Ask A Genius

Part of being a "Genius" is keeping up on the latest answers to all the questions that my clients ask. Often the same questions get asked over and over. So I have decided to create the Ask A Genius Blog. In the following posts I hope to give you the definitive answer to your nagging questions about life, the universe, and everything--which by the way is 42-- and maybe an Apple related answer here and there.

RIP Steve

Steve Jobs

Thank You for EVERYTHING!

Website Boot Camp

R. Lee Ermy

All right you scumbag’s listen up! MobileMe is dead. iWeb is dead. And your pathetic excuse for a website is mortally wounded. The days of holding mommy Apple’s apron strings are over. From now on, there will be no post to MobileMe button. You will no longer be able to ignore things like DNS, and [...]

iCloud, MobileMe, And You – Final Answers

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The last couple weeks the Apple community has been abuzz about the iCoud transition and MobileMe. Today Apple has published an FAQ which answers all of your questions. I have reproduced this FAQ verbatim below. The original is available here iCloud is Apple’s new cloud service, which stores your music, photos, apps, calendars, and documents [...]

iCloud, MobileMe, And You – Update

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More Info: Apple has officially answered all of the outstanding questions since this was posted.  Please see this post for additional info.   It’s been about a week since the Worldwide Developer Conference came to a close, and the entire Apple community is still sifting through all the information, and new toys that Apple has dropped [...]

iCloud, MobileMe, And You

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More Info: Apple has officially answered all of the outstanding questions since this was posted.  Please see this post for additional info. MobileMe Is Dead! Long Live iCloud! On June 6, 2011, Steve Jobs formally announced the death of MobileMe and the birth of iCloud. This announcement has sent a shockwave of panic, and anger [...]

Trapped In VoiceOver Limbo

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Earlier this week I got a call from a client who had managed to paint himself into a rather interesting corner. It seems that somehow he had managed to activate the VoiceOver function on his iPhone, and could not get it to turn off. For those you who are unfamiliar with VoiceOver, it is one [...]

Looking for Land Mines? Yeah, There’s an App for That.

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In every century there are ideas that seem logical at the time but when put into practice are later proven to be colossally stupid. In my opinion, land mines fall into this category. According to Land Mine And Cluster Munitions Monitor, 3956 people died as result of land mines in 2009. Surprisingly enough, 263 of [...]

What iPhone Geolocation Means To You

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Recently there has been a lot of talk about privacy and your iPhone. The blogging community has been a buzz with Orwellian images of “Big Brother” tracking every detail of your daily life and basking in the glow of the increased advertising revenue all those clicks bring. The mainstream media has piled on like a [...]