I had two clients who both came to me today separately with the exact same problem, they called me with news that a pop-up had suddenly appeared on their computer screen which said it found “malware”. This is the PopUp (below) which as you can see says: “HPDeviceMonitoring.framework” will damage your computer. …
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HP Printer “Malware” Pop Up (MacOS Catalina)
October 28th, 2020 | Posted by in Catalina | Fix | How-To | Mac - (Comments Off on HP Printer “Malware” Pop Up (MacOS Catalina))How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone or iPhone)
October 23rd, 2020 | Posted by in Fix | Hardware | How-To | Mac | Tips - (Comments Off on 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 …
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How to use Google Photos to back up your iPhone photos for FREE !
August 16th, 2019 | Posted by in Backup | How-To | IOS | Mac | Maintenance | Tips - (Comments Off on 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 in How-To | Mac | Maintenance - (Comments Off on How to backup your iPhone photos using Google Photos (FREE!))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
How to buy a refurbished Mac, MacBook, iPhone, or iPad directly from Apple
May 27th, 2019 | Posted by in Hardware | How-To | Mac | News | Tips - (Comments Off on 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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What is “LoCast” (Streaming Local Regular TV, FREE)
February 22nd, 2019 | Posted by in Mac | Streaming | television | Tips | TV/Video - (Comments Off on 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” …
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What is Streaming?
January 29th, 2019 | Posted by in Mac | Streaming | television | Tips | TV/Video - (Comments Off on 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 …
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Should I turn on Filevault?
December 11th, 2018 | Posted by in Mac - (Comments Off on Should I turn on Filevault?)Should you turn on FileVault on your Mac? Many of my customers I’ve found seem to have no idea that they turned on Mac’s encryption software called “FILEVAULT_2”. In fact, most of my clients, and probably many Mac users who have FileVault turned ON didn’t realize they set it to ON as this usually happens …
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Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari
October 4th, 2018 | Posted by in Mac | News | software | Software Updates - (Comments Off on Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari) Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari As detailed well in this article https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/macos-mojave-will-break-a-bunch-of-safari-extensions/ Safari 12, which is part of Apple’s new OS Mojave and which I have just installed for some testing, has in my opinion a fairly major pitfall that will affect many users including I’m afraid your humble …
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Safari – Amazon Video – Flash issue
September 15th, 2018 | Posted by in Fix | How-To | Mac | Streaming | Tips | TV/Video - (Comments Off on 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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