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‘Stop the MacBook multi-touch trackpad having a life of its own’

Elizabeth Fish — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:02:17 +0000

A blog I intend to put more into, as it’s an area I enjoy, and have experience in- Apple products.

Here’s a preview of my debut article, which can be found here:

When doing typical tasks such as browsing the Web or writing a document, there’s nothing more annoying than Apple’s new multi-touch gestures on the MacBook Pro trackpad.

New MacBook Pro

Elizabeth Fish — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:44:37 +0000

Last week, my old 13″ white Macbook seemed to breathe its last breath, as not only did the battery wear out but it decided, after an update, that not loading the operating system would be a good idea too. This consequently lead to year another trip to the local Apple store.

While I was there, I couldn’t resist checking out the new MacBook Pro. Better battery life, faster, and externally sleek to name a few differences. One hour later, I leave with one 13″ 160GB Pro, 3 year Apple care, QuarkXpress 8 and Snow Leopard (Apple’s next operating system) at the price of the postage. All of that with 26% discount whacked on.

Anyway, in the process of adding all my files and applications etc from the old MacBook, just wondering if there’s any handy shortcuts or tricks that weren’t in the older models?

Trip to London/ Apple batteries

Elizabeth Fish — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:25:51 +0000

Hello all,

Back from a 3 day ‘holiday’ in the capital. Although more of an excuse of a holiday as my partner was at a conference- the Future of Web Design 09- it was definitely brilliant none the less. I am only female; the shopping was immense. Seeing Canary Wharf lit up from where we were staying in Greenwich was absolutely lovely, such a smart set of buildings- maybe I’ll work there one day

Shopping and sights aside, my main query to this point was my trip to the Apple Store. Great as it was- the biggest one I’ve been in yet- I don’t know if their advice was fully correct. My main reason for visiting was to try and get a weekend slot at the Genius bar, as my battery seems to be dying out slowly. However, there were no slots left while I was there so I asked one of the store assistants if I took a battery to the counter and said I had Apple care, would it be free?

My answer has left me in a state of slight concern. I was told that my Apple Care does not cover ‘natural causes’ of breakdown so I would have to buy a new battery, which are in the region of £70. Fair enough if age has worn the battery down, but surely natural causes were the same reason my charger fizzled out, which they replaced free of charge for a new one?

Well tomorrow I intend to visit the Apple Store in Meadowhall, armed with a broken charger (I have more than one now….), a dying battery and a macbook that turns on twice, re-indexes the hard drive whenever switched on and is generally very slow when using applications. Could be a long time Im macbook-less altogether….