A while ago I purchased a license for Waterfall Software’s Wallet. Normally, these things go quite smoothly, with the key in my inbox in a matter of minutes, and the whole thing working within five. Oh how naive I was…
I waited and waited, but there was no key in sight. I waited some more, figuring that there was some delay in sending out emails. But nothing. I found a key retrieval tool on the website and thought I’d try that, but it didn’t like my email address and told me that I had never bought anything.
OK, I thought. I fired off a quick email to the support email address and expected to get an apology email and key within a few days. You can see where this is going though. I never got a reply to it. A while later, I sent another email to the sales address, expecting it would get a faster reply. But I still haven’t heard anything back.
So just a quick warning for those of you thinking about purchasing a license for Wallet anytime soon…if you don’t get the email within 5 minutes, it’s probably a lost cause. I’m waiting for a reply from Waterfall Software to restore my confidence.
macZOT’s MysteryZOT 5 has been revealed. The mystery applications in the $5 bundle were PHPStudio, CastLife, AppZapper, Soulver and World of Where. This now means that I have extra licenses for CastLife and Soulver that I’m not going to use. If anybody has any use for these, please contact me and I’ll see what we can work out :)
As I explained last time, I broke out the Mac I had lying around, blew off the dust and upgraded it. However, now was the time to get really serious!
When I first purchased the laptop, it came with an external USB wireless network dongle. While this worked reasonably well for short periods of time, it would always cut off after a while and would also get very hot to the touch. What’s more, I found out that the Mac had a spare AirPort slot just waiting to be used! I instantly packaged up the dongle with all its accessories and sold it on eBay. With the money and some more I put in, I found a brand new original AirPort card on eBay and purchased it. Since Apple stopped manufacturing these things a few years ago, they’ve been like gold dust, especially brand new packaged ones!
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Since I started using computers many many years ago, I’ve been solely a PC user. From Windows 95 to 98, NT, 2000 and now XP, I’ve been through the thick of it Windows-wise, but it’s only recently that I decided to give the Mac side a spin and see what all the hype was about.
It all begin nearly a year ago when I decided that I needed a laptop for university (although it was more than a year away, it was a good excuse!) I was looking around for a good deal (as every student should do) and I came across a second-hand Mac iBook G3 being advertised on the forums of my then web host. The price was right and the laptop itself was adequate for my university needs. I crossed my fingers, left a reply and posted the money using PayPal. Maybe it was a little risky, but hey, I like taking moderate risks!
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