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New Scam (TIKTOK delivery)

July 10th, 2025 | Posted by promacnyc in Mac | News | Scams | Tips - (Comments Off on New Scam (TIKTOK delivery))

“We’ve got your Tiktok parcel” I’m just posting this in case you got an email indicating you got a “delivery” from something you “ordered” from TikTok. This email came from a company called EVRI, based in UK Here’s what the email I got looked like so you can see the wording: We sent you this …
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HOW TO NOT GET SCAMMED (Phishing Email Attachment from “Geek Squad”)

April 17th, 2024 | Posted by jadmin in How-To | Mac | News | Scams | Tips - (Comments Off on HOW TO NOT GET SCAMMED (Phishing Email Attachment from “Geek Squad”))

How do you not get scammed? You have to have your antenna up at all times. For example: This is a typical Phishing attempt, an email you get which has an attachment. This is one I actually got which I am showing so if you see something like this, you are aware of it and …
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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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Why everyone needs to own a wired mouse

June 14th, 2021 | Posted by jadmin in Fix | Hardware | How-To | Mac | software | Tips - (Comments Off on Why everyone needs to own a wired mouse)

Why do I suggest that everyone keep a wired USB mouse in a drawer “for emergencies”? The answer is simple. Once in a blue moon it can save you a lot of time trying to get your wireless mouse working when that goes wonky. I consider having a wired USB mouse a necessity.  I recommend …
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How to use Google Photos to back up your iPhone photos for FREE !

August 16th, 2019 | Posted by jadmin in Backup | How-To | IOS | Mac | Maintenance | Tips - (Comments Off on How to use Google Photos to back up your iPhone photos for FREE !)

Did you know that you can get FREE backup protection from ever losing your photos? If your phone gets lost, stolen, falls in the toilet, gets run over by a truck, etc….. you can just get the GOOGLE PHOTOS app, which is free and comes with unlimited free storage for ALL your photos, on all …
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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

Amazon Prime Video has classic HBO series like THE SOPRANOS and THE WIRE and more for “free”!

January 23rd, 2019 | Posted by promacnyc in News | Streaming | television | Tips | TV/Video - (Comments Off on Amazon Prime Video has classic HBO series like THE SOPRANOS and THE WIRE and more for “free”!)

(UPDATE: NO LONGER VALID; HBO’s changed to HBOMax)   I found this out just last week by accident and thought I’d pass it on. If you are an Amazon Prime member, you get Prime Video. You can watch many complete “classic” HBO series which are included “free” via Amazon Prime Video! So if you don’t have …
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The best way to organize your digital photos

April 3rd, 2018 | Posted by promacnyc in How-To | Mac | Maintenance | Tips - (Comments Off on The best way to organize your digital photos)

Organizing and storing all your digital photos can be confusing, even over whelming! To help I am reposting a link to Gizmodo’s excellent post on this topic (link) : “Field guide” on “The Best Way To Organize All Your Digital Photos”    Reading this guide will probably help you and is a great place to start …
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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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Fake Emails: Phishing campaign targets Google Docs, Drive users

March 17th, 2014 | Posted by promacnyc in Tips - (Comments Off on Fake Emails: Phishing campaign targets Google Docs, Drive users)

I’ve been seeing this a few times now where I get an email with a Client’s name or someone I know with subject heading like: “”I’ve Shared A Document” or “Important Doc File”. The body of the email has a link to click on. It looks legit – BUT ITS NOT! DON’T CLICK ON IT. They are …
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