Well, it’s a shame when printers outlast their drivers (which seems more and more common), but we have a decent Canon Pro9000 that I use literally once a year to print photos for grandparents. This printer has been obsolete for the last four years and MacOS no longer has the right drivers for it. A […]
Year: 2017
VMware Fusion 10 no peer process to connect to
Well, on High Sierra when installing with Home-brew, I get this error over and over. I fixed it previously by checking on the System Preferences/Security/General and enabling a kernel extension, but this doesn’t seem to appear anymore. It worked fine until this latest Fusion 10.1, so I’m wondering if that is the problem. Note that […]
Things you still need for an EV
Well there are all kinds of new things you need with a Tesla, one of the main things are additional applications including: EV Trip Planner. This takes in actual data from real cars and then calculates mileage with wind and elevation taken into account. A Better Route Planner. Like the one above. You can set […]
Photo albums
A few years ago, we use AdoramaPix to do two photo albums. They were stunning, color matched and hand done, the software was a little clunky in terms of layout. This year looking through the reviews, trying Mixbook. I don’t know how this will come out, but they are supposed to do a decent lay-flat […]
iTunes I'm glad I don't use it much…
Wow this latest version of iTunes reminds me how much it is an anachronism. Before iPhones went total direct, you had to dock to get your music. And now with streaming music services, who ever needs a real MP3 anyway. Plus the interface has gotten hard to figure out. For instance, I still have some […]
Airbnb discounts for Christmas 2017
Covered elsewhere but you no longer get 5x points on Ink Plus/Cash on eBay using Paypal Digital Gifts. Also does not work with giftcardmall.com anymore, although giftcardmart.com still works. But most reliable way is to: Right now on chase, there is a 4x bonus for using chase mall to get to staples.com but only for physical […]