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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Advice on Safely Updating to OS X Mavericks (Mac OS 10.9)
November 17th, 2013 | Posted by in Mac | Software Updates - (Comments Off on Advice on Safely Updating to OS X Mavericks (Mac OS 10.9))Fix for Java Web Plug-In problem with Mountain Lion
October 9th, 2013 | Posted by 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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How to use iChat for Screen Sharing & Remote Support
April 12th, 2011 | Posted by in Fix | How-To | Mac | Tips - (2 Comments)iChat is a very useful software tool for me. It enables me to do Remote Support with clients. One of the features of iChat is it can enable two computers to Screen Share. This lets me actually see a clients screen. As you might imagine this can be very useful for doing Remote Tech Support with a client. Not only …
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Google Chrome for Mac is released!
December 10th, 2009 | Posted by 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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Snow Leopard: Its Here! (with photos)
August 28th, 2009 | Posted by in Mac | News | Software Updates - (1 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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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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