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New VMware Fusion Beta: One Problem on My Bootcamp System

by Bruce Keener // March 16, 2012 // No Comments

Last week, VWware made available a second beta of its VMware Fusion. There are a lot of new features, which I’ll highlight briefly in a moment. But, first, I wanted to cover a problem I ran into with one of... Continue reading →

Converting a Bootcamp Partition to NTFS

by Bruce Keener // February 9, 2012 // No Comments

Since about a third of my regular readers use a Mac, I thought I would share my experiences in converting my iMac’s Bootcamp partition to an NTFS file system. When I first set up a Bootcamp partition on my iMac,... Continue reading →

The Comfort of Automatic Backup

by Bruce Keener // January 9, 2012 // No Comments

Until yesterday I was backing up my iMac manually, once a month (I used a periodic appointment for a reminder). Now, thanks to my new 500GB external hard drive and Leopard’s Time Machine utility, the backups are done hourly. This... Continue reading →

Lessons from a Failed NTFS Boot Camp Partition

by Bruce Keener // December 13, 2011 // No Comments

This article describes the failure of the Windows Boot Camp partition on my iMac, a partition that worked well for over 2 years. The partition was originally formatted as FAT32, but I changed it to NTFS about 6 months ago... Continue reading →

Fixing a Slow-Responding Finder in OSX

by Bruce Keener // November 13, 2011 // No Comments

A couple of months ago, the Finder on my iMac began responding very slowly whenever I would select a file and choose “Open With.” Whereas it used to respond almost instantly with a list of apps for opening the file,... Continue reading →

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Welcome to Keener Living. My name is Bruce Keener. I established this blog in March 2010, a few months after retiring at the age of 57. My reason for having this blog is to share what I’ve learned over the years (and what I continue to learn). I also enjoy hearing and learning from you.