I tried to wake up my OS 10.8.3 MacBook Pro Retina from a deep sleep and got the endlessly spinning beach ball. I hit the power button. I went to software updates, and it found Mavericks (I can’t see that name without thinking of Tina Fey’s 2008 Sarah Palin SNL bit). I logged in … [Read more...]

This morning I couldn't access the main file server from any workstation. The workstation OS complained thus: Well, it's nice that Windows gave me a clue as to what's wrong. I logged onto the NAS, went to the time synch section, hit "Update" and saw this: I looked … [Read more...]

I've complained before that Lightroom doesn't use all the cores in my dual hexcore workstation. I was exporting two large sequences today for stitching, and noticed that the mouse got jerky. I brought up the resource monitor, and this is what I saw: This is really good … [Read more...]

Yesterday the upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1 became available. I bit, and upgraded my Lenovo X1 Carbon Touch. I first looked in Windows Update applet in the Control Panel. It wasn't there. Then I tried the Store. Yep. The download took more than 10 hours. It started out at the … [Read more...]