Fixing Lion’s iCal’s CalDAV password problem

If you keep getting prompts to reenter the password for your CalDAV calendars on OS X Lion, here's a fix that might work for you.

Parallels or VMWare Virtual Machines on an SSD: Is it worth it?

SSD is very expensive in terms of it's real estate and you simply do not want to put just about any junk you have that's not worth it's space there. Therefore, you would want to make sure if it's really worth plunking the tens of GBs worth of VM image onto your precious SSD storage. So, should you or should you not? Is there significant performance improvements that warrant the large chunk of the SSD dedicated to the VM image? Read on to find out!

How to access your files anywhere with SugarSync

Ever felt that even having a tablet, you still could never leave your notebook behind because you always have 'that' file that you might need. Well, here's how SugarSync, a cloud storage solution, can help you leave that notebook behind for good.

VMWare Fusion 4 vs Parallels Desktop 7: A User’s POV

If you are uncertain whether to go for Parallels Desktop 7 or VMWare Fusion 4, perhaps this article could help you. Here's my A usability-based comparison of VMWare Fusion 4 vs Parallels Desktop 7. No useless benchmarks, no pointless feature-by-feature comparisons. Just purely based on my use of the two.

To Mac, or to Windows? That’s your question, here’s my answer

Find out why I think Macs are a real compelling platform to consider as your next PC, even if you still need Windows to run some of your stuff.

Keep your MacBook alive with an SSD upgrade

If you really want a fast and responsive machine, instead of buying a new system, consider upgrading with an SSD storage. You will be surprise how responsive your MacBook can be just by using an SSD!

Posts tagged iPad

Updating your iPad to iOS 4.2 now, GM2 that is

November 15, 2010

by Ken Ng

Can’t wait for the official release of iOS 4.2 for the iPad? Well, if you are daring enough to take the risk of installing non-official firmwares, then you can get it today!

I’m sure you’re aware that the GM (Gold Master) candidate for iOS 4.2 has been out since last week. But if you might also be vary that there were some bugs in the GM release, specifically for the iPad on some issues with the WiFi. But now that the build 2 of the iPad’s iOS More >

Manually downloading iOS 4.1 (or any other versions) for iTunes

September 10, 2010

by Ken Ng

iOS 4.1 is out and you want to immediately update your iPhone to get it updated with the latest iOS and patch all those bugs. So you fired up iTunes and click on the update button. Then iTunes tells you that it would take 3-4 hours to download the almost 400MB firmware update.

3 to 4 hours if you’re lucky that is. And on top of that, let’s hope your download don’t timeout!

Sounds familiar? Well, if you’re as unlucky as I am when it comes to More >

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Tip: Calibrating the MacBook and iPhone battery to maximize it’s life

July 1, 2010

by Ken Ng

Everyone knows that the battery on the new MacBooks and iPhone are built-in and non-replaceable. Therefore, it’s extra important to try and maintain the battery to maximize its lifetime.

And since both the MacBooks and iPhones uses a lithium-based battery, there are a few golden rules on how we can keep the batteries in tip-top conditions.

Firstly, lithium-based batteries likes their electrons to keep moving. That way, the battery stays ‘fresh’ More >

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WWDC 2010 – Early thoughts on the iPhone 4 and iOS 4

June 8, 2010

by Ken Ng

It’s that time of the year again. Yup, WWDC 2010′s keynote has just started as I’m typing this blog post while following it at gdgt (photos posted courtesy of gdgt too!)

The beginning of the keynote was nothing too spectacular since all we wanted was the details of the new iPhone. However, there were some interesting statistics and points that was shared by Steve.

Firstly, there was quite a fair bit of focus on the iPad. We all know that ove More >

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iPhone OS 4.0: An Elegant ‘Multi-tasking’ Approach

May 22, 2010

by Ken Ng

A friend of mine said to me on the night when OS 4.0 was announced, “The 4.0 changelist better be as long as 3.0′s changelist”. Well, we here at +8 GMT timezone would obviously not be able to attend the party at Cupertino, but thanks to the bunch at Gizmodo, I was getting updated on their live feed. I think there was a mention of close to 100 new features on iPhone OS 4.0.

But I think the top feature that’s gotten everyone excited is the More >

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The Ultimate Shopping Guide for the iPad or Netbook!

February 7, 2010

by Ken Ng

So you think you need a new device in addition to your collection of 7321902208367 devices you currently own. And the in thing today seems like an in between device, something that’s not quite as small as your smartphone and not quite as large as your notebook. It seems like everyone in Starbucks is lugging this newfangled category of mobile devices. You definitely feel left out and you start to wonder how that happened. Steve Jobs didn’ More >

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Adobe & Flash vs Apple & HTML 5

February 5, 2010

by Ken Ng

I’m currently in the midst of writing an article on my take on Apple’s decision to forge ahead with HTML 5 and leave Flash unsupported on the new iPad. But it’s interesting to see how the community has reacted so far over the Flash vs HTML 5 debacle and how the iPad’s announcement has caused many heated discussions (and arguments) over this issue.

Personally, I don’t hate what Flash can do. It does really cool stuff and it has made t More >

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Apple iPad: Will the iPhone be a companion device?

January 31, 2010

by Ken Ng

The Apple iPad wasn’t something that no-one expected when it was released recently by Steve Jobs, at least the hardware itself. The Internet rumor mills were already speculating long before how Apple’s tablet would look like a larger version of the iPhone. So no, that was’t really a surprise at all.

However, how it works was another matter altogether! From what I’ve seen so far in videos posted in the Internet, the iPad has the potential to More >

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