2Mac, from Detto Technologies, I thought it was a clever idea with one serious limitation. Yes, it did a decent job of transferring your stuff from a PC to a Mac, although it was rather slow at the task. But what about upgrading from an old Mac […]

Buried in the description about the new iPods was the fact that they only ship with a USB 2.0 cable. I mentioned this in passing in my original report on the product introduction, but it deserves more attention, because it was bound to generate complaints from Mac users who feel neglected, and don’t want to […]