New MacBook Pro 13″

I finally received my brand new MacBook Pro 13" from the good little elves at Apple in China!  The computer came in an unmarked box and it said it came from some obscure company in China.  I'm guessing they did that so no one would steal the computer from the back of the UPS truck. …

Got a new MacBook Pro!

Yesterday was Apples WWDC and while normally it's software focused, yesterday they announced a bunch of hardware updates.  One of those updates was to the MacBook Pro which received the Kaby Lake processors.  Out of everything yesterday this is the only news I really cared about since it triggered my "buy" order on the Apple …

Microsoft just told me to buy a MacBook Pro

Today was the big day from Microsoft where the new Surface Pro would be announced in Shanghai and after watching some reviews and news snippets I can say MS will not be getting my money when I have to get a new computer.  The new Surface Pro is a little thinner and has the updated …

The MacBook Pro is finally dead

After 2 days of struggling with my Early 2011 MacBook Pro, I've finally given up on trying to fix it.  I keep on getting the green Apple log and then the white screen of death without being able to get into the OS.  I've tried everything I can short of buying parts but I don't …

Can I get a thin and light laptop with ports please?

  The new trend of thin and light isn't new but the killing of ports in the name of thin and light computers is just getting silly.  I watched a YouTube video last night where they were showing off the latest Surface Laptop and the one thing almost none of the videos I saw addressed …

My MacBook Pro Lives?

Last week my MacBook Pro was experiencing some issues booting up and I did everything that I could find on the web short of restoring the computer from a backup.  I even had two different conversations with Apple Support to see if they would repair it but since it's vintage they don't repair it or …

Upgrading to macOS Sierra

macOS Sierra is upon us and I decided to upgrade my 2011 MacBook Pro to the new operating system.  My computer is pretty old by most accounts.  I can't take advantage of cool things such as AirDrop (they introduced that as a major feature in 2012) but my Mac is still getting the job done …

Duet Display has given me back my second screen

This past week I decided to plunk down $10 for Duet Display which made my new iPad Air 2 into a second screen for my work laptop.  I can use it for my MacBook Pro too but I suspect I'll be using this for work more often. A long time ago in an office cubicle …

Finally upgrading my 2011 MacBook Pro Hard Drive to an SSD

After so many years, I'm going to upgrade the drive thats in my 2011 MacBook Pro to an SSD.  I've been struggling with my 750GB hard drive for a while now even though the computer is only 4 years old but I've run into space problems numerous times now.  I've moved my iOS device backups …

I despise the “iCloud Full” error

I'll freely admit that I'm a pretty heavy user of all things iOS with all the iPads, my iPhone and my legacy iPhones still being used in my home.  My iPhone 6 is awesome and I use it to constantly take pictures and video of things around me when I travel and when I'm at …