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Category: Hardware

My Rules for…

This is something of a hodgepodge of things but I couldn’t find any better way of detailing some of the golden rules (well mine anyway) when it comes to IT and those that support it. So here are my top 5 rules when dealing with… What to Mac to buy Buying a mac is not …

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Let’s talk offsite backup… again

Now that the NBN is here – in most Canberra suburbs – it is now time to talk about off site backup again. Offsite backup is basically like Time Machine (operates in the background so you never need to worry about it) but instead of going to an external hard disk it is sent to …

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An unlikely recommendation

In 1985, despite having never even seen or touched one, I said to a business owner… “you need to buy a Mac.” I said this because back then I knew instinctively what I now know practically…that the Mac is the way to go. At least 90% of the time. Well, it is 2018 and I …

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Time is up!

On the 24th of September Apple released 10.14 to the masses and in doing so doomed your Mac running El Capitan to the pages of history. If you see m@cservices regularly for a health check, or we’ve seen you for any other reason in the last little while, our mantra would likely have been “there …

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It’s probably not your mouse

Just before we begin I’d like to make the point that while this article talks about a mouse, a lot of the issues and fixes also apply to track pads. There comes a time in every Mac users life when they think their mouse sucks. In 1996 it was, justifiably, because it was round and …

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