New Job: Only Mac In The Shop

Posted by EsquireMac in Law Practice Management, Switching, iPhone/iPod Touch on Sep 26th, 2009 | 0 comments
Last month, I started a new job at a new firm. I spent nearly three years at my old firm, and most of what I have written on this blog to date has been related to my experiences there. If you read my Personal Update last fall, you know that last year I moved back to the town where I grew up – Hagerstown, Maryland. Long story short: The 3.5 hours of driving every day got old and a position at a well respected Hagerstown firm opened up due to one of its (now former) partners being appointed judge. The new firm runs on a Windows 2003 Exchange Server, and my early-2008 MacBook Pro is the only Mac...
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Hello Dropbox, Goodbye SugarSync

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Syncing on Nov 24th, 2008 | 8 comments
Those who have been following Esquire | Mac know that I had high praises for SugarSync and have used the file synchronization service extensively for a solid 8-10 months. I have posted about SugarSync here, here and here. I did note, however, that despite how great the service is, there are some bugs. In our office, we synced over 31,000 files, comprising about 1.5 Gigs of disk space. By and large, the process is painless, behind the scenes and effective. However, I have noticed that there are some folders that do not fully sync. I wrote about this problem before, and said: Regarding limitations or...
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SugarSync: Questions and Answers

Posted by EsquireMac in Syncing on Jul 16th, 2008 | 1 comment
One reader, Scott Wolfe, of Wolfe Law Group, a truly innovative law firm with offices in New Orleans and Seattle, emailed me with a few questions about SugarSync. He was in need of a more workable solution for his all-Mac small law firm. I answered his email this morning with a fairly lengthy response. I figured that his questions were probably similar to questions that most people thinking about SugarSync might have, so I decided to post my answers to the blog as well for the benefit of everybody else. I know I’m heavy on the SugarSync posts lately, so, sorry if that’s not your thing....
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A Small Firm’s Transition, Part I: Sharing Files

Posted by EsquireMac in Switching on Jul 12th, 2008 | 4 comments
This is the first post in a short series of indeterminate number about our small firm’s transition to a Mac-centric law office. Being a good 20 years younger than the next youngest person in our firm, I am, by default, the IT guy, or, “guy who does the computer thingies.” When I joined my present firm about 1.5 years ago, I came packing my 15 inch Powerbook G4. The law firm had two dinosaur Windows machines – one for our receptionist, and one for our paralegal. My boss himself didn’t (and still doesn’t) use a computer at all for his law practice, even though his...
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Free Dropbox Invites: Come and Get ‘em

Posted by EsquireMac in Apple Applications on Jul 11th, 2008 | 2 comments
As you may have read about me, I love to try out new software. I’ve been in the beta for Dropbox for some time now, and I have a bit of a stash of invites to give out. If you’re interested, just drop me a comment or shoot me an email and I’ll hook you up (while supplies last, of...
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