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Upgrading? Backup First!

By Phyllis Evans On October 21, 2014 · Add Comment
I’ve seen lots of discussions on the net this past week about upgrading to the latest Apple operating systems and most of them stress backing up first, but most of them don’t differentiate between types of backup. Is Time Machine enough? Should you have a bootable clone backup? Can you backup two machines to the [...]
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My 10 Favorite Features in Mac OS X Yosemite

By Terry White On October 20, 2014 · 6 Comments
It’s hard to believe that we’re on the 11th major version of Mac OS X, but we’re here. Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite has been released and like its predecessor, it’s a FREE download if you have a compatible Mac. Also just like the last few versions of Mac OS X, Yosemite is more evolutionary [...]
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Have An Old Smartphone Collecting Dust?

By Phyllis Evans On October 14, 2014 · 1 Comment
So, now that you’ve updated to that new iPhone 6, or even upgraded from a 4S to a 5C or 5S, what are you going to do with the old phone? If you bought it through Sprint, Verizon or AT&T, they’ll buy back your old phone for about $100. You could probably sell it on [...]
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iOS 8 Modifying Spotlight Search on iDevice

By Chita Hunter On October 2, 2014 · Add Comment
 Less can be more… The new iOS 8 features added to Spotlight allow you to search more content. And, I found myself doing a little more scrolling in the search results than I cared for. Like me, sometimes you may find that this is a lot more than you need to [...]
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EasyEnvelopes for your envelope printing needs

By Terry White On September 29, 2014 · 5 Comments
Label or Envelope? I have a Brother Color Laser Printer and a Dymo LabelWriter. I love both devices, but when it comes to mailing something in an envelope I could either print a label or print right on the envelope. As with a lot things, i’m usually in need of one [...]
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Not enough space to install iOS 8?

By Terry White On September 22, 2014 · 1 Comment
Now that iOS has OTA (over the air) updates we’ve become spoiled. Each time a new system update comes out we can just tap the update button without having to plug in our iDevices into our computers. However, when a major iOS update comes out like iOS 8, it’s a lot larger than a dot [...]
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Beware of the Scammers

By Phyllis Evans On September 16, 2014 · Add Comment
It seems like there is always someone out there trying to scam the honest guy. Sadly, you know that some people are being taken in, otherwise these low-life characters would move on to something else. The ‘Microsoft tech’ scammers have been around for a long time now, but their phone calls seem to be escalating. [...]
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Apple lowers the price for iCloud storage

By Terry White On September 15, 2014 · Add Comment
Everybody gets 5GB of FREE iCloud storage just by creating an account. For most people this is plenty of space for the few documents and applications they use that sync to iCloud as well as for backing up an iOS device such as an iPhone. However, if you have LOTS of images and other data [...]
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Sometimes It’s The Simple Things — Again

By Phyllis Evans On September 9, 2014 · Add Comment
A few days ago my Magic Trackpad started misbehaving. Had some ultra cheap batteries in it, so they got the blame. New Eveready Golds in place, it seemed to be okay – for a while. Turned off Bluetooth, then turned it back on using my Wacom tablet. Completely rebooted my iMac. Trackpad was finally okay, but [...]
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How I Upgrade To a New Mac

By Terry White On September 8, 2014 · 3 Comments
I get a new work MacBook Pro every couple of years. My last one was the MacBook Pro Mid 2012 model and I just got the current MacBook Pro Mid 2014 model. Apple makes it very easy to upgrade from one Mac to another via the Migration Assistant. The great thing about the [...]
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Finding Content With A “Saved Search”

By Chita Hunter On August 28, 2014 · Add Comment
Even The Most Diligent Organized Person Can Have Trouble Finding a File… Mac OS X “Saved Search” gives you a smart feature way to help keep track of files and bring them to you at the click of a mouse. As long as your newly created or existing files contain the [...]
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Things to Consider When Upgrading

By Phyllis Evans On August 26, 2014 · Add Comment
Within the next few weeks we should be seeing the release of OS X 10.10 Yosemite and iOS 8. I, for one, am looking forward to these releases. Apple has been slowly and steadily working toward making the interchange between iOS devices and full computers seamless. While I haven’t had the chance to work with [...]
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Enjoy Shazam on your Mac too!

By Terry White On August 25, 2014 · Add Comment
I’ve enjoyed Shazam on my iPhone for years. Shazam is an iOS app that allows you to identify/tag music (and now TV shows) that is playing around you. You hear a song playing on the radio, in a restaurant, at an event, etc, and you say yourself “I like that song. I wonder what’s it [...]
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Apps for D.C. Road Trip

By Chita Hunter On August 21, 2014 · Add Comment
The Digital Experience On The Road While recently on a vacation road trip, I made an impromptu visit to the nations capitol, Washington D.C. The impromptu plan was to spend one whole day being a tourist, walking and visiting the many monuments and buildings on my wish list. And, while it’s a great ideal to [...]
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You Need MacTracker for all your Apple Gear!

By Terry White On August 18, 2014 · Add Comment
I remember the days when Apple used to name their Macs with very specific names. This way you knew exactly what you had. If you had a Mac LC. You knew you had an LC. If you had a IIci or IIsi, you knew what you had. Those days are long gone and to keep [...]
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Spritz for Browsers and ReadMe! App

By Chita Hunter On July 31, 2014 · 15 Comments
There’s Been A Great Update to the Text Streaming Spritz Technology This past March I blogged about a technology that I was looking forward to seeing reach the public eye. Spritz. A text streaming technology that allows you read faster. Click here to read that post:Read Full Article →

Is your iPhone or iPad Backed Up?

By Terry White On July 28, 2014 · 3 Comments
Actually I wrote a post a year ago called “Why I recommend iCloud backup to iPhone users”. Not much has changed since then. I still run into people all the time that have a mishap with their iPhone or iPad such as water damage, it gets lost or stollen or for some other reason they [...]
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Amazon Is At It Again

By Phyllis Evans On July 22, 2014 · Add Comment
I’m the first to admit that I spend a lot of money at Amazon. It’s my favorite source for ebooks. I know that Apple has iBooks, and most books are the same price from both sources, but try as I might, I’ve never been able to warm up to the iBooks app. Granted, the Kindle [...]
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A Stand for My MacBook Pro

By Terry White On July 21, 2014 · 3 Comments
If the saying that “A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind” is true, then I must have the healthiest purest mind on the planet. My desk is rarely ever “clean.” When I’m working at my desk I’m working on a MacBook Pro connected to a Wacom Cintiq 24 HD display/tablet. I [...]
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Which Media Streamer?

By Phyllis Evans On June 24, 2014 · 1 Comment
Seems like more and more media streamer boxes are becoming available. The two biggies are the Apple TV and Roku. So, which is best for you? Depends on what you want to do with it. I’ve had an Apple TV for a couple of years now. I use it mainly for Netflix, HBO-Go and streaming [...]
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