Posts Tagged ‘apple’

mac + external display = mouse lag

So you decided to invest in a fancy macbook. All is well, until you connect your old display using the DVI connection. Every few seconds you notice that your mouse pointer will seem to lag. At first I thought there was a hardware conflict between the macbook and my display. Afteral I did not have [...]

Connecting a mac to SBS 2011 Standard

Well Microsoft has confirmed that the error I get whilst connecting the mac to SBS 2011 Essential is indeed the same error I have when I use the connect app made by Microsoft. Microsoft also confirms the behavior of the backup button in the dashboard application. It only opens the Time Machine application. If you [...]

Connecting a mac to SBS 2011 Essentials

The new SBS 2011 Essentials has the ability to connect Mac clients to the network. To do this you can use the connector app which you can find at http://serveraddress/connect . Once the application has started it will ask for a variety of information: Server address User name Password Computer description I ran into an [...]

It’s not a server Apple

Well Apple has decided to discontinue their XServe server solution. Their suggested alternative is the Mac Pro tower or the Mac Mini. It seems odd to have a radeon gaming card in a server but I can live with the idea that it is used for OpenCL. But I wouldn’t call it server grade hardware. [...]