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Tag: Mac

Making your Mac more secure

In the wake of the recent FlashBack Malware attack it is worth having a look at some of the free and easy things you can do to make your Mac a little more secure. The web is a wonderful place for information and services but sadly it has lowlife scumbags looking to rip you off …

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Password Management – again

It is a fact of life – today we need passwords and we need a lot of them. iPhone, iPad, email, Facebook, banking, twitter, even logging onto your computer needs a password. Well at least it should require one. But with all these passwords comes a mighty confusion and a wailing and a gnashing of teeth …

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Adding and Removing applications on a Mac

When it comes to adding and removing applications on a Mac you might feel like something is missing. If you are a switcher from the darkside – err – Windows, you might be left wondering why Windows guides you through the removal process and the Mac doesn’t. Is it a design flaw? Are Apple techs …

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Read in peace

Apple have covered this in press releases and Keynote demos but on a day to day basis this little feature is easy to miss. Of course I am referring to the Reader option. Have you ever wanted to read an article on a  web page and been distracted by all the ads running down the …

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Printing Envelopes on a Mac

Computers and printers have been around for ages, yet despite all the bells and whistles – fonts, games, graphic cards and mega storage – it seems printing labels and envelopes is the computer world’s version of the Times crossword.  Many offices still rely on typewriters for a quick label fix or fork out over $300 …

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