Archive for the ‘Admin-Upgrades’ Category

Resolve to renovate your Leopard?

Welcome to 2009. Is it time to embrace change yet? Just because it’s offered on your Mac, and in the computer press, doesn’t mean change will work for you. Apple introduced Leopard’s version 10.5.6 last month, but even after a few weeks the latest release is still reported as a show-stopper for some Macs. Keeping [...]

Self-service is measured in millimeters

Replacing notebook components is no small matter, even if the screws take on the tiniest of proportions. I’ve upgraded the hard drive in my MacBook Pro, and so I have weathered my struggle with 2.55 mm Phillips screws. Opening the case of the MBP accounts for two-dozen of these fasteners, most of them at 000 [...]

Four CS installs, zero glitches

I just put the Adobe Creative Suite 4 applications on my laptop, upgrading from the CS2 Design applications. I got lucky; not a single failure or demand for multiple license authorizations. One set of license numbers off the back of the CD case — and about 45 minutes of loading off a new Sony 840U [...]