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iCal & Exchange - iCal does sync properly

2013-06-11T18:50:50+00:00

I recently (in the last 3 months) stopped using iCal for my work calendaring software due to the fact it does not sync correctly with MS Exchange. Where I am having the issue is it does not seem to recognize that recurring meetings have actually been canceled or removed from Exchange.

After searching the web, I have not been able to find a solution. So out of frustration started using Outlook purely for the calendar. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Mike Shea

WWDC: “Audio-only FaceTime calls.”

2013-06-10T19:18:23+00:00

Isn’t that—um—a.k.a. a “telephone call”?

MyStoryTime – A Personalized Way for Your Kid’s Reading Interest!

2013-06-06T09:56:49+00:00

Howdy,

Wouldn’t it be nice to be the hero/heroine once in awhile? Well, now it’s possible: in the magic land of MyStoryTime.

Watch as their face lights up, both in real life and on-screen. Explore your child’s adventure. Navigate through the pages with easy-to-read text or get the app to read it to them with the touch of a button! It’s a whole new way for your child to experience the magic of fairy tales.

Features of the app:
Take or choose photos to put up to 2 faces into the story
- Push-button narration available on each page
- Interactive elements throughout the story
- Magical stories and wonderful adventures!

“MyStoryTime” is available in iTunes store for $1.99!

Apple iTunes’ conditions are the same length as Macbeth !

2013-06-06T08:21:54+00:00

Interesting article on internet companies terms of service which are probably illegal in the European Union. Apparently Paypal’s terms of service agreement contains approximately 50,000 words. Which is around 20,000 more than Hamlet ! Article in full here :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22772321

itc-orders-import-ban-on-some-iphones-ipads-in-samsung-patent-dispute.html

2013-06-04T23:15:37+00:00

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040787/itc-orders-import-ban-on-some-iphones-ipads-in-samsung-patent-dispute.html

Join Count Dracu and his lovable monster friends as they teach kids what it is like to be unique.

2013-06-03T07:55:28+00:00

Hi there,

I am happy to share with you about this wonderful iPad app called “Count Dracu and Friends” for your kids learning.

Everybody is different - our friendly vampire, Count Dracu, just wants to know how different. Join Count Dracu and 10 of his friends as they discover their differences, and teach your children what it means to be from different places, to be of different shapes, and what makes us unique.

Features of the app:
- Teaches a vital life lesson in a fun way – what it means to be unique!
- Fun animation that come to life with a touch of a finger
- Vibrant and colorful graphics!
- Interactive elements: you can even make Frankie play & dance to the piano!
- Meet 10 diverse characters – each one a unique resident at Count Dracu’s castle!
- Fun music and wacky sound effects!

Download here

BR,
Alfred.

How to transfer emails from apple mail to outlook 2011?

2013-05-27T21:25:30+00:00

As I have started using Ms office 2011 for mac, I want to transfer all my email and other mail boxes from apple mail to outlook 2011.

I have used other options to transfer but there seems no direct way to transfer these emails.
Is there any other solution available, easy and quick, that can solve this issue?

Move Emails to outlook 2010

2013-05-26T04:52:03+00:00

I have switched back to windows pc for reasons, its cheaper and everybody in the office has windows. Earlier I used to use mac book pro with apple mail to send and receive emails. Now in windows pc I use outlook 2007 as my email client. There are a lot of emails in my apple mail that I need to move to outlook 2007. I have tried every possible way to transfer these emails but there has been no solutions till now.

All I know is apple mail supports .mbox file format and outlook supports .pst. So how do I convert these .mbox files to .pst so that these emails can be imported into outlook 2007.

Thank you for your support.

Copying Time Machine backups and reformatting Time Capsule

2013-05-24T03:03:26+00:00

I use a 1TB Time Capsule that has over 830GBs worth of backups on it. I’d like to reformat the Time Capsule with a partition for backups and a partition for storage. The storage partition would serve as a network location for transferring files between my Macbook Pro and Mac Mini (both firewire connected to the Time Capsule) since AirDrop only uses Wifi which is slower than ethernet. The issue I’m having is with copying the TC backups to a separate drive first. I tried moving the backup folders (located within the sparsebundle file) to an external drive formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), but received a msg saying that it didn’t have the proper formatting for backup files. I’ve decided the best thing to do would be moving the entire sparsebundle to the external drive, but first need to decrease it’s size. A few days ago, I deleted half of the folders within the sparsebundle (and waited the nearly 24 hrs it took to permanently delete them), but the size stayed the same. I need to know how to get rid of some of the sparsebundle files so that I can copy it over to another drive. Am I even going about this the correct way? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide?

Problem with Mac Outlook/Exchange account

2013-05-16T13:19:53+00:00

At the company where I work, there are only two Macs: I have one, as does a senior executive. Yesterday, I was asked to help out the senior exec, who was having trouble with his email. He’s running Office: Mac 2011 and Outlook, just as I am. (Both of us are running Mountain Lion, and all software updates are installed on both machines.) His problem is that Outlook keeps freezing up when trying to sync to the Exchange server.

I added his account to my own Outlook on my Mac, and sure enough, Outlook froze up on my Mac, too, when trying to sync his account to the server. I also have a Dell running Win 7. When adding his account to Outlook on it, the Windows machine was able to sync the account. However, after adding the account I noticed the Dell was running the fan much more than ever before, to the point where I could hear it really start to whine then back down at regular intervals. Bear in mind that Outlook was the only app running on the Dell. (I deleted his account from it today, and sure enough, the fan noise is gone.)

So…it’s a day later and neither myself, the senior exec, or others in my IT department have been able to figure this out. We think it has something to do with his calendar, maybe a corrupted file attachment. Anyone have any ideas?