Time machine backup onto network share.

The majority of us don’t backup on a regular basis. It usually isn’t until we lose a bunch of critical data that the light bulb turns on and we start backing up for maybe a week or two and then we stop. Apple’s new Leopard operating system contains Time Machine to fix that problem. Time [...]

Ubuntu 7.10 Install guide - Parallels Macbook pro

Here is how I got Ubuntu 7.10 installed and working on my parallels virtual machine, also you might find Ubuntu 7.10 Linux Unleashed a very useful book to read.
VM Memory: 512 HD size 6-10GB
1. Boot the install CD. When the menu screen comes up press F6 for boot options before it starts the install
2. [...]

Installing Ubuntu 7.10 on Macbook pro (Parallels)

So earlier today I was trying to install the latest version of Ubuntu 7.10 on my Macbook pro with out any success.
Turns out there are some issues with the VM machine and memory, by setting the VM to use only 512MB instead of the 1024MB I had alloted first time round the installer process now [...]

Parallels - Problems installing Ubuntu 7.10

Just downloaded the lastest release of of Ubuntu. And decided to install in under Parallels of which Im running the current latest version 5162. Unbuntu installer just seems to lock up while trying to install with no errors or warnings and can only be recovered by resetting the the VM.
There seems to be a number [...]

Macbook pro - Airport problems connectiing to network and dhcp

Recently I have been having a lot of issues with my macbook pro and connecting to my home network, Airport on mac osx would seem to be connecting to find to the network, but the computer would never get an address from the dhcp server on the network, and manually setting the ip address would [...]