Ordered Nexus 10 from Multicom

I've had Hardware.no's web site open on the Nexus 10 page, waiting for some supplier to quote a price for the device, and was searching for info about Nexus Media Importer when I suddenly noticed Multicom had an entry!

As I had ordered my US Nexus 7 from them, I felt safe in placing an order for a Nexus 10 even though the delivery date would probably be out in mid December.. Their price at NOK 3.5K was what I expected so I was quick off the mark, and after three attempts to enter my bank details and having Java troubles both with Chrome and Firefox, I got Safari to complete OK.

Today I have been trying to locate the User Guide, without success.

Howto: Copy Handy Safe Pro database to Nexus

Why do this?

Well, although the makers of Handy Safe Pro have managed to produce a reasonably good method of syncing the iMac desktop app with iPhones and iPads, their Android solution is atrocious, and should be avoided...

Here is a method which works. NB! You will need Dropbox installed on the iMac and Android device in question.

First, search for safe.dat on the iMac (/Library/Application Support/Handy Safe Desktop) Copy this file, together with the .tmp and .ind files you'll find in the same location, to a new Handysafe folder you make for the purpose in Dropbox.

Then, on the Android device where Handysafe has been installed, simply Export the above Dropbox files one by one using "Save to SD card" (the top option in my Nexus 7's Export window) into the com.epocware.handysafe folder, and agree to Replace the three files which are already there.

Then run Handysafe and you should be in business..

This worked fine on all three of my Android devices :)

Nexus 7 receives Jelly Bean 4.2

The OTA Update arrived shortly after  booting up this morning :) So buying the US version paid off alright.

Still waiting for my Samsung Galaxy Nexus to receive the update however...

Another Apple Con (as in Pro vs Con)

A WhatsApp message for help from my granddaughters led me to checking out Bluetooth transfer between my devices, and to the title of today's post, 'Another Apple Con'.

I had no difficulty replicating their problem! Transfer between either an Apple iPad or iPhone with a non-Apple device over Bluetooth does not work!

I tried both my iPad 3 and iPhone 4 (iOS6) with several Android devices, and they simply cannot pair! i.e. Apple does not allow them to pair...

My efforts did lead me to an app 'Photo Share Pro' which simplified transfer of a photo between my iDevices (very slowly), but my granddaughter's iPod Touch was out of order so this didn't help them transfer between a Nokia phone and iPad 2.

Why Apple. What did you gain by creating this limitation?

So, its another Con added to my list, each new one merely makes it more unlikely I'll ever buy another Apple product.

Patriot Gauntlet NAS caught my eye

Not sure whether I first heard of it via Reader, or whether it was on PC Perspective, though I believe it was the latter.

Its a small portable wi-fi storage container for a 2.5" hard drive or SSD. You can find a Presentation of the device by PC Perp's Ryan on their YouTube page.

Its all very well buying one of these, but I was interested in finding out how it could be accessed from an iPad 3 or a Nexus 7. Finding workable solutions for both platforms took a while.

I used Apple's Airport Disk to check things out, by connecting a spare 500GB WD drive to the USB port on my Airport Extreme Base station, and transferring some MP3 folders to it.

To cut a long story short, I was able to access these from the iPad using FileBrowser, which found the NAS drive with a quick scan of the Lan.

The Nexus 7 took a bit longer until I tried a free app called ES File Explorer A simple click on Lan, then Scan, enter User/pwd and away it went.

An educational experience, but with all the Airplay and Cloud solutions which are available, one must really need SSD speed in a real Gauntlet Node to justify purchase, unless you happen to be a 'technology nut' like someone I know!

Changed my mapping software

Several reasons made me leave Mindnode Pro and Touch.

First, there was no Android version, and no hint of one in the future..

Secondly,, I got fed up with the OSX version. The Inspector was constantly required to correct text size, node breadth, etc. grrr!

I found SimpleMind, which works great between OSX, iPad and Nexus 7, and most important, imports the Freemind map mm format, so I have easily exported the Mindnode maps I wish to transfer and synced them via Dropbox

MacBook Pro backup

Helped Susan to get SuperDuper going this afternoon, but she had 400GB on her 500GB drive and the first pass of the app always takes a long time. She probably didn't complete the clone before leaving for Bangkok and HK by Finnair today, but she'll be able to run it overnight when she gets there.

The new 1TB Western Digital drive is unbelievably tiny!