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Category: Mac

Telstra Scams and more

Lets make a promise to each other…. NEVER, EVER, EVER ,EVER –  at ANYTIME – EVER email your personal details to ANY organisation that requests it. NO BANK, NO TELCO (Optus, Bigpond, Telstra, 3, ect) NO BUILDING SOCIETY, PAYPAL, EBAY, NO ONE – EVER will ask for your user name, password, date of birth, anything – unless hey are trying to scam you. What, I bet you are wondering, has prompted …

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Switching between applications

With Macs having lots of ram and faster processors there is a temptation, or perhaps a need, to have as many applications open as possible. So, with all these applications open, the question is how do you switch between one application and the next. There are several methods, the method you have probably been using …

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Make your Mac play every type of video

In the past there was Quicktime (that played MOV, MPEG and everything in between) and there was Windows Media Player that ran only WMV type files. Now, while there was a copy of Windows Media Player for the Mac it was terribly featureless and the web integration was pathetic – meaning that if there was  …

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DNSChanger Malware Checker

In late 2011 there was a massive attack on computers around the world. Of course you probably didn’t notice because you are likely reading this on a Mac and not one of those leaky other ones. The FBI closed down a large ring of cyber-criminals who were supposedly responsible for the DNSChanger Malware attack and …

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New iMac- possibly

I was thinking about Apple and their recent hardware releases and I think I can predict what the next iMac will look like. It’s no secret that Apple want to bring the iOS interface to the desktop (or something like it) and I think this might be a clue to where they are heading. Also, …

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