I've had an iRiver H340 for a few years. I think I picked mine up a few months before iRiver stopped making them. I used it on and off for a couple of years, but for the last year or more it's been gathering dust. I used to watch films when travelling so I didn't really listen to music, but between Netflix, iTunes and the cinema there's less and less that I want to watch on … [Read more...] about Rediscovering My IRiver
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Which Software Is Essential On Your Laptop?
Over the last few years I've installed, reinstalled, wiped etc., quite a few desktop machines and laptops. (see an earlier post on this topic) My latest machine (Macbook Air) arrived earlier today, so I've been setting it up in between answering emails, phone calls etc., Here's what I have on it so far: Microsoft Office. We're a Microsoft partner and a LOT of … [Read more...] about Which Software Is Essential On Your Laptop?
iTunes Weirdness
One of the reasons I love using Apple products is because they're incredibly simple and easy to use. I don't need to worry about what's going on under the hood - I just click and it works. Of course the downside to Apple products is that when they don't work you're left scratching your head. My latest issue is with albums bought via iTunes. For some really odd reason … [Read more...] about iTunes Weirdness
Replacing My Macs
For more than a month I've been working without a decent laptop or desktop at home. I've been using a rather old and slow iMac (a late 2006 model) which will only take 3 GB of RAM and has a rather annoying habit of swapping like mad and freezing several times per day. The laptop I've been using is the MacBook Pro equivalent. Instead of simply freezing it will randomly lose all … [Read more...] about Replacing My Macs
Home Network Storage Problem Solved (Hopefully!)
Over the weekend I discovered what was eating up most of my hard drive space and a few people made some suggestions via the comments here and also on Facebook. I didn't realise that a lot of network storage devices supported iTunes (and similar), so I hadn't done much research into my options. Based on what people were saying I went off and found that Iomega had several … [Read more...] about Home Network Storage Problem Solved (Hopefully!)