News: “Install Windows in Boot Camp despite a defective SuperDrive”

Posted: March 1st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Install Windows in Boot Camp despite a defective SuperDrive on MacOSXHints.com
Topics: Boot Camp, MacBook, SuperDrive

My 2007 DC MacBook (running 10.6.2) has an internal SuperDrive that is defective, which hampered my Boot Camp installation. 2br I set up the MacBook up for dual boot with the Boot Camp assistant, and I wanted to install Windows using a bare internal…


News: “Ask TUAW: Key remapping in Boot Camp, iPad tethering, file-sharing with a media extender, and more”

Posted: February 19th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Ask TUAW: Key remapping in Boot Camp, iPad tethering, file-sharing with a media extender, and more on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: Mac OS X, Boot Camp, MacBook, AirPort, Safari, Automator

Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we deal with some technical issues on our production Mac before turning to questions about Windows key remapping in Boot…


News: “Ask TUAW: Power adapters, Windows 7, iWork refresh, and more”

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Ask TUAW: Power adapters, Windows 7, iWork refresh, and more on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: Mac OS X, ILife, IWork, MacBook Pro, MacBook, ITunes, Boot Camp

Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we’ve got questions about MacBook power adapters, Windows 7 in Boot Camp and virtualization in general, resetting the Mac…


News: “Windows 7 with Boot Camp 3.1: All-around great, except for battery life”

Posted: February 1st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Windows 7 with Boot Camp 3.1: All-around great, except for battery life on Crave: The gadget blog
Topics: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Boot Camp

Boot Camp 3.1 betters the functionality of a MacBook Pro running Windows 7, but it doesn’t improve the battery life. Originally posted at Windows 7 Insider


News: “Ask TUAW: Prepping a Mac for transfer, adding words to spell check, updating Boot Camp, and more”

Posted: January 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Ask TUAW: Prepping a Mac for transfer, adding words to spell check, updating Boot Camp, and more on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.4, MacBook Pro, ITunes, Boot Camp, MacBook, Disk Utility

Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we’ve got questions about preparing a Mac that you’re transferring to a new owner, updating Boot Camp, adding words to the…


News: “VMware Fusion improvements close gap on Boot Camp for dual-boot Macs”

Posted: December 18th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

VMware Fusion improvements close gap on Boot Camp for dual-boot Macs on All DABCC Virtualization & Cloud Computing: Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft Resources – RSS
Topics: MacBook, MacBook Pro, Boot Camp

Let me start by stating, I?m a Boot Camp user. My office mates are true-blue Fusion fans, with Parallels Desktop seeming to have fallen from front-running favorite to third-choice within a few short years. But every day I go to work running Windows 7…


News: “10.6: Create a shared Boot Camp/OS X encrypted partition”

Posted: December 10th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

10.6: Create a shared Boot Camp/OS X encrypted partition on MacOSXHints.com
Topics: MacBook Pro, Boot Camp, MacBook, Disk Utility, Mac OS X

This hint describes how to create an extra, encrypted FAT-32 partition on a MacBook Pro running Boot Camp with Snow Leopard and Windows 7 already in place. This partition can be accessed with read/write permissions from both the OS X and Windows side…


News: “10.6: How to install Win XP Pro Service Pack 3 in Boot Camp 3″

Posted: November 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

10.6: How to install Win XP Pro Service Pack 3 in Boot Camp 3 on MacOSXHints.com
Topics: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Boot Camp

Over the weekend, in preparation for an upcoming review of the newest versions of Fusion and VirtualBox, I needed to set up a new Boot Camp partition on my MacBook Pro. Because Windows 7 isn’t yet officially supported by Apple, and Vista isn’t widely…


News: “Apple’s Boot Camp users must wait for Windows 7 support”

Posted: October 23rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Apple’s Boot Camp users must wait for Windows 7 support on Ars Technica – All Ars Technica Content
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Boot Camp

If your copy of Windows 7 has arrived and you are champing at the bit to get it installed on your Mac via Boot Camp, you may want to slow down. According to an Apple Knowledge Base posting (via MacUser), Apple has plans to eventually…


News: “Mac Boot Camp to support Windows 7 by year’s end”

Posted: October 22nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Mac Boot Camp to support Windows 7 by year’s end on Betanews
Topics: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Boot Camp, Mac OS X

By Tim Conneally, Betanews Apple today promised to update its Boot Camp partitioning tool to support Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate before the end of the year. In a support article posted to Apple’s site today, it says the Boot…