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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 …
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Readability! I LIKE THIS

January 27th, 2010 | Posted by promacnyc in How-To | Mac | News | Software Updates - (Comments Off on 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 …
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Google Chrome for Mac is released!

December 10th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc in Mac | News | software - (Comments Off on Google Chrome for Mac is released!)

Another, “I like this!”: Google “Chrome” is a fairly new web Browser that was developed by our friends at Google. Its been out for PC for awhile, but we Mac owners who wanted to try it were out of luck…Till Now. Google even had a Sign Up list to be notified for when the Mac …
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More: Snow Leopard and HP (PSC 1350) printer issues & UPDATE

November 6th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc in Mac | News | Software Updates - (Comments Off on More: Snow Leopard and HP (PSC 1350) printer issues & UPDATE)

Did an install recently of Snow Leopard; My client owned an HP PSC1350 All In One printer. And we find out post-install while I could get the printer online and printing fine with Snow Leopard, when I tried to use the Scanner however – it was not recognized. ARGH! So I checked the Apple list …
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HP Officejet printers & Snow Leopard UPDATE 2

September 10th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc in How-To | Mac | Maintenance | News | Software Updates - (Comments Off on HP Officejet printers & Snow Leopard UPDATE 2)

Update: Apple Software Update HP PRINTER DRIVERS 2.0 — yesterday notified me of a new software update for Snow Leopard Here is a direct link http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/hpprinterdriversformacosxv106.html Please post your success (or lack thereof) and/or comments.

Just got it, day of release. Here’s a photo of the actual box, front and back, US release. So the images (see post below) of the Portuguese release were very close. You might notice the Apple logo was missing on the Portuguese box front? The DVD Installer Disk looks identical to the previous photo posted. …
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Mac Owners, “No, you’re not infected”

August 17th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc in Mac | News - (Comments Off on Mac Owners, “No, you’re not infected”)

I’m posting a link to a piece in MacWorld thats very relevant these days about “scary looking websites”, especially as a followup to another recent blog post I put up about Scam-Ware and Scare-Ware “A reader says, ‘I used Yahoo to search for something and was sent immediately to the following [redacted] site. I believe …
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  Some of my clients ask me if theres basic Mac Maintenance they can do themselves. The answer is “Yes” – and its EASY! Regularly perform “Repair Permissions” (via Disk Utility). Doing this It will help keep your computer healthier  It takes only 3 Easy Steps: Locate Disk Utility (in Applications/Utilities). It may be easier to find with Spotlight. …
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Email…Gmail vs. AOL

July 28th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc in News - (Comments Off on Email…Gmail vs. AOL)

It always is a bit surprising to me how many of my clients still use AOL for their email after all this time (and for example, have not switched to Gmail…. a far, far superior email service in every way) This seems to be a common holdover from the time, many years ago now, when AOL …
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Testing Snow Leopard

July 7th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc in News - (Comments Off on Testing Snow Leopard)

I just installed and am testing out the WDC pre-release version of Snow Leopard. The Finder as advertised does feel much much snappier, as Apple says… “It’s more responsive from top to bottom, with snappier performance throughout the Finder.” Thats the 64-bit ‘oomph’ no doubt. Startup and Shutdown also happen much quicker! I’ll post a …
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