As frankps sees the world!

One of my tasks at work is installing Macs, and till now I have labeled the Macs with their hostnames on a Windows machine. But not any more, yesterday I got a small present from my “boss”. A DYMO LabelManager and it has OS X support. I had no problem setting up at as a printer and the small text editor app mounted as a USB pen and I only had to drag it over to the Applications folder. Sweeeeet! […] Continue reading →

I never thought of Elgato as a supplier of storage devices, but recently they started producing inexpensive Thunderbolt SSD devices and not only advanced TV and video solutions for the Mac. Today I got the 120 GB version delivered on the door, and at once started building a new net boot images for OS X 10.7 (including what is specific for the Retina Macbook Pro) and the 4GB image is transferred from the disk over to the machine in less then a minute! I’m impressed as it dramatically […] Continue reading →

I have a problem, and that is to keep all my personal and work related passwords handy and at the same time safe. A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine recommended 1Password. 1Password is the Keychain Access Apple never made. I bought it at once and I think it might be the best choice if you’re living in a Apple-centric world. It works great on OS X and iOS, but there are also clients for Windows and Android. But if you want access from your Windows Phone or from a Linux computer, […] Continue reading →

A lot of junk and some pleasant surprises… Today I’ve installed MacOS X 10.6.6 and tested Apple’s new App Store for MacOS X. The App Store is only available for 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and it will also be an integrated part of Mac OS X “Lion,” due later this year. Linux has long had repositories, which in principle is the same as Apple’s App Store. First of all, this is the first time installation for applications has become problem free on a Mac. There is […] Continue reading →

One of my scientific staff ordered herself a MacBook Pro 10 days ago and it arrived yesterday. The machine is stunningly beautiful. It’s to the point where I almost want to replace my 2 year old MacBook Pro. From unboxing it to getting it on net took about two minutes. I guess it is not possible to get first boot more optimized! When on net, the first thing I do is always to run Mac Update. 12 updates were waiting for me. Don’t want to make a point out of it, but I am one of the […] Continue reading →