Category Archives: Macintosh

Low Frame Rate in World of Warcraft on a Retina MacBook Pro

Posted on February 10, 2013 by romkey

World of Warcraft has been running frustratingly slowly on my Retina MacBook Pro. Though it has a lot of pixels to push the machine’s CPU and GPU are quite fast… and Warcraft had been running much better. In fact, it … Continue reading →

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iPhone Photos Without Photostream

Posted on February 15, 2012 by romkey

Apple’s iOS 5 introduced Photostream as part of their iCloud offering – when you take photos on an iOS device they are automatically synced to iCloud and from there to other devices and Mac iPhoto libraries. Once in a while, … Continue reading →

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No More Printer Rebates from Apple

Posted on January 17, 2012 by romkey

Apple has long offered a $100 rebate on select printers. It’s something I’ve counseled many Mac buyers to take advantage of. You could get a moderate quality inkjet printer with a flatbed scanner built-into it for free with that rebate. … Continue reading →

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The Mac Companion: Are You Serious, Iomega?

Posted on November 13, 2011 by romkey

Over the summer, Iomega announced their latest external hard drive, this one targeted at the Macintosh community: the Mac Companion. The Companion is a very nice looking external hard drive with both USB 2.0 and Firewire 800 ports, as well … Continue reading →

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Words of Advice Before Upgrading to iOS 5 and iCloud

Posted on October 12, 2011 by romkey

Today is a big day for Apple. The iPhone 4S is shipping and Apple is doing one of its biggest set of software updates ever. Today they’ll be releasing iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. They’ll also … Continue reading →

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