Feb 21 2016
Generally an old iMac isn’t worth repairing. If your hard disk goes that is OK because hard disks and SSD’s are freely available from third party dealers but other big ticket items like video cards, power supplies and mainboards all come from Mr Apple. The issue there, even if you decide that $300 wasn’t …
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Dec 15 2015
Notifications is a feature that is often ignored or hated but hardly ever embraced and this is a shame because if used correctly it can be a real time saver. This feature was a stable on the iPhone as far back as iOS5 but didn’t make it to the Mac OS until 10.8 but hasn’t really filled out …
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Dec 13 2015
I know it’s hard to believe, but there are scum buckets out there whose single purpose in life is to rip you off. They get up in the morning and eat breakfast dreaming up new ways to make your life a misery. A while back I detailed some rules to follow that were designed to deal …
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Apr 26 2015
A folder is like a draw. They are simple and self explanatory… you put stuff in them and thats where they stay and that’s all there is to it. But the Mac OS lets you create “smart” folders that turn the concept of the humble folder into something very different and a whole lot more useful. You’ll …
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Jan 10 2015
Behind Time Machine’s very simple interface lies a very clever little bit of software. However one of its features causes a great deal of confusion. Every now and then a dialog box pops up telling you that it is deleting your old backups. Understandably this produces waves of panic and streams of cold sweat among …
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