Author: Nick

Free iOS apps during App Store anniversary

Posted by | Jul 8, 2013 | |

CNET Update will cook all the things: Free iOS apps during App Store anniversary In this episode of Update: – Score some freebies on iTunes as the App Store marks five years. Apple has yet to make an official announcement about the anniversary on Wednesday, but the free apps spotted so far include: Barefoot World Atlas, Badland, Day One, Infinity Blade II, How to Cook Everything, Knots 3D, LiquidSketch, Map My Ride+, Over, Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery, Tiny Wings (iPhone and iPad), Traktor DJ (iPhone and iPad), and Where’s My Water

Read More

My move to T-Mobile’s $30 unlimited plan: The good and the bad

Posted by | Jul 8, 2013 | |

I found T-Mobile’s elusive $30-per-month prepaid plan, which proved to be a fine choice for my daughter’s unlocked iPhone. (Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET) I don’t mind my 13-year-old daughter using an unlocked, hand-me-down iPhone 4. It’s actually an ideal phone for her, as it lets her text and app to her heart’s content while allowing me to keep tabs on her whereabouts and app-tivities (she’s on the same iTunes account as me)

Read More

What to do when Disk Utility shows inconsistent errors with drives

Posted by | Jul 8, 2013 | |

Disk Utility’s format- and partition-checking routines can be run from various locations in OS X, such as within the main boot drive, from the recovery partition, or when using an alternative boot drive. You can also load your system into Safe Mode (holding Shift at startup), where similar routines will be run automatically. These approaches to verifying the drive and partition tables should all show the same results, but this may not always be the case.

Read More

Archives

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 323 other subscribers