02/12/2010 - Remote Service and How To Get It
Remote Service is the most convenient way to get service and support right when you need it. We connect to your computer through the internet to troubleshoot problems, do software updates and installations, and for training. Best of all, you don’t need any special software installed. All you need is iChat, which is part of Mac OS X.
If you already have an iChat account just follow these three steps to get us connected to your computer. (If you don’t have a free iChat account, we’ll tell you how to get one later.)
1. Contact us by phone or email tell us what the issue is.
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02/11/2010 - Microsoft Announces Office for Mac 2011
By Dan Miller, Macworld.com
February 11, 2010 9:50 AM
Microsoft provided the most extensive look yet into the next version of the Mac version of its popular Office suite on Thursday at Macworld 2010. The new product, Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, will arrive in time for the 2010 holiday season.
Macworld spoke with several representatives of the company’s Mac Business Unit, who told us the company is focusing on three things with this new release: better compatibility across platforms, improved …
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03/06/2009 - Laptop battery optimization and maintenance
Thanks to MacFixit.com for this article.
Friday, March 06 2009 @ 03:55 PM PST
Description: Apple laptops ship with well-engineered battery systems that are advertised as providing some of the longest runtimes when compared with portable computers with similar specifications. Despite this, while some people are able to get times similar to those advertised by Apple, others are frustrated with their experiences of these runtimes being truncated by at least an hour from the advertised times, even on brand-new machines. This is mainly …
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02/19/2009 - Tip: Screen capture options
Thanks to MacFixit.com for this article.
Thursday, February 19 2009 @ 06:00 AM PST
Mac OS X has a built-in ability to capture screenshots using simple keyboard commands, with shots saved to the Desktop as “Picture 1, 2, 3, etc.” This feature can be exceptionally useful for generating documents, or sending system configurations to friends and colleagues. Although most users are aware of the basic functionality of the screen capture feature, there are some hidden features that can really enhance the usability of screenshots.
Using “Screen Capture” ...
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01/02/2009 - Windows market share dives again as Mac nears 10%
Second record loss in two months for Microsoft; Apple posts record gain
Courtesy of ComputerWorld. To see the original article click here.
By Gregg Keizer
January 2, 2009 (Computerworld) Windows lost nearly a full percentage point of market share for the second month in a row in December, pushing Microsoft Corp.’s operating system to a new low, an Internet measurement company reported yesterday.
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07/11/2008 - Survey: 8 in 10 businesses now using Macs
Enterprises love the Mac’s reliability, rely on virtualization, reports Yankee Group
By Gregg Keizer, courtesy of Computer World
June 26, 2008 (Computerworld) Nearly 80% of businesses have Macs in-house, nearly double the percentage that said they had users running Mac OS X two years ago, a research firm said today.
“Then, we were talking about onesies and twosies,” said Laura DiDio, a research fellow at Yankee Group Research Inc. who conducted a survey of more than 700 senior IT administrators and C-level executives. “Now the number of actual users …
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11/30/2007 - Finally! A Microsoft Publisher Solution
Contact:
Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100, ext. 250
pr@markzware.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Markzware Announces The Immediate Release Of Microsoft Publisher To Adobe InDesign (PUB2ID) For Macintosh and Window Users!
Easily Convert Microsoft Publisher Documents Into Adobe InDesign With PUB2ID v1.5
SANTA ANA, California—November 29, 2007—After a very long and vigorous, yet successful beta testing program, Markzware is pleased to announce the exciting worldwide release of Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign (PUB2ID) v1.5.
If you have Microsoft Publisher versions …
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09/09/2007 - Choose Your GPS Carefully
Mac users planning to purchase a GPS should consider Macintosh compaitiblity as well as features when making their choice. Most current GPS models are designed so that their firmware or maps can be updated by connecting the GPS to a computer. With some, you can back up the entire contents of the GPS unit to the computer…which allows you to restore any custom settings you’ve entered in case the GPS has to be reset to factory defaults.
Magellan, one of the two most popular GPS manufacturers, doesn’t support Macs. That’s confirmed both on their web site,
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06/05/2006 - Netopia: Everything Macintosh is a Timbuktu Pro Success Story
We’ve been using Timbuktu ProÆ remote control software from NetopiaÆ to maintain, update, and troubleshoot Macs for a very long time. With Timbuktu Pro we can connect securely to a customer’s Mac through the internet. We see their screen in a window on our office Mac, and our keyboard and mouse operate their Mac just as though we were sitting in front of it at their premises.
The advantages are obvious. No waiting for an appointment, no trip charges, and we can frequently resolve a problem during the very phone call you made to report it!
Timbuktu Pro also extends our reach, allowing …
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03/07/2007 - EM News Feed
If you use a News reader, you can now add the Everything Macintosh news feed to your list to receive our news and technotes. Just use the link http://everythingmacintosh.com/rss/rssfeed.php .
A News reader is software that automatically monitors news of interest to you, and downloads headlines and articles to your desktop with out having to go to each site separately.
I use NetNews Wire, which works with MacOS X only. For a MacOS 9 News reader click
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03/07/2007 - Google Tips
As anyone that’s met me knows, I love Google. It’s simple, quick and accurate: what else could you ask for in a search engine? But most people enter a search term, hit the search button and click on one of the results, but there’s more to Google. If you to get the most out of Google, try some of these tricks out.
- Ever wonder what the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button does? Simple, it takes you to the first result’s page. If you’re in hurry try it out
- Try changing the order of the words you are search with. The results can be different and …
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03/07/2007 - Sobig Worm Clogs the Internet with Junk Email…How to Eliminate It Automatically!
Once again the internet has been hit with a nasty worm that causes infected computers running most versions of the Windows operating system to send large volumes of email to any email address the worm can find the files on your computer. According to the tech note about this worm from Symantec, emails sent by this worm have the following subject lines:
Re: Details
Re: Approved
Re: Re: My details
Re: Thank you!
Re: That movie
Re: Wicked screensaver
Re: Your application
Thank you!
Your …
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03/07/2007 - Specifications for Apple Products
Curious about the specs of your Mac? Check out Apple’s Spec Database.
http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html
03/07/2007 - Apple Authorized Dealers or Repair Centers
Please tell them you saw their name and number here!
Mail Order Dealers
The Apple Store
800-409-5381
apple.com/store
PC/MacConnection
730 Milford Rd., Merrimack, NH 03054
800-800-0014×79140
Ask for Chris Gentile, tell him we told you to call.
MacMall
2555 West 190th Street, Torrance, CA 90504-6002
800-222-2808
MacZone
707 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98055-3233
800-248-0800
ClubMac
7 Hammond, Irvine, CA 92618
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