If, like me, your iPhone camera suddenly stops saving the pictures it’s taking then you’ll be happy to hear I’ve done all the digging and found you the answer. Find it here on the Apple support forums.

I have to admit I don’t follow the stock market all that much. But I’ve been watching the fad of jumping all over Apple stock after hearing the guys on Mac Break Weekly speculating on where it was headed.

Here’s what I’ve seen:

The iPhone comes out: The stock crosses 130 and heads to 144

AT&T says they only activated ~146k iPhones the first weekend*: The stock falls to 134

Apple releases the Q3 earnings report that they’ve profited 818 Million: Stock soars to 150+ in after hours trading

I think the stock market flinching like that as a whole is funny. But then again.. since I don’t follow it normally perhaps this is status quo.

* Given that it took 36+ hours for AT&T to activate some iPhones their numbers most likely don’t accurately reflect sales figures for the weekend. In my opinion at least.

Update: Apparently during the Apple Earnings Conference call Apple quoted the sales figure at 270k. (See the note at 5:13pm)

My father, on my recommendation of course, finally ordered himself a Mac Book Pro. After months of building and rebuilding the system in his shopping cart he finally clicked through to the finish when I gave him the high sign. He’s got a new Santa Rosa chipset MBP with the 17″ glossy high res screen and all the bells and whistles.

While he waited for his new machine to arrive he ran out and grabbed all sorts of accessories. One of which was this sweet bit of mousieness, the Logitech VX. He already had is new camera and he was ready to jump into the Apple world and Aperture.

So the MBP finally arrives we get everything setup… Firefox, adium, skype, etc etc etc. And then… Kernel Panic. Within the first 24 hours the system grays out on him and prompts him to reboot.

Now, my father isn’t the most patient. So needless to say he’s upset. But he reboots and keeps using it. Then it happens 2 more times over the next couple hours. ACK! Gives a call to Support and they tell him to just send it in.

(Time to shorten this up a bit)

So he packages up his new $3.5k machine and sends it back. He gets a new one. Sets it up and BAM! Kernel Panics again.

Drives it to the apple store… many miles away… to take it back and get his money… pissed now… They of course tell him they can’t take back an online order. But the manager offers him $200 to package it back up and send it back for another one. To keep the order alive. He’s pissed… says no.

After much hemming and hawing he comes around… sends the machine back with the thought that.. hell.. how could it happen 3 times?!

Gets the new machine… sets it up and…. (say it with me) Kernel Panic!!

At this point he’s achieved that kind of Zen.. that calm quiet that happens just before said zen master makes someones head explode with shear rage. Of course I’m scampering thing.. Jesus.. how is this possible? Gotta fix this.

This is awfully long perhaps I should just get to the point…. The mouse… it was the logitech drivers. For what ever reason… the drivers give OS X fits. Just google it and see.

So we removed the drivers - he went so far as restoring it to make sure they were completely gone - and he’s been running perfectly ever since. Still using the mouse. But without the drivers from Logitech. Phew…

In a way.. I’m glad this happened. Considering I’d been thinking about the same mouse. But anywho… if your Mac is freaking out and you have a logitech mouse, try removing the drivers and see if that takes care of the problem.

I’m not sure how deep the install goes. Not sure if the reimage/restore is needed or not.

I really wish I’d bought Apple Stock. Yeesh!