By Christian Boyce. Helping people with their Apple stuff since 1987.
-- Season's Greetings, and a Present for You -- It's been a super year for me and my blog. I published my 400th article, doubled the blog's readership, and connected with readers from around the world. With your help-- comments, suggestions, and encouragement-- I turned this blog into a forum for helping a whole lot... Continue Reading →
I get a lot of complaints about Yosemite's Spotlight search. Generally the complaints are "Spotlight finds everything except what I'm looking for!" Actually, what often happens is Spotlight does find what you're looking for, but it finds so many other things that the thing you're looking for gets lost in the soup. For example, here... Continue Reading →
Here's how you remove ads and adware from web pages with a simple plug-in. This speeds up your web browsing because you're downloading less material. There are roughly a billion active websites, and whichever ones you go to, I am positive that you aren't going there for the ads. You'd never do that. No one... Continue Reading →
Here's how you can write an email today, and have it go out tomorrow morning. I use this all the time. Super-handy.
Weren't computers supposed to make things easier, doing all sorts of work for us while we sit on the porch drinking lemonade? It hasn't exactly turned out that way, not for most of us. A free service called IFTTT (IF This, Then That) aims to change that. I use it and it's great. IFTTT is... Continue Reading →
How to update Flash Player on a Mac. Step by step instructions, with Phishing Scam Quiz to help you recognize fake Flash Player installers.
Readers of this blog are likely aware of Apple's new Mac OS "Yosemite" (aka Mac OS 10.10). They're also likely aware that it's a free upgrade, and that all you have to do is click a button to start the installation. The question is, should you install Yosemite? Should you click that button? In my... Continue Reading →
If you're using Mac OS 10.7 or higher your Mac includes a very handy app called the Launchpad. Its icon (shown above) is probably in the Dock, and you've probably seen it, and maybe even used it-- but without a little instruction you may not have realized its power. So here's a little instruction.What it... Continue Reading →
Our friend Ben Franklin said "A penny saved is a penny earned." Actually, there's some debate about whether he actually said that, but the thought is a good one. You can't always bring in more money but if you buy stuff at a discount it's almost the same thing. The four websites described below will... Continue Reading →
Eight for 8, Day Eight. I make a point of turning off my iPhone's ringer when I am in someone else's office or home. Occasionally I forget to do it, and when a call comes in I rush to slide the switch to "mute." That's what happened last week, but when I muted the phone,... Continue Reading →
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