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Troubleshooting a missing A...

If your Apple TV has stopped showing up under the Devices heading in iTunes' sidebar, there are a few things to check.

Christopher Breen | Feb 2, 2010

Tips for weathering power o...

As a central-California resident, I’m accustomed to a couple of flavours of weather—mild and not-as-intensely-mild-as-it-was-last-week. Yet this week we’ve been getting hammered with real, honest-to-god weather—hail, buckets of rain, high winds, thunder, lightning, and the occasional flurry of toads. And, because our power lines remain above ground—as the early decades of the 20th century intended—the power went phut and I spent much of the day in the dark.

Christopher Breen | Jan 22, 2010

"Locking" an exte...

Keen to lock down an external hard drive so nobody could view its contents if they found or stole it?

Christopher Breen | Dec 2, 2009

iPod buying guide: How to b...

In September, Apple performed the now-yearly ritual of updating its iPod lineup in anticipation of the upcoming holiday season. Why? Apple sold 22.7 million iPods in the previous holiday quarter, compared with 21.2 million iPods in the two quarters that followed—combined. In other words, now’s the time that people love to buy Apple’s digital music players.

Christopher Breen | Nov 20, 2009

Explaining iPhoto Library s...

If you're even a moderately heavy photographer, you may find that your iPhoto library is actually much larger on disk than it is reported in iPhoto. Confused why this is?

Christopher Breen | Nov 12, 2009