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ifixit and engadget fly to new zealand to get first iphone 3Gs

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10 July 2008

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Paintball Tactics

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9 July 2008

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Sync Server spinning

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8 July 2008

I’ve had problems with sync between Entourage and iCal and sometime i get process Sync server running wild. So how to really break the link? It isn’t documented anywhere how this kind of syncing works. Even when you tell Entourage not to sync, I still see the Sync Server running.…
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How to replace your original iPhone with the 3G

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8 July 2008

Because the first iPhone was unsubsidized, you just need to extend your contract by two years and then you end up with a new iPhone 3G and you have an old iPhone you can play with. iPhone 3G FAQ: How to replace your original iPhone with new iPhone 3G -…
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Time Capsule running hot

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8 July 2008

I’ve noticed that Time Capsules can really run hot. I haven’t figured it out, but it looks like something keeps accessing them. “Speculation”:http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1428330 is that if you have the Time Capsule drives mounted on a Mac, then the hard disk stays spinning. I’ve had mine stacked and that seems to…
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128GB SSDs

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8 July 2008

Paradise awaits as 64GB Solid-state disks are falling. The MacBook Air SSD version just came down from $3100 to $2600 last week. Now Samsung has a cheaper technology called multi-cell so 128GB are coming this year and 256GB sometime later. This is going to be a real boon for laptop…
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Mac OS X 10.5.4 problems

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8 July 2008

Well there is a bug fix release for OS X. Here are the things to watch out for: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (#4): Spotlight problems; random shutdowns; poor performance; more – MacFixIt Spotlight problems Some users have reported Spotlight problems after updating to Mac OS X 10.5.4, a relatively common…
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MacBook Air Trackpad Button sticks

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7 July 2008

I don’t know what happened. The trackpad button now sticks. Was fine, then a long trip and suddenly it breaks. Anyway the trackpad button is like a teeter totter. You can press the left side it does a click, but the button doesn’t come up. If you press the right…
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MacBook Air Disk problems and how to Remote Bookt

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7 July 2008

Well, when my machine was freezing, I was used to Windows so my first thought was, uh oh, the hard disk is crashing. Ran Disk Utility and it asked me to Repair the disk with the installation Mac OS X. First note, you should always have this DVD with you…
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MacBook Air Core Shutdowns and Freezes

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7 July 2008

Well, maybe I’m hard on hardware, but have four problems with my MacBook Air right now in order of problems: h2. “Intermittent Freezing”:http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1415343&tstart=0 (aka “Core Shutdown”:http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1445521&tstart=1) Originally I thought that this was because my hard disk has corruption problems. ClamAV would run and then system would lock, so then I…
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