This post is part of the MacBook Pro Complaints series. Instead of (or in addition to) linking directly to this post, consider linking to the series link, which includes a summary of all findings to date and direct links to the pertinent downloads that users may find useful. Thanks for reading! At this point we […]

A much-overlooked perk of Mac OS X’s BSD underpinnings is the presence of full-fledged support for NFS (network file system) in every shipping version of the operating system. This support serves as the underlying technology for the “Network Domain,” the fourth member of a family of directory hierarchies that also includes the System, Local, and […]

I read Jason O’Grady’s comments (via Daring Fireball) on the keyboard backlight of the MacBook Pro with some surprise. I am the proud owner of one of these new machines, and his experience doesn’t exactly match mine. Granted – I don’t have a PowerBook G4 to compare against – I haven’t owned another Mac laptop […]

To mark the occasion of my 100th (!) post, I’m recalling some of the major points of wisdom I’ve accumulated over the past ten or so years. Not to brag or anything, but in spite of my slacker attitude and a recurring assumption that I’ve “known everything” all along, I’ve actually learned a few important […]