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MacBook Air reinstallation and hopefully Time Capsule transfer

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

OK, so I’ve completely wiped my MacBook Air, time to rebuild it. Here is a list of things that have to happen. Sure sounds Windows like doesn’t it

Remote install Mac OS X. Sigh. This is going to take 4 hours over the air apparently
Try the Time Capsule recovery which comes during the standard [...]

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Eureka! Google Calendar to iPhone and iCal hub

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, I’m testing it now, but looks like we might finally be able to get off of Exchange. Here is how to use Google Calendar as the hub of all your scheduling:

Upload your calendar to Google Calendar. This is confusing because the Google Calendar user interface has been changing so radically but Google Help. The [...]

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Google Calendar CalDAV let’s you replace Entourage with Mac Mail, iCal and AddressBook

July 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Geek

Another piece of the puzzle. We are still using an Exchange backend but it sure would be great to have an alternative that hooks into an iPhone 3G and the Mac applications (Mail, iCal, Address Book) without dreaded sync.
Right now we use a hosted Exchange and then Entourage on Mac for Calendars and Contacts [...]

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Setting up Outlook on Applix

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

OK, here is the exact instructions for setting up an Outlook 2003 profile to use Applix. This is a summary of an incredibly hard to find document at Applix which you can get if you have a logon there.

Start Control Panel and start the Mail icon and choose add profile to add a new [...]

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Cloud Computing

June 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Geek

Well, Igncap is nearly fully in the cloud. Our Exchange server is hosted (thank you Applix) which is the main thing. Our fax service is as well (thank you Metrohispeed) and is conferencing (thank you FreeAudioConferencing.com), as it our external website/blog (thank you WordPress and BlueHost) and intranet/wiki (thank you Wikka Wiki) so what is [...]

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