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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 …
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How to backup your iPhone photos using Google Photos (FREE!)

August 8th, 2019 | Posted by jadmin in How-To | Mac | Maintenance - (Comments Off)

Excellent piece in Macworld explaining how to backup all your iPhone’s photos using the Google Photos (free) app. Very easy to follow. Click the link or image to read on Macworld. https://www.macworld.com/article/3429589/how-to-use-google-photos-to-backup-your-iphone.html

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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. …
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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 …
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The best way to organize your digital photos

April 3rd, 2018 | Posted by promacnyc in How-To | Mac | Maintenance | Tips - (Comments Off)

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 …
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How to format an external hard drive for use with a Mac

How to format an external hard drive for use with a Mac Most external hard drives you buy will come out of the box pre-formatted for a Windows computer (NTFS). If you have a Mac you should format the drive for your Mac first thing, before you start using it. This is not hard to do, …
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How to clean up your iPhone when it has run out of space

A lot of people find out that their iPhone or iPad has run of of space and they have no idea why this is, or what to do about it. Simply put, your iPhone or iPad is not something with infinite space. When you got it, it came with a certain amount of storage space …
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Safari 7.1 Update: Now where are my Extensions in the Toolbar?

I just did an update in Mavericks for Safari 7.1. After installation all of a sudden my toolbar looks so naked. WHERE THE HELL ARE MY EXTENSIONS I HAD IN THERE? I looked all over the Menu, checked customize Toolbar and didn’t see anything about Extensions. A bit of searching on Google and I found …
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Things everyone should know for word processing: Keyboard Shortcuts

July 21st, 2014 | Posted by promacnyc in How-To | Mac | Tips - (Comments Off)

This is a very useful Post via Macworld http://www.macworld.com/article/2452620/ten-essential-things-you-should-know-how-to-do-in-a-word-processor.html#tk.nl_mwbest THE #1 THING I AGREE WITH 100% – YOU SHOULD LEARN AND USE AT LEAST A FEW KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS! Why Use Keyboard Shortcuts? When I’m in the flow of writing, there’s nothing worse than having to lift my fingers from the keyboard, grab the mouse, and click to select, …
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Fix for Java Web Plug-In problem with Mountain Lion

October 9th, 2013 | Posted by promacnyc in Fix | How-To | Mac | Tips - (1 Comments)

The verizon site I use to check my Verizon Voice Mail no longer seemed to work. I remembered I had done a Software Update about Java 7; afterwards I could no longer listen to my voice messages on my Verizon voice mail! Argh! I knew the Verizon site was always funky and barely worked. Safari …
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