OWC Returns from CES 2011
Well, CES 2011 has now come and gone, and the OWC crew is back and recovering from what we can only call a very successful show! The big news of the show, of course, was the the announcement of the...
Well, CES 2011 has now come and gone, and the OWC crew is back and recovering from what we can only call a very successful show! The big news of the show, of course, was the the announcement of the...
Usually, speculating about patents and prototypes before they’re announced—especially with Apple—winds up proving fruitless (no pun intended). However, a couple of days ago, Patently Apple, who follows such things, reported on one potential device that we couldn’t resist talking about....
The fun thing about software is that there is a lot going on underneath that you don’t usually see. Sometimes, programmers will slip something in, just under the surface, for you to find. Sometimes it’s a picture, some specific text,...
I started here at OWC a little over a year ago. I'm a Senior Software architect that has worked primarily in Windows and Linux and have a brother who is a designer that works primarily in Macs. Although I've done...
While I celebrate my 13th anniversary of working at OWC this month, I thought a virtual stroll down memory lane might be informative and entertaining. When I first came here, there were only about six employees, so we all did...
It’s been a while since I’ve lobbed some free software your way. Since we don’t have an installation video this week, I figured this was an optimal time to talk about a couple of pieces of Freeware I've recently come...
Sometimes, when I feel the urge to tinker, I poke around the various “resource bundles” of applications on my Mac. Its not always a smart thing to do (which is why I always work on a copy) and very often,...
Snow Leopard is coming and with it will be a major streamlining of the whole code base. This is a bit of a mixed blessing. This streamlining (and the addition of a number of new technologies) will allow for a...
One of the Main problems with multitasking is that sometimes you miss an important notification, which grinds things to a halt. Sure, you can arrange all your windows so that they’re all viewable, but unless you have a pair of...
