Adding Signatures in Mac OS X

Adding Signatures in Mac OS X

The best way that I know of to capture a signature in Lion is the following:
Open any PDF file (preferably one with some white space) with Lion's default Preview app. Select the "Show the Annotations Toolbar" icon. (furthest Right)

Then select the Signature dropdown (S) and click "Create Signature from FaceTime HD Camera"

A dialog box with a line comes up. Simply write your signature on a piece of paper, line it up and capture.

By default, Preview doesn't let you export your signature but there is a work around. Insert your signature into the document and move it to some White space. Drag the rectangle around it, select copy, then select File > New from Clipboard. Now you have a PDF of your signature. To create a JPEG simply Shift+Command+4, highlight your signature and release and you have a JPEG saved to the desktop. Import into your email program (Sparrow accepts different signatures for different accounts) and you're done.

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MyXerver - Surprising NAS Solution

 I recently purchased a MyXerver MX3600 network storage unit made by Universal Tech.  I was looking for a wireless / wired network backup and storage solution after experiencing a RAID crash on my main computer which of course wasn't backed up.


 With 1TB drives in the $100 price range, NAS starting around $150 and USB enabled routers running about the same, I was pleasantly surprised to find this unit marked down to $75 from $105.


 Even more for the price-point, the MX3600 promises these additional features:

• USB printer server
• FTP server
• UPnP media server
• iTunes server
• MP3 server
• File server
• Bit torrent download

 There were no other simmular product which is usually not a good sign but I decided to try it anyway.

 What your actually getting with MyXerver is a mini computer.  A plastic Mac Mini look alike, the MX3600 houses a 250MHz cpu with 32MB of DDR RAM and 8MB of Flash Memory.  The SATA hard drive sizes run from 500GB to 2TB.

 Installation of MyXerver is a cakewalk, unfortunately initial setup is not.  First be prepared if your a Mac user that the initial setup is geared for Windows users (even though that doesn't work either).  The installation disk is Windows only and didn't find the server when I tried the setup disk from a Windows machine.  More bad news is that doing the browser based manual setup per their instructions (enter MyXerver in your browser) on any OS machine didn't work as well.  Fortunately finding the assigned ip address and using your browser does work.  You are presented with a simple landing page to access the server set-up and user accounts.

 Generally for me when a product has failed at initial set-up I become very skeptical.  It usually means the rest will be garbage too.  Fortunately the experience actually got better from that point on.  Setup is very easy once you get past the so-so written instructions.  I won't go into detail here since you can download the set-up manual from the web site, but essentially you add user accounts, decide if you want to give them their own "virtual partition" and how much space, create directories from your network manager or finder (you can not create directories from web based access) for the iTunes Server, Media Server and MP3 server, tell it if you want guest accounts and FTP access, copy your files and your done.

 The package includes a licensed copy of NTI Shadow for both Windows and Mac (thank you) on the hard drive in the public or "disk" folder.  The software is easy to setup and easy to use.

 Despite my initial set-up disappointment, I really like this product.  It functions well as a NAS solution and throws in some great additional features (that actually work) that I haven't seen on any other unit.  I'm actually surprised this company and product are not more well known.  A few minor tweaks from the company would really amplify product recognition and sales.

Universal Tech MyXerver MX 3600 Network Storage

Pro's

• Price point
• Mini Computer
• Great additional feature set that works
• Design
• Wireless, wired and anywhere web remote access
• Guest accounts

Con's

• Set-up
• Windows only set-up disk
• Instructions

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