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I never quite got around to updating my Mac OS from Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8), which was released on July 25th. I’m am usually fairly timely on upgrades, performing them in the first week or so. Somehow Mountain […]
Clean all drives with a single click The Disk Cleanup Tool that comes bundled with Windows Operating Systems works just fine to free up some disk space. You can use it to remove Temporary Files, Service Pack Backup Files, and a myriad of other clutter
Ok, you’ve made a leap of faith. You’ve bought a new PC or upgraded to Windows 8. Now what? How do you accomplish the tasks you used to do in a previous operating system? Where is the desktop? Where is the Start Menu? What the
How To Always Open IE Links On the Desktop All us old-timers are resistant to change and we would like to always open our IE links on the desktop – even in Windows 8. For the purposes of this article I am going to call
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As initially reported late last week, pod2g identified an issue with SMS messages, aka text messages, in iOS. The SMS flaw allows the sender of the message to enter an address on its reply line that is different from the address that appears on its “from” line. This
Are you aware there is a tool included in Windows which allows you to magnify all or part of whatever is displayed on the screen? Even though Microsoft has included a screen magnifier with every OS since Windows 98, it’s surprisingly not all that well
At this Tuesday’s earnings call, Apple is expected to announce that the latest version of Mac OS X, Mountain Lion, will be released on the following day. Apple had earlier announced in June that Mountain Lion would be available in July and July is starting
Occasionally, an app developer may provide some free copies of their app to a limited number of people. They do this by providing promo codes as the distribution method for the free copies. If you find yourself fortunate enough to get a promo code, you
Windows default drag & drop behavior is set to ‘Move’ for files/folders on the same drive, and to ‘Copy’ when working between different drives but, how many of you are aware that you can temporarily change the default action via the Shift, Ctrl and Alt
A couple of weeks ago, we learned how to setup a safe and secure Facebook account, and boy does it take a lot. Social networks can be wonderful tools and resources to the educated user, and the good news is that Twitter is, on the
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If you are having an issue with your Mac, you need to know if your AppleCare coverage is still in effect. Due to a battery issue, I will be taking my MacBook Pro to the Genius Bar. I needed to find out if my AppleCare
You should occasionally check the battery on your MacBook. You can do so by clicking on the Battery icon. I did this on my MacBook Pro yesterday and I was a little surprised and concerned to see the words ‘Service Battery’. I clicked
Social networking has a lot of risks–we’ve been through this—but if you take some care to know what you’re getting yourself into you can avoid many of the pitfalls associated with sharing your self/work/life/etc. online. Maybe you’re about to setup your first Facebook account. Maybe
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I’m publishing this article as a follow up to the recent Ubuntu 12.04 article HERE. Reason being; I hunted around the Ubuntu interface for ages trying to locate a list of all installed programs without any success. I finally resorted to the old fall back…
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