Category: Mac

Quick access to Launch Pad

I have spoken about Launch Pad before on this site and as you might recall I used to hate it. I thought it was a useless attempt to meld the iOS and the MacOS; something that Microsoft have done with Windows 8 that has been about as successful as a volleyball match in a mine …

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A quick byte

  Not only is this funny, its true as well. Rather than rewriting I thought I’d just share.   -Renny

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Places to remove files from your hard disk

If you put a hundred Mac technicians into a room and asked them if you should defragment your hard disk some of them would say ‘no’ some would say ‘absolutely’  and the rest would shuffle about nervously biting their lips and looking skyward. The truth is the answer is a divided one. There is no …

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The balance between speed and security

It is sad to think that there would be no need for Anti Virus, Anti Spam or Anti Malware services if the world wasn’t overflowing with the kind of filth that writes malicious applications. A world free of these creeps is, I fear, a Disney fantasy. In response to this threat most of us install …

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A Macbook for $150.00

If you are looking for a cheap (see what I did there?) Mac for the kids or some light surfing you’d be hard pressed to find something better than one of these 2006 (or in a few cases 2009) Macbooks. They have a fresh install of 10.6.8 and iLife. Most come with 2GB of ram …

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