I’ve been given flack in the past for my belief that an engineering degree gives you an advantage in the tech space, but I’m going to say it again. First of all, before you write your hate mail, I do believe it’s possible to gain the tools necessary to be quite good in the field […]
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#490 Verizon vs AT&T Radios, Backing up Drobo to Drobo, Mac Mini Monitor Hack, Chronosync, Shellshock Explained, TTT Search
I’m weary of defending Apple and I explain why. In Dumb Question Corner Steve Davidson asks for an explanation of whether the new iPhones from Verizon and AT&T can actually be moved between the two carriers and I find the answers at https://www.apple.com/iphone-6/specs/ and http://www.techwalls.com/differences-between-iphone-6-6-plus-models/. Steve and I continue our adventure figuring out how to […]
Continue readingDumb Question Corner – Can AT&T and Verizon Phones Work on Each Others Network?
Steve Davidson has our Dumb Question for today. Here’s what he wrote: A few years ago, when I bought my iPad 2, those of us in the US had to decide at the time of purchase whether we wanted a GSM iPad 2 (to use on AT&T’s network) or a CDMA iPad 2 (for Verizon’s […]
Continue readingBacking up a Drobo – The Adventure Continues
When last we left our heroes Allison and Steve, we were trying to set up a second Drobo. If you didn’t hear last week’s show, the problem to solve was that we wanted a new Drobo and to use our old Drobo to back up the new one. We made a slight error by putting […]
Continue readingFree Way to Recover Voicemails from an iOS Backup
I’ve gotten reports of people upgrading to iPhone 6/6+ recently and when they restored from backup, their saved voicemails didn’t come back. There are paid-for tools online to recover your voicemails, but I went on the hunt for a free way to do it. Mike Reyes wrote up instructions on how to do it from […]
Continue readingWeary of Trying to Defend Apple
First there was streaming of the Apple event, which will forever go down in history as the Truck Slide event. I defended them for the disaster saying that just too many people were trying to watch, but then later found out it was a mistake they made in their coding of the website that caused […]
Continue reading#489 iPhone 6 and iOS 8 First Impressions, Drobo the Hard Way, Nokia 635 Touch, Intelligent Transportation World Congress
Consider dropping a review in iTunes if you haven’t in the last year. iPhone 6 and iOS 8 first impressions – the good and the bad, How to Upgrade a Drobo The Hardest Way Possible, and How to Make a Nokia 635 Smart Phone into a 635 Touch. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Ian […]
Continue readingiPhone 6 & iOS 8 First Impressions
I’m sure by now each of you either has a new iPhone or are waiting for a new iPhone or are never getting the new iPhone and in any case are tired of the conversation around which one to buy, so I’m not going to add to it! iMore did a poll of their readers […]
Continue readingHow to Upgrade a Drobo The Hardest Way Possible
You’ve heard me complain about the Drobo for a long time, and it’s really not the fault of the Drobo. Steve and I bought a Drobo FS many years ago but I didn’t think we really needed it, I felt we succumbed to the convincing advertising of our podcasting friends. I didn’t think we had […]
Continue readingHow to Turn a Nokia 635 Smartphone into a Nokia 635 Touch
I’ve really been enjoying how much it’s made people nuts that I a) bought a Windows phone and b) that I actually kind of like it. Part of my reason for enjoying it has been the constant help by Joel Rushworth, who I met through Chris Ashley of the SMR Podcast. Joel isn’t pushy at […]
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