Guides to Installing and Using Lion Server

by Tom Nelson I’ve been experimenting with OS X Lion Server, an inexpensive, but full-featured server OS that you can run on just about any Intel Mac. I’ve used OS X Server for many years, but its cost, while quite competitive, kept it out of the hobbyist, home, and small business market, at least for [...]

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Set Up OS X Lion Server – Open Directory and Network Users

by Tom Nelson With the low cost of OS X Lion Server, many individuals are considering running their own home or small business server. And why not; Lion Server has a lot to offer. It’s not just low-cost; it’s also fairly easy to set up and administer. Network users, as indicated by the globe next [...]

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Introduction to Administrating Your OS X Lion Server

by Tom Nelson With the advent of OS X Lion, Apple introduced OS X Lion Server at a drastically reduced price. So low, in fact, that I think Lion Server may well become not only a useful server for corporate needs, but also for home hobbyists and small business users. With that in mind, this [...]

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Connect Your Mac to That New HDTV

by Tom Nelson It’s the day after Christmas here, and every year around this time we see an uptick in people asking how to connect their Macs to their brand-new HDTVs. Seems big-screen TVs are once again popular this year. Even the manufacturers know that customers will be hooking up all types of multimedia components, [...]

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How to Share Windows 7 Files With OS X Lion

by Tom Nelson My home network contains a mixture of both Macs and PCs. The PCs run various operating systems, including Windows 7. I like to be able to access my Windows files from my Mac, so I set both systems up for file sharing. The process isn’t difficult; in fact, it takes only a [...]

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Share Windows 7 Files with OS X Lion

by Tom Nelson If you have a mixed network of PCs and Macs, then you will more than likely want to be able to share files between the two competing OSes. It might sound like you’ve got some sticky times ahead of you, to get two different OSes talking to each other, but in fact, [...]

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AirDrop Doesn’t Require a Wireless Connection

by Tom Nelson AirDrop, one of the new features in OS X Lion, is designed to allow you to share files with other nearby Macs using a wireless peer-to-peer connection. AirDrop is a pretty nice feature. There’s nothing to set up; your Mac just looks for other nearby Macs and makes a list of those [...]

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Solve Notebook-Projector Setup Problems

by Tom Nelson and Mary O’Connor | PC Today, July 2011, Vol 9, Issue 7 You’re ready to give your presentation, but until that first slide appears on the big screen, you can never be sure that your equipment has got your back. We can’t tell you not to worry, but these handy tips should [...]

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Sharing With Windows 7

by Tom Nelson I receive a number of questions about sharing files or printers between a Mac and a Windows 7 PC. Many individuals want to share a printer they have connected to either their Mac or their Windows 7 PC with the other machine. A related question, sharing files between a Mac and a [...]

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Just Add Storage: NAS Advice For Business WLANs

by Tom Nelson and Mary O’Connor | PC Today, December 2010, Vol 8, Issue 12 Sharing computers, printers, scanners, and other resources on a small business or workgroup network has long been a standard practice. But it has its limitations, particularly where storage is concerned. With 2 drive bays, the Linksys by Cisco NAS200 ($149.99; [...]

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