Comments on: Ask me anything (no really, anything) https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/ Making sense of gadgets and technology Fri, 12 May 2017 17:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-337 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:11:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-337 In reply to Alex.

And here you go:
http://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/22/cheat-sheet-time-hdtv-buyers-part/

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]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-332 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:57:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-332 In reply to Anonymous.

Excellent idea—and post-worthy. Stay tuned!

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-330 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:56:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-330 In reply to Alex.

I reviewed the Sonos Play:3 system recently and loved it. Check out my review:
http://heresthethingblog.com/2011/07/27/sonos-play3-brings-wireless-music/

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-331 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:56:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-331 In reply to Alex.

Great question! Stand by for a post…

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-329 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:55:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-329 In reply to Alex.

Easiest way is to partition the backup drive, using a tool like the Mac OS X-native app Disk Utility (you’ll find it in under Applications/Utilities on your hard drive). When you format the partition that you’ll be using for Time Machine, make sure you select “Mac OS Extended” under the “Format” option. For the Windows partition, select “MS-DOS (FAT).” Hope that helps!

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-328 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:50:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-328 In reply to ko.

Yep—several, actually. I’m not an expert since I don’t own a car (so it goes in NYC), but MacWorld has an excellent roundup here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/156720/2011/01/gps.html
Good luck!

]]> By: Anonymous https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-327 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:53:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-327 I’d love to see a list of what you think are the best (least buggy and most useful/fun) iPhone apps for the here’s the thing demographic.  

I love the GPS app question from Ko (I use google maps and it’s hard to read and drive at the same time)

]]> By: ko https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-326 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:20:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-326 Is there a GPS app that gives verbal directions available for the iPhone?

]]> By: Alex https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/08/19/anything/#comment-325 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:49:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2837#comment-325 We’re a mixed-OS couple. Is there a way that Time Machine on the Mac can dump to a drive shared from the Windows box? There’s already a LAN in the house, but I’ve never done drive-sharing across the two.

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