telly's Blog

Thanks:)

Hi. Just checking whether I get a warning when my macbook battery is reaching the end of its life. I wouldn't like the computer to crash because of a suddenly-can't-take-any-more-charging battery. When the battery on my G4 went dead, it happened suddenly and everything just jammed. Motherboard had to be extracted and operated on.

Another thing - my mighty mouse was playing up. As advised, I cleaned the rollerball. Everything worked well for a month. The ball's still clean but suddenly scrolling down won't work anymore (ball moves but no response). Scrolling in other directions works. I'm getting theimpression the ball in this mouse isn't heavy duty enough to take so much use.

Here's one in return for that zoom effect. If you're using internet, press alt and double-finger scroll, and you go back or forward web pages through your browsing history. Discovered totally by accident of course:)

My biggest mac-problem in this country is getting technical help. The only official outlet I know of is BDS. For one, need-help-now problems don't only occur during weekdays, office hours, and I find their technical knowledge limited. Unless you're one yourself, I'm sure others have felt the need for a pocket mac-whizz.
Two weeks ago, an external hard disk crashed. I had no one to turn to. I trusted the task of extracting my data to a friend who works with PCs. He managed the arduous task of extracting, but not reading the data. I later got on to someone with the necessary software to repair bust hard disk info (very expensive process) and am keeping fingers crossed the orginal extraction through PC will not have damaged my info.
I seriously need a list of good mac technicians (not PC-techs who dabble in everything and pass themselves off as mac-also techs) available.

The double finger scroll IS cool..thanks!