[Macworld]

Post your comments for 10 Mac 911 resolutions here

[TVogt]

Good list, nailed 8 out of 10 so far. Tagging media is sooo painful though...oh well, there's always 2009.

[samrhall]

Disk Warrior is a God-send, especially if you failed to do #1. Of course, I've thankfully only had to use it on an old PowerBook.
Afterward, I started doing #1 with an external HD I bought for that purpose, and used Time Machine. I've since lapsed after replacing said HD with a Time Capsule that I've yet to set up with Time Machine.
So perhaps I should ready Disk Warrior... Or set up Time Machine with my Time Capsule.

[DrewLanza]

Breen: You schmuck! You're in your fifties. And, yes, we did mistake you for Quasimodo when you were in your forties. Get over it already! Drew

[Chris Breen]

Lanza, you old hippie, that Quasimodo appearance in my 40s was from hunching over a piano, not a computer keyboard. Completely different look than the geek hunch.

[Neil_Anderson]

Good list. Tagging photos ... it's more fun to make photo books.

[whitedog]

{quote}I've since lapsed after replacing said HD with a Time Capsule that I've yet to set up with Time Machine.{quote}

I'm afraid I don't understand the procrastination. Once you've got the Time Capsule networking set up, starting Time Machine is a piece of cake. Of course, if you want to migrate your old Time Capsule archives to the Time Capsule things can get a bit dicey. But nothing could be easier if you start from scratch. And you can always hook up and reference your old Time Machine hard drive if you need to.

[samrhall]

I was setting up two new machines and an EyeTV at the same time I set up the Time Capsule as a new wireless network. Just never got to the backup part.

I've got it on a to-do list. See how far that's gotten me. :)

[Shocho]

I can't do that last one.

[Speed_Racer]

Tech support may not have created the problem, but it's hard to be polite when the call center worker often can't even understand what the problem is and won't transfer you to someone who actually knows something.

[doglesby]

Mostly good suggestions (most of which I adhere to), but there is some deserved condescension (towards Microsoft, not the users) when I encounter fundamental bugs on every day with a Y in the name. I'm sorry, but Windows should be able to keep track of open windows. It fails every single day, I'm not exaggerating.

[Chris Breen]

Windows isn't my favorite OS either. My point is that Mac users who lord their computer/OS over other people -- right though they may be -- do little good to advance the cause. No one wants to hear that they've devoted money and time to the Wrong Thing. Rather than convincing others that the Mac is a great experience, those who conduct themselves this way merely make the compelling argument that Mac users are condescending jerks.

[whitedog]

Chris Breen said:

Windows isn't my favorite OS either. My point is that Mac users who lord their computer/OS over other people -- right though they may be -- do little good to advance the cause. No one wants to hear that they've devoted money and time to the Wrong Thing. Rather than convincing others that the Mac is a great experience, those who conduct themselves this way merely make the compelling argument that Mac users are condescending jerks.

I couldn't agree with you more. Just take a look at the chatter on the first Macworld blog, Microsoft Zunes spontaneously dying all over the place, about the Zune's latest disaster. All the smug, anti-Microsoft attitude does is attract anti-Apple flame throwers.

And it's not as if the iPod hasn't had its own problems. Apple faced a class action lawsuit over the unacceptably short battery life of some models. Nor is the iPod the most feature rich MP3 player available. It may be the best by some standards (software interface and the iTunes Store for instance) and it's certainly the most successful, but it's hardly flawless.

Of course Apple sets a less than stellar example in its "friendly" Mac vs. PC TV ads. Clearly slamming Microsoft can be fun. But unless you can do it with some subtlety, it just comes off as mean-spirited and cranky.

[doglesby]

I'm sorry you missed my parenthetical remark. I don't think people should be jerks, but the fact is that Microsoft has been paying a heavy price lately for taking engineering shortcuts.

Moreover, the point that needs to be made everywhere is that we don't have to put up with mediocrity. We have a voice and tacitly accepting everything Microsoft, GM, or the TSA spews is a recipe for disaster. The so-called "Apple faithful" have been skewering Apple in your own forums. I have made significant use of the Feedback page on Apple's site. I believe that a vocal user base has contributed to a better platform. We should be encouraging more outrage from Windows users. The best thing that has happened to that community is the return of the Mac as a viable alternative that more and more people are seriously looking at.