Leopard: First Impressions

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Well, I have now reached the 12-hour mark with Leopard and thought that I would make a few comments about my first impressions. As many people know, I have been patiently waiting for Leopard for some time now, and from what I can tell, it was worth every minute. With over 300 new and improved features in Leopard, it’s going to take a lot more than a 12-hour period to examine everything, but so far, I am not disappointed.

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Google goes IMAP

Hallelujah! Google is finally offering IMAP access to Gmail mailboxes. Since the launch of the iPhone, Google has been criticized for not offering a good solution to email access for the device. The web-based interface was slow and clumsy and access with the POP protocol left a lot to be desired. Now, users can access their Gmail accounts from any standard IMAP email client, including the iPhone and other mobile devices.

New information has been posted on how to enable IMAP for your Gmail account, as well as a tutorial for configuring IMAP access on the iPhone. Thank you Google. For the time being, you have made cyberspace a better place.

Have a Question?

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Do you have a question that you would like for me to attempt to answer? I have added a Questions link at the top of every page to expedite the delivery of questions to me.

If you do submit a question, I will make every attempt to answer as quickly as possible and in many cases, your question may just end up as the next post on the site. As time permits over the next few weeks, I’ll also try to go back through some older emails that I have received and try to post answers to some of those questions as well. I’m sure I can find a few that would be of interest to some.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard Announcement

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Apple has finally announced the release date for the next generation of Max OS X v10.5, named Leopard. Leopard will hit hit shelves on October 26th, 2007 and pre-orders are now being accepted at the Apple Store with free delivery.

I think I’m going to be staring at the door until FedEx knocks.

DST Approaches… AGAIN!

For most people, Daylight Savings Time means nothing more than a little extra daylight, but not to an Exchange administrator. After the DST fiasco that occurred this past spring, nobody is really looking forward to the change back to standard time. If you already applied the updates in the spring for Windows, Exchange and Outlook, and you have automatic updates turned on, and you have no users in the newly affected time zones, you should not have to do anything for the changes this fall. I know… it’s a lot of ands.

If you did not update your organization in the spring, or are just unsure, please read on.   More…

Optimized for iPhone

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To coincide with the redesign of BurnedOutGeek.com, I have enabled a template that properly formats the site for the Apple iPhone as well as the iPod Touch.  Even though these devices will render the “normal” version of the site, as most iPhone owners know, a view that is optimized for the correct screen width and lower bandwidth is quite nice. iPhone owners rejoice!

Blackberry users?  Umm… resume whatever it was that you were doing.

New Updates and an Interface Lift

Well, for those of you keeping track, it has been over a year since I have updated this site. Of course, when I did decide that I wanted to refresh the site with some new content, I realized just how tired of the old look and feel I was. So, to make a long story short, I have started a complete overhaul of the site’s look and feel and have prepared quite a bit of new content to post. It shouldn’t be too much longer.

Thanks for your patience…