by Rob Cottingham | Sep 12, 2011 | Everything Else, How to..., Technology
There’s a lot I like about OS X 10.7 Lion. But one big problem I’ve had is persistent difficulty logging into iChat. It’ll say “Offline”; I choose “Available”… and nothing happens. No feedback, no error message, just a... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2009 | Everything Else
Dear Apple, There’s a long list of things I love about OS X. In so many ways, your engineers, designers and usability geniuses have anticipated my needs – even those I didn’t know I had. But there’s one area where OS X is driving me absolutely... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 30, 2008 | Communicating, Speechwriting, Technology
At the very end of a post about professional public speaking (more about Tod’s public-speaking series of posts soon – they’re fantastic, and this one is actually hilarious), Tod Maffin offers a piece of advice that just about every Mac user should take... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 28, 2008 | Technology
For more Apple goodness, check out Rob’s Noise to Signal cartoons about life as a Mac user! For a several-year-old post, this has held up pretty well… mainly because of the comments below, because the advice in the post itself may not solve the problem. So... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 16, 2008 | Technology
Behold, the death throes of a MacBook Pro’s lengthy uptime. From last Wednesday: And that’s when I decided it just wasn’t coming back, and held down the power key for a few seconds.