Pairing a Magic Trackpad…

…is not easy. I had issues pairing it with my 15″ Macbook Pro. I searched on the web and found one article that said a reboot would resolve this, and it did for that first pairing. I found I later wanted to pair that same trackpad with an 11″ Macbook Air – I went ot…

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iPhone backup, local not iCloud

I deleted my MobileMe account within "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" in setting on my iPhone 4. A couple of hours later I got a call from a number in Waltham, MA. It was my wife. I wondered where she was that she was using a landline or borrowing a cell phone, because the number showed up,…

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shutdown in the middle of Windows 7 setup

I have a brand new Lenovo laptop (one that boots this time). I want to sell it, as pristine as possible, with the windows setup intact, ready to boot for its new owner. I could leave it in the box and ship it out – but… The last Lenovo laptop (this one is a replacement)…

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