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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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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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Scam: Online Anti-virus Scan REDUX

July 4th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc 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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