Category Archives: Apple

Twitter

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

I’m not a big Twitter guy.  I only follow 75 accounts.  Between 6:44pm last night, and now, I’ve received 63 tweets.  43 of them are about Steve – a whopping 68%. Including a tribute from Pearland local Mexican restaurant Gringos. … Continue reading →

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Where were you?

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

I’m not the biggest Obama fan on the planet, but I felt his statement about Steve was very nice.  One bit of it really spoke to me: The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute … Continue reading →

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Mr. Jobs, you will be missed.

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

The internet has exploded with the news that Apple founder Steve Jobs is dead.  As I said weeks ago when he resigned, this is not unexpected, but still a bit of a shock. Can you imagine the mood in Apple … Continue reading →

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Why, Microsoft? Why?

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

Tonight, my Mac prompted me to update Office 2011.  I knew it was coming,  so I told it to go ahead and download the update.  Finally the package started running, and went through its normal thing.  After a minute or … Continue reading →

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Buy Apple

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

image from Apple.com Yesterday, Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple Inc.  Apple posted his very thoughtful resignation letter to their media site. To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever … Continue reading →

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Scrolling Direction?

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

I’ve been trying to get used to “Natural” scrolling, as introduced with Lion.  It makes perfect sense to scroll “naturally” on a touch device.  And as Apple seems to want everyone to use touch devices (Magic Trackpad, Magic Mouse, trackpad) … Continue reading →

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Scanner Woes under Lion – Fixed!

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

I upgraded my MacBook to Lion when it came out (ok, I waited a week.)  For the first time last night, I tried to use our scanner, a Canon CanoScan LIDE 500F.  I restarted.  I Repaired Permissions.  I tried with … Continue reading →

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Apple Announcements

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

I haven’t been able to watch the Apple keynote today, but I did read some of the coverage.  It all sounds pretty exciting.  I really hope iOS actually runs ok on my 3Gs.  I really wonder if my 3 year … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

Microsoft released Office for Mac 2011 yesterday.  It includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and as a replacement for Entourage – Outlook.  Office now has an interface similar to the ribbon based fluent UI introduced with Office 2007 for Windows.  Supposedly, Outlook has … Continue reading →

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iPad engraving now available

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

When I ordered my iPad, back in March, I lamented the fact that engraving wasn’t available. TUAW reports, and Apple.com confirms, that Apple has started offering engraving on iPads. It makes sense to have waited this long.  Originally, Apple was … Continue reading →

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