As frankps sees the world!

Mapple – The Simpsons by aarplane …, but I agree with the makers of The Simpsons: Apple products are to expensive! Funny how they present Mr. Mops. We often forget that he got fired 10 years ago, but is now considered as a genius. Perhaps he was ahead of his time? Skewering Apple fanatics Bart, as Steve Jobs, to Apple customers: “You’re all losers. You think you’re cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it? Well, guess what? They cost $8 […] Continue reading →

I have long been waiting for a decent Lotus Notes client for MacOS X 10.5, but today I tested the public beta of Lotus Notes v8.5. The installer has a small bug, so you have to check that Notes should be your default e-mail client, other wise the installer crashes. The application itself seems to be stable (I would almost say rock solid), and I have not managed to crash it so far. This version is a multi-user version. Previous versions I have tried for Mac, has installed the user data in a […] Continue reading →

It’s a long time since I wrote about DVB-T with H.264, and I must admit that it is by far the most read article on my blog. I recently also written that people should not consider RiksTV when the analogue signals are turned off, so I guess some of you are a bit surprised when I wrote about them again. The reason is simple, I am a Mac guy. Yepp, honestly I am. MacBook Pro, AppleTV, Time Capsule, iPod Touch and an iPhone on it’s way … Elgato is one of the companies only […] Continue reading →

Welcome to my Apple equipped home, and let me introduce you to my latest device: Time Capsule. Time Capsule is first of all a wireless accesspoint, but also a 500 GB Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. Needless to say, it works seamlessly with MacOS X 10.5′s inbuilt backup solution Time Machine. But it is not restricted to working with only 10.5 or MacOS X, and is of course also working with Windows and Linux. But having said that, Time Capsule only comes with installation and […] Continue reading →

Finally Apple has released the first working version of MacOS X 10.5.2 for corporative networks. With the new service package, Macs can again bind with our Active Directory, and users get their home areas automatically mounted and network printer support also seem to have improved. Just as important is that Apple seems to also have fixed the problems we have seen with their wifi drivers. The list of improvements in this service package is very long, and I am looking forward to test the […] Continue reading →