Category Archives: Apple

Call Me Mr. iPad

A traitor, er I mean a coworker, brought his iPad to the office and I thought I would try posting a blog entry to see if I like using the keyboard. It is a bit awkward because it keeps slipping … Continue reading

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Gulp – embarking on rebuilding my computer

And you may be asking why is this such a big deal? Mainly b/c I have about 2,100 files @ 500GB in my iTunes library spread out over multiple locations on my disks. The problem is, if I don’t account … Continue reading

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Did you know…

Did you know that when you purchase a music video from the iTunes store, you can burn it to a CD and listen to it on a CD player. That is, you can make music CDs from the music videos … Continue reading

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syslog consuming 100% cpu – SOLVED!

Finally figured out. Can’t explain how it happened, but I know what happened. A couple of months ago, I dropped my MacBook and the hard drive froze. I was able to replace it with no issue. I went to install … Continue reading

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ok…just kidding…no idea what’s up with the syslog process

Just an update, I have no idea what’s causing the syslog process to hog all the cpu. It appears to be related to the periodic daily task, but not sure which one..

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syslog consuming 100% cpu part deux

So, from the previous post, I thought I may have been on to something with 100GB daily.out file. As it turns out, I wasn’t. But, I kept digging today. And I found something interesting in system.log file Mar 26 03:30:41 … Continue reading

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It started with syslog consuming all my cpu

A rather strange phenomenon has been occurring on my Mac over the last several weeks. Don’t know what started nor do I know if it’s over, but I want to tell you the tale of the 110GB daily.out file and … Continue reading

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Praise to Time Capsule

Last week, I dropped my MacBook in our living room. The net result? A failed hard drive. After a quick trip to Best Buy, I picked up a new drive and later that night had it plugged in. I suspect … Continue reading

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