This is just what I need: an article on how to boot up a Mac with an iPod. When I get the old 5GB iPod functional again, it’s going to be my emergency boot disk/toolkit.
Make a bootable removable drive (iPod, Flash drive, etc.) out of any Mac diagnostic CD with DasBoot. (via)
Wow, Engadget has a whole lot of links about problems with 17″ MacBook Pro batteries warping, expanding, and generally going kaput. Knowing just how hot this thing gets, I can’t say I’m shocked, but…
I’ve recently found myself needing to use Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client for a project I’m working on, and because the ThinkPad seems to hate me, I set it up in the Parallels WinXP install running on my MacBook Pro. Lifehacker wrote about two Mac RDC clients today, CORD and the Microsoft client itself. (Apparently the MS client is still PPC which means it runs slowly under emulation.) Caveat Emptor.
Complete Mac Backups free. I’ve been looking at rsync for a while, and having a clone of my current system is a fantastic idea. Time for another fat hard drive?
WHOA. I almost freaked out there… I just installed the new build of Parallels (3188) and when I installed the Parallels Tools suite after booting into Windows, the whole thing went black. There is no mention of this on the Parallels site, but I found a solution here: Essentially, boot Windows into Safe Mode and then install Parallels Tools. *whew*.
Parallels released an update for Parallels Desktop today, which is great news. I hope the update is more stable than the beta I’ve been running (I get one good crash per session, usually), but overall I have nothing but good things to say about the app. As of 3:30EST, the server is not responding—they must be getting hammered.
Also on the radar: fixing Jen’s old 1st generation iPod for a reliable backup drive. This is the first link a google search brings up: about $110 for a new battery and a FireWire repair. Here’s an illustrated disassembly guide.
Further: How to run OSX off your iPod. This seems to shorten the life of the iPod’s hard drive, however. I think I’ll just stick with using it as a backup drive.
Apple technote 50959:When a portable Mac won’t start up. Resetting the PRAM; How to identify iBook models. (I have a client with an iBook that appears to be taking a dirt nap.)
This is a Windows-only article on sharing one iTunes library among many networked machines. I’m sure there’s a Mac version of this out there somewhere, but I don’t have it handy right now.