For Christmas 2008 I received an iPod Touch (16GB – 2nd Generation).    One of the first applications I downloaded from the iTunes App Store directly on the iPod was the free Stanza Ebook Reader.   It had been mentioned to me by a couple of friends so I was curious to check it out as [...]

As mentioned in a previous update I bought a secondhand Power Mac G5. Unfortunately it did not come with all of the disks for the various applications that was installed on the Mac.  Therefore, as a way to backup all the extra applications and create a restore point if I ever needed one, I decided [...]

I recently had an issue playing XVID videos on my Mac. I downloaded the XVID codec as well as installed the AC3 audio codec separately, but still I could only get the picture and no sound. I found I could play the clips fine through VLC Media player, but not Quicktime.
After a brief search on [...]

Back in early April I bought my very first Apple Mac computer from Ebay. It is a Dual 1.8GHz Power Mac G5, with 2GBs of ram and a 160GB hard drive.
I was fortunate enough to get the G5 installed with the Leopard operating system, (the original Panther disk has been supplied) along with a [...]