Tag Archive: mac

Nov
14

Backup Now or Cry Later

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I replace about eight hard drives for my clients every month. I always ask them if they had their files backed up and the answer is almost always “No.” I hate seeing the look in their eyes when I tell them that their files are gone. It’s the least enjoyable part of my job. In addition, …

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Oct
27

4 Quick Mac Tips

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I have two Mac tips for you this month, ladies and gentlemen. Well, 3 actually, and 4 if you count the email one as two. Alright, enough math! Lose the iDisk and turn off empty trash warnings iDisk is a part of AppleMe web services. For $99 a year, you get online storage and a …

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Oct
27

Preview Is Powerful

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I recently sent a JPEG file to a Windows friend (do you categorize your friends this way too or is it just me?) and she asked me how she could open it because Windows didn’t have an application just for viewing images. It was then that I remembered that we Mac users are truly spoiled …

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Sep
26

Here We Go Again!

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A battle for mobile marketshare and mindset is heating up between Apple and Google, and it promises to be one for the ages. But something about all this seems very familiar… Let’s take a look back in time to the ’80s. The Mac vs. Windows argument has been around, well, as long as the Macintosh …

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