I'm trying to work out if I have a machine that I can install Mountain Lion onto. I need to make sure it will play well with Pro Tools before I put it on a few of my machines.

Feeling your pain, Ginger. Bought a new HDMI cable, still get the "no signal" message. It must be the Tivo. A lifetime subscription does you no good on a dead box. Fortunately, I have another one, but it only records one show at a time!

Went ahead with Mountain Lion. iWork syncs through iCloud like I want it to, that might make the upgrade worthwhile for me right there. Lost Parallels, though.

Another weird Kindle issue: Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives (New Edition) won't load onto my Kindle app for my iPad, nor the Kindle app for OS X. I get a "The item is not compatible with this device error." Amazon tech support had me uninstall and reinstall the Kindle app on my iPad and it didn't help.

Other Sandman volumes have downloaded just fine.

They already have an open ticket on this issue. Also, they gave me $20 credit, which is twice what I paid for the book, so I guess I can't complain too much.

Oof. Apple servers must be slammed today. I'm unable to install software updates on my Mac laptops (the server keeps resetting the connections).

Maybe I'll install Mountain Lion some other day.

eta: Never mind. Our stupid WiFi was down. Just had to restart it.

Question for the hivemind from technological semi-literate:

On Tuesday, my iPad got wet and stopped working. (iPad on counter, cat knocked it into sink, faucet dripping -- you get the idea) I've been letting it sit to dry out, but it still isn't working.

So, really, two questions -- Should I be doing something else to dry out the iPad? When should I give up and replace the iPad?

I seem to recall putting water-logged electronics into a bin of uncooked rice as a way to help the drying out process, Fred. Not sure if it'll help in this specific instance, but as fixes go it's relatively cheap.

I don't know what else to do to dry out an iPad. I'd take it apart if possible, but is that doable on an iPad?

Maybe seal it up in a container with some sort of desiccant?

This: How to fix an iPad if it gets wet recommends the desiccant approach.

You might want to have Apple fix it but I have no idea if that'd be worth the cost.

If it's still under warranty, getting it wet would void the warranty. They have ways to determine this.

eta: Yeah, rice can act as a desiccant. It sounds like silica gel is better.

Thanks for the ideas!

They have ways to determine this.

Specifically, moisture sensors that change color. So if leaving it in a tightly sealed bag/container of rice or other desiccant for a couple of days doesn't work, you may as well try taking it apart because the warranty is void anyway.