Microsoft Office on Apple M1 Macs
I had a client recently who bought a new M1 Macbook Pro. He needed some help because he said his MS Office / Word application running on his M1 and Big Sur would not authenticate. I screen shared with him and we tried to uninstall and reinstall MS Office and still would not authenticate. Office […]
How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone or iPhone)
How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone) If you are getting annoying calls (robo-calls, unwanted sales calls, etc) one thing you can try is blocking the number so if they ever call back, it will ring once and stop. Here’s how to using a Panasonic phone; Other phones may use slightly […]
How to use Google Photos to back up your iPhone photos for FREE !
Did you know that you can get FREE backup protection from ever losing your photos? If your phone gets lost, stolen, falls in the toilet, gets run over by a truck, etc….. you can just get the GOOGLE PHOTOS app, which is free and comes with unlimited free storage for ALL your photos, on all […]
How to buy a refurbished Mac, MacBook, iPhone, or iPad directly from Apple
How to buy a refurbished Mac, MacBook, iPhone, or iPad from Apple If you hear “refurbished product” and immediately think of buying some piece of junk that is dented, scratched and otherwise really “USED” with a capital U, think again as far as Refurbished products that Apple sells. What Apple calls “refurbished” is quite different. […]
What is “LoCast” (Streaming Local Regular TV, FREE)
If you are young, you may not believe this, but TV used to be FREE. Seriously! It was broadcast over the air for free, by law. Then Cable TV came along, and changed the rules of the broadcast game so now you had to pay for cable. If you are one of those interested either in “cord-cutting” […]
What is Streaming?
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock the last few years, you have probably heard the word “streaming”. Still perhaps you are not exactly sure what is meant by the term, “Streaming” ? Have ever watched a YouTube video on your computer or your smartphone? Or maybe watched a Netflix movie on your laptop? Well […]
Amazon Prime Video has classic HBO series like THE SOPRANOS and THE WIRE and more for “free”!
(UPDATE: NO LONGER VALID; HBO’s changed to HBOMax) I found this out just last week by accident and thought I’d pass it on. If you are an Amazon Prime member, you get Prime Video. You can watch many complete “classic” HBO series which are included “free” via Amazon Prime Video! So if you don’t have […]
Safari – Amazon Video – Flash issue
Safari + Amazon Video issue I use Safari, Chrome and Firefox browsers. I would say though I use Safari most of the time as my main primary browser. Its got quite a few nice features, the prime one for me being it’s“READER VIEW” mode. I use this constantly to make the reading of online articles […]
The best way to organize your digital photos
Organizing and storing all your digital photos can be confusing, even over whelming! To help I am reposting a link to Gizmodo’s excellent post on this topic (link) : “Field guide” on “The Best Way To Organize All Your Digital Photos” Reading this guide will probably help you and is a great place to start […]
(SCAM ALERT!) IF YOU GET A CALL FROM “APPLE INC”
SCAM ALERT WARNING (2017) This post is a “public service message” If you received a phone call which says “Apple Inc” on the Caller ID, be aware that this is a SCAM phone call scheme. Apple is not really calling you. These type of calls are done by crooks and scammers looking for a gullible “sucker” […]
