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What is “Cloud Computing”?
You may heard the term ‘Cloud Computing’ in the news lately. What does it mean? This image is a good illustration. The term ‘Cloud Computing’ refers to an imaginary “cloud in the sky” – actually servers on the internet – a theoretical “place” where you upload your files to, then access them wherever you are. This way you don’t need to be at your computer to get an important document. Since you put it on the “Cloud”, you can access your files (documents, pictures, music…) from anywhere you have internet access, on any device. Google has been doing it this way for a long time (Google Docs) and now Apple announced they are getting into the cloud business too (with their version to be called, iCloud) a reinvention of Mobile Me (which previously was Dot Mac). Both of these never worked perfectly and cost $99/year. Apple wants your music to “follow you” – you can play your song from your iPad, iPod, iPhone, or your computer. Anywhere you want.
iCould will be free – just as Google Docs always has been.
(from Wikipedia)
Hard Drive Problems
One of the worst things that can happen to a computer owner is to experience problems with your hard drive. If you experience even a minor problem you should not ignore it, but investgate it asap. Some problems can be fixed fairly easily early on (even with Apple’s Disk Utility for example) but like a tooth ache […]
How to use iChat for Screen Sharing & Remote Support
iChat is a very useful software tool for me. It enables me to do Remote Support with clients. One of the features of iChat is it can enable two computers to Screen Share. This lets me actually see a clients screen. As you might imagine this can be very useful for doing Remote Tech Support with a client. Not only […]
Twitter Account Hacked?
I recently just got multiple messages from Twitter friends with spurious “direct messages” saying things like, “Win a new iPhone!!!”. As they certainly did not send me these messages themselves, it meant one thing: Their Twitter account was compromised (hacked). What should you do if this happens to you? Besides the obvious thing of changing your password […]
Mac Tip of the Day: Instant Sleep in Two Seconds
Want to learn the very fastest way to put your Mac right into a deep sleep? With none of that…Apple Menu, mouse down to Sleep, answer dialog, say yes, blah blah blah … Want to learn an easier and faster way? Memorize this “secret” Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcut: Command & Option keys plus the Eject key. In 2 seconds, […]
Apple Magic Mouse
Best mouse I ever used.
Tip of the Day: USB Extension Cable
This is not rocket science but nevertheless, a good tip. I have an iMac. All the USB Plugs are in back and every time you have to plug and unplug a USB device, it would require me turning my machine around – which is not so easy or convenient. My Solution? Go buy a USB […]
Apple’s Replacement Program for Dead Time Capsules!
Apple announces replacement program for some 2008 Time Capsules If you have a Time Capsule that died…stopped powering on, likely from an overheated power supply, and it falls into a certain range of serial numbers, you might be in luck. Apple recently announced a program to replace certain Time Capsules made in 2008 that stopped […]
Readability! I LIKE THIS
UPDATE! SAFARI 5.01 has a new feature called READER now built in which has the exact same functionality as Readability! Love it! Thank you Apple. Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading. A client of mine with poor vision told me […]
TIP Of The Day (#1) How To Send A Link
Here’s the first of what I hope will be a “Tip Of The Day” series Jed’s TIP #1 Some clients of mine, don’t realize how easy it actually is to send someone a LINK (to a web site) in an email message. For example, one client would cut and pasted an entire NY Times article (the […]
