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How to right click on a Mac (and why you should know)

January 17th, 2024 | Posted by jadmin in Mac | Maintenance | News | software | Software Updates | Tips - (Comments Off on How to right click on a Mac (and why you should know))

Knowing how you can Right Click on a Mac is something I would say everyone should know how to do. There are times that a right click can bring up useful time saving commands. For just one quick example, I use right click all the time from my browser when I’m reading something and want …
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Microsoft Office on Apple M1 Macs

December 8th, 2020 | Posted by jadmin in Hardware | How-To | IOS | M1 | Mac | Tips - (Comments Off on 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 …
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HP Printer “Malware” Pop Up (MacOS Catalina)

October 28th, 2020 | Posted by jadmin in Catalina | Fix | How-To | Mac - (Comments Off on HP Printer “Malware” Pop Up (MacOS Catalina))

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

August 8th, 2019 | Posted by jadmin 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 jadmin 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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Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari

October 4th, 2018 | Posted by promacnyc 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 promacnyc 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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How to format an external hard drive for use with a Mac

January 5th, 2017 | Posted by promacnyc in Backup | Fix | How-To | Mac | Maintenance | Tips - (Comments Off on 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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Things everyone should know for word processing: Keyboard Shortcuts

July 21st, 2014 | Posted by promacnyc in How-To | Mac | Tips - (Comments Off on Things everyone should know for word processing: Keyboard Shortcuts)

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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Advice on Safely Updating to OS X Mavericks (Mac OS 10.9)

November 17th, 2013 | Posted by promacnyc in Mac | Software Updates - (Comments Off on Advice on Safely Updating to OS X Mavericks (Mac OS 10.9))

I’ve gotten some calls from a few people about issues arising after they’ve updated to Apple’s new OS, Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9). As it might benefit some readers here I am putting up this relevant entry in the NY Time’s Personal Tech section recently which can be found at the URL below and the text …
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