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Re: Kindle reviews by folks who actually have seen one

milliebeloska — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:19:58 -0000

Ya wonder if Amazon’s worried about Google, as the news media has it, given what it’s like to read a book from the google project, or if maybe this new app is a how-you-doin’ to the new Sony wireless device we’re all anticipating any day now

Re: How much old software should you save? Me? Too much.

Trumenas — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:33:21 -0000

Oh, all software program disks and manuals I always collect. And now I have a huge collection of them despite of the fact that some of them are not working now. Well I like to compare old programs with news because I am very interested in computers, programs and other technologies. Your post was really interesting for me. Thanks for it and I will be waiting for other great ones from you!

Sincerely,

Tony Samson from software application development

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

backupvault1 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:26:09 -0000

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Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

ampressman — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:49:03 -0000

Glenn Fleishman reviewed a whole bunch of the options for Macworld here:

http://www.macworld.com/article/142606/2009/09/...

Hope that helps.
-Aaron

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

crowley37 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:33:57 -0000

Even though I like the concept of mozy it NEVER truly worked for me. I am using a MAC with Bootcamp in a slow transition from Windows. Three times the backup do wnload has either bluescreened or disabled functionality - F keys, Sounds etc..

MY techs have advised me to cancel and find something else. Any advice. I have an external hard drive that I could back up to, but know of no similar software that backs up data the way mozy does. Suggestions?

Re: The messy, the missing and the mistakes: Adventures in iTunes Plus upgrading

ampressman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:35:12 -0000

Yeah, I haven't read anywhere how the home sharing treats metadata.
But it sounds like it's for copying brand new songs, really, so it
probably either brings along nothing or whatever ratings etc existed
on the original track. I'd be surprised if it's more intelligent than
that.

Re: The messy, the missing and the mistakes: Adventures in iTunes Plus upgrading

murphy_mac — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:02:50 -0000

This is definitely a mess. On the computer where I did the download the new songs replaced the old and got the transferred meta-data.

But I have another machine with its own library. I don't know what I'm going to do about getting the songs over there, but I suspect it'll be messy and semi-manual. With no way to update the metadata.

It would be nice if the new sharing features in iTunes 9 dealt with this, but I haven't checked that yet.

Re: Dreaded HP inkjet printer cartridge problem strikes

EvelinaCrispin119 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:33:14 -0000

Interesting post. I have stumbled and twittered this for my friends. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.
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Re: Verizon FIOS - wowie, wow, wow

hannahshaven — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:52:49 -0000

FiOS is rea invading the nation...I'm liking it...

Re: Apple still isn’t going to kill Amazon’s Kindle, or any other ereader

Andrys — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:18:40 -0000

I enjoyed this sense-ridden column and your style.

Even as a Kindle enthusiast though, I think there's a large market of people who would enjoy fewer books (than the avid readers who bought Kindles already) but want COLOR (as ever) and video on their devices, more general-purpose as Jobs said. That WOULD be his crowd.
I think he can't conceive of people who just like reading words in books. But he may be right there aren't THAT many though there are a lot more than he thought, apparently.

When my eyes are bleary from staring at this computer monitor emitting light into my eyes non-stop, making my vision a bit blurred (and I'm talking many hours), I find I can go to the Kindle and read it just fine - it's relaxing -because- it's not shining a light at my eyes.

STILL, if Apple came out with a tablet or iPad and it had magazine subscriptions and access to history/travel books with lots of color maps and photographs, I'd spring for one, unless it required a 2-yr++ subscription to Apple's wireless-provider partner to get a decent pricing on the device. I have no interest in a monthly data plan as part of an increased budget.

But others would be more likely to go for it even then. What's another $35/month to some?, which is the minimum that would be charged.

Keep it useable w/o a monthly wireless plan (we could download via our computers and transfer subscriptions, or via Home/Ofc WiFi) and priced decently, say, no higher than $600, and I would get one too.

I wouldn't use it for reading mere text, which I find really relaxing on my DX, but I'd love it for the items the Kindle cannot handle, and that includes books and magazines heavily illustrated, with color, etc.

His statements about general-purpose devices still means he may come out with something that some feel will 'kill' part of the market for the Kindle -- the part that doesn't want boring old e-Ink, so readable but so static and so inflexible when it comes to movement and color.

- Andrys
kindleworld.blogspot.com

Re: Apple still isn’t going to kill Amazon’s Kindle, or any other ereader

RexHammock — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:50:57 -0000

I was joking about the comic book (because you said "please don't bring it up"). I haven't even heard about it.

