Posts under ‘Windows’

How to sync an iPhone with two computers

Unless you’re using over-the-air Microsoft Exchange syncing with your iPhone (via Google Mobile Sync, NuevaSync or a corporate Exchange server), you’re probably keeping its contact and calendar information in sync with Outlook or iCal using iTunes. This works well enough, but what if your calendar and contact data is stored one computer (at the office, [...]

Safari 4 beta bug with WordPress 2.7

The new Safari 4 beta is pretty good, as long as you’re happy with a browser that lacks most of the features that have been standard on the competition for some years (ad-blocking and saved sessions, to name but two). It is a beta though, so it’s bound to be buggy — and I’ve just [...]

Remote Desktop made easy with CrossLoop

Setting up remote Desktop access is usually something you wish you’d done just after you realise you need to take control of a remote computer – like when you’re called upon to fix a distant friend or family member’s PC, for example. Taking control of a remote computer is straightforward if you can get physical [...]

How to hide the Genre column in iTunes 8 for Windows and Mac OS

iTunes 7 has a Preferences option to turn of the Genre column in the main window, iTunes 8 does not. This is very frustrating. I’m not in the least bit interested in seeing what genres are in my music library, and the Genre pane takes space away from the far more useful Artists and Albums [...]