Archive for the ‘Frustrations’ Category

Mac Won’t Start When iPod Shuffle is Connected

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The Problem: When my iPod Shuffle is attached to my MacBook, the MacBook won’t start. … If I get a better solution I will post it.


Android Features: The Good and the Wanted

Saturday, February 28th, 2009 A screen shot from the Android emulator on my Mac

Problem: The Android operating system for mobile phones has a great deal of potential.  However, a lot of this potential has not yet been tapped.  This post identifies my wantings with regard to Android. I will keep updating this post as I find new items to address. A screen shot from the Android emulator ...


Moving a Parallels Desktop for Mac Virtual Machine to Boot Camp to be used by Parallels

Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Boot Camp

Problem: I need to move my Windows XP Virtual machine to a Boot Camp installation so that I can boot straight into Windows. Quick Answer: Still working on it... The Whole Story I have been using Parallels Desktop for Mac version 3.x, but recently upgraded to Parallels Desktop for Mac version 4.x.  Apparantly one of the features as ...


Macintosh iWork ’08 Numbers is a Real Pain

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Usually I post articles that describe how to get around a problem that I had, but this is just about how frustrated I am with Apple's Numbers, part of the iWork '08 suite. Background I use a Mac because it is much more stable than Windows.  Also, the open source community is well plugged into working with ...