However, it will be interesting to see if the liner notes of the iTune "Albums" will be DRM'd -- and how.

Re: Apple still isn’t going to kill Amazon’s Kindle, or any other ereader

ampressman — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:55:12 -0000

Would you believe July 2006 is before my time? Well, before both the
Sony and Amazon readers, so before I was paying proper attention to
ebook world and, therefore, I must apologize and will add a time
qualifier to that sentence.

I can agree that Apple is dabbling in the realm of music-related
electronic comic books. But that's original content produced to go
with musical content, like liner notes with an album. Now I have to go
buy it and take a look. Is it DRMed? Is it a format that Stephen King
or Nora Roberts might use for their next best-seller? Pretty sure not.

Re: Apple still isn’t going to kill Amazon’s Kindle, or any other ereader

RexHammock — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:56:16 -0000

re: "In fact, the question has never been whether Apple would make a single-purpose, dedicated ereader device. The argument has always been over whether Apple would start selling ebooks on its own out of the iTunes Store, in its own proprietary format, as it does for music and movies."

Point 1. Dedicated reader:

Actually, in July, 2006, I did make an argument that Apple would *not* make a dedicated eBook reader in response to some posts that Apple had filed a patent to do just that: An Apple e-Book? I think not (What I meant was, "and Apple e-Book reader").

Point 2. iTunes store:

In June, 2006, I blogged about iTunes being used to distribute digital magazines (PDFs) when there were some announcements related to some titles trying that out.

Of course, since then, I've decided to outsource all of my opinions on these types of issues to you.

But what about that new music comic book in the iTunes store -- Doesn't that mean Apple’s getting into ebooks? I would think "most people" would argue that.

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

ampressman — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:16:04 -0000

Thanks for stopping by!
-Aaron

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

Dan Reese — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:36:03 -0000

Let me add that I, too, deleted my Time Capsule disk in an attempt to fix the problem. :)

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

Dan Reese — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:34:04 -0000

Thanks for your comments. We goofed on this one, but will be taking steps to prevent this from happening again.

Dan Reese
Mozy, Inc.

Re: Anyone wanna buy a used Airport Extreme?

ampressman — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:52:08 -0000

sorry, long gone...

Re: Anyone wanna buy a used Airport Extreme?

samsethi — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:43:25 -0000

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or email me at samsethiusa@yahoo.com

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

mozynofan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:26:57 -0000

Currently running 10.5.8. Could be age of machine, but aside from the issues with mozy, the machine runs beautifully.

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

ampressman — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:22:40 -0000

Wow. That stinks. I wonder if it is related to the Power PC or the age
of your Mac? What version of OS X do you run?

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

mozynofan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:59:21 -0000

I have used Mozy for the past 9-months simply b/c no other inexpensive online backup options exist for those with large quantities of data 250 +GBs and who run Power PC based Macs. During these 9-months I have experienced nothing but problems. The mozy client consistently has issues of failing to recognize selected files as part of backup sets (therefore not backed up), runs redundant full backups (takes 2-3 weeks) during which time new and modified files are not backed up, conflicts with other programs (including Time Machine), and spontaneously removes previously selected files from backup sets. Countless hours chatting with customer service and updates to the client software have been largely unhelpful in resolving these issues. In short, I have found Mozy to be highly unreliable, but the only low cost option available. So, I have forged ahead in hope that one day they will get it right.

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

Larry Humphreys — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:39:36 -0000

The thing that gets me about Mozy is no file sharing or even remote file access and their 30-day retention policy. But for less than $5 a month I guess it's still a pretty good deal.

Re: Verizon Mifi connects laptops, iPods, whatever to broadband

dongrutzmacher — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:55:32 -0000

I can't get my IPOD to sync with my mifi. It seems to recognize the unit. I use the serial number as password.

The mifi works with my other laptop so I know it works.

help

don

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

Online Backup — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:47:00 -0000

I recommend the top 75 online backup companies here:
http://www.backupreview.info/2009/08/02/top-75-...

Re: Mac users should stick with online backup Mozy

Mozy Review — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:51:18 -0000

Mozy's support is not centralized, which is a problem. While Twitter is used for support, it's more of a marketing channel for them, and their support (if you try a live chat or email) replies with canned answers. Don't get me wrong: Mozy as a product is GREAT - I use it for 3 of my machines. But if there's a problem, you'll be left figuring it out on your own, or relying on the online community.