SCAM ALERT WARNING (2017) This post is a “public service message” If you received a phone call which says “Apple Inc” on the Caller ID, be aware that this is a SCAM phone call scheme. Apple is not really calling you. These type of calls are done by crooks and scammers looking for a gullible “sucker” …
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(SCAM ALERT!) IF YOU GET A CALL FROM “APPLE INC”
July 9th, 2017 | Posted by in News | Scams | Tips - (Comments Off on (SCAM ALERT!) IF YOU GET A CALL FROM “APPLE INC”)How to format an external hard drive for use with a Mac
January 5th, 2017 | Posted by 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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Steve Jobs, R.I.P.
October 7th, 2011 | Posted by in Mac | News | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Steve Jobs, R.I.P.)No matter that at the back of my mind, I knew the inevitability that Steve Jobs would die from the pancreatic cancer he had battled with for about 5 years, one day. Still, when I saw the news he had passed away, I actually yelled out loud to no one, “Oh no!”. I instantly checked Twitter, and …
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I like ALFRED !!
September 24th, 2011 | Posted by in How-To | Mac | software | Tips - (Comments Off on I like ALFRED !!) Like? Actually no, I confess, I LOVE ALFRED ! And for good reason! Alfred, your “Butler” Mac App is easy to love. Once you get used to using it you can’t live without it. I know I can’t live without it. I use it constantly. Many Mac users have a hard time finding applications if …
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TIP Of The Day (#1) How To Send A Link
January 13th, 2010 | Posted by in How-To | Mac | Tips - (Comments Off on TIP Of The Day (#1) How To Send A Link)Here’s the first of what I hope will be a “Tip Of The Day” series Jed’s TIP #1 Some clients of mine, don’t realize how easy it actually is to send someone a LINK (to a web site) in an email message. For example, one client would cut and pasted an entire NY Times article (the …
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Mac Owners, “No, you’re not infected”
August 17th, 2009 | Posted by 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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Scam: Online Anti-virus Scan REDUX
July 4th, 2009 | Posted by in News - (Comments Off on Scam: Online Anti-virus Scan REDUX)Client contacted me yesterday VERY concerned her Mac seemed to have software downloaded onto it indicating her computer was infected with multiple viruses. Bunch of bull, fortunately. 1) She was on a Mac, and the “scan” was about her “infected PC”. A very similar scenario is exactly detailed by this site here, “Scam: An Online …
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What is Time Machine?
June 23rd, 2009 | Posted by in Backup | Mac - (Comments Off on What is Time Machine?)If you have Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.x) on your Mac guess what, you have Time Machine (its built in!) So whats Time Machine anyway? Well its the name of Apple’s automatic Backup software that just works! For most of my clients, its what I recommend. I found this very good, detailed step-by-step description on …
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Snow Leopard is coming soon.
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