Bryan Bartow » software

Make Snow Leopard and Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Play Nice

Bryan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:18:08 +0000

After upgrading my MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard I noticed that Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection would no longer allow me to connect to my machine running Windows Vista. My first reaction was to do what every self-respecting interweb guru does when something goes awry—hit up Google. After spending about 5 hours trying every potential solution I could find and still having issues, I was ready to throw in the towel. On a whim, I decided I would make one last ditch effort before considering wiping both machines clean and starting over. I decided that I would clear the domain field on the login dialog when trying to connect. Surprisingly enough, that did the trick. I had always been able to connect to the machine in Leopard with the domain field filled in, but it seems Snow Leopard likes it to be blank. Hopefully this will benefit any others running into the same issue.

MePing Beta 7 Released

Bryan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:14:38 +0000

I've made a few additions to MePing as well as fixed what I hope is one last remaining bug with the AIR update framework. Hopefully, this is the last version of the app users will need to manually download. Check out the MePing page to see what's new and download the latest version.

Using Street View in Maps on iPhone OS 2.2

Bryan — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:51:42 +0000

I updated my iPhone to OS 2.2 this morning fully expecting to open Maps app and see a "Street View" button somewhere after it pin-pointed my location. This did not happen and I assumed that the feature did not work or that it was not available in my area. It turns out I was wrong about both. Here's how you get street view:

First, do a search in Maps app.

Next, click on one of the result pins. If you see an orange "person" icon next to the location name, click it. This indicates street view availability.

Clicking the icon takes you to street view, which is in landscape of course.

WordPress for iPhone

Bryan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:15:23 +0000

WordPress just released their native iPhone app for hosted blogs as well as those on wordpress.com. Setup is simple and so is posting. You can even include pictures from your iPhone as seen below. Very nice.

iPhone Dev Team Releases Pwnage Tool 2.0

Bryan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:09:29 +0000

Just happened a few minutes ago. Check it out at http://bit.ly/2JFZIT

Evernote iPhone Application Looks Awesome

Bryan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:40 +0000

After perusing the iTunes App store for a few minutes, I noticed that Evernote is releasing an iPhone client. It looks awesome. Now if only I could use these damn things...

Apple’s App Store is Live…Sort of

Bryan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:36:36 +0000

As expected, MobileMe is up and ready to go this morning. Maybe not so unexpected, at least at this particular time of the day, is the launch of iTunes 7.7 and the app store. Install and launch iTunes 7.7, search for "AIM" and notice that the AIM application is listed in the search results. Click on apps up in the "bread crumb" bar and voila! Should be an exciting next 48 to 72 hours.

AIR Installation Error

Bryan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:55:44 +0000

I just tried to install Twhirl on my iMac running 10.5.3 and got this error: "The application could not be installed because the AIR file is damaged. Try obtaining a new AIR file from the application author. Has anyone found a way to get around or fix this?

Exchange Server for the Rest of Us?

Bryan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:48:17 +0000

After Apple's unveiling of MobileMe, touted as Exchange for the rest of us, I started wondering about the possibility of a potentially much more disruptive angle that Apple could take with the service(s). What if Apple included all of the backend bits that power MobileMe into the next or some future version of Mac OS X Server? What if any organization could roll out push email, contact and calendar to their entire workforce for only $999? What if an organization could offer the same kick-ass web-based mail, address book and calendar applications that MobileMe users will have access to? How many small and medium business would drop Windows and Exchange in a heartbeat to switch to OS X Server with these features?

Dropbox Invites

Bryan — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:11:19 +0000

I finally got invited to beta test the very cool Dropbox file synchronization service from the guys over here. I have a few invites remaining (7 I believe.) Leave a comment here and I'll invite until I run out.