Sunday, September 29, 2002

I now have a dialup ISP to use when I travel next week. I just signed up for access-4-free, which was $5 to sign up with 10 free hours per month. Best of all, they don't require any special software and it works great with Mac OS X (in fact they even have Mac OS X setup instructions, although it refers to 10.0). I've been looking for a free or cheap dialup ISP since I switched to AT&T Broadband last month. Unlike BellSouth DSL, they don't provide dialup to use when I travel or when the service is down (so far it hasn't been down). This looks like my best choice. 9:12:54 PM    Comments []

Synchronizing computers with iSync. After installing iSync on my iBook, I was able to sync it with my G4, which I had previously tested iSync on. While the sync went very smoothly, it's less useful than it could have been, since it's tied to .Mac. [MacMegasite] An anonymous user posted the following comment: DUH! How often are you gonna be carrying both computers around with you! Syncing via .Mac is the only way that makes sense...you can sync any macs together(home and work) all you need is an internet connection- if you don't have an internet connection, you shouldn't be passing comment. At no point did Apple say that it would offer File synchronizing- so why are you pissed off that it doesn't do that? Try SynchronizeX butthead. I do use Syncrhonize X. I was just pointing out that iSync doesn't do file synchronization. Also, when the two machines are on the same netwrk, it should be possible to sync them directly instead of having to go through .Mac. 11:17:42 AM    Comments []