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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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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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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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How to clean up your iPhone when it has run out of space

August 4th, 2015 | Posted by promacnyc in Backup | How-To | Mac | Maintenance | Tips - (Comments Off on How to clean up your iPhone when it has run out of space)

  A lot of people find out that their iPhone or iPad has run of of space and they have no idea why this is, or what to do about it. Simply put, your iPhone or iPad is not something with infinite space. When you got it, it came with a certain amount of storage space …
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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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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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TIP: How to Fix Missing iTunes Album Art

November 20th, 2011 | Posted by promacnyc in Fix | How-To | Mac | Maintenance | software | Tips - (Comments Off on TIP: How to Fix Missing iTunes Album Art)

Here’s a TIP on How to Fix Missing iTunes Album Art: Sometimes iTunes “Get Artwork” function does not get the right album cover artwork, or even worse, sometimes it doesn’t get any. One can fix this pretty easily via this nifty (free!) Dashboard Widget:   “Amazon Album Art widget makes filling in the gaps in …
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I like ALFRED !!

September 24th, 2011 | Posted by promacnyc 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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