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Macworld HELP DESK 08.16.2013

Get started with Getting started with iPhoto. Chris Breen starts his iLife exposé with Apple’s digital image manager. Keep your iPhone and iPad (and iPod, too, I’m guessing) going and going. Fact or fiction: Nine iPhone and iPad battery-saving techniques … Continue reading

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August 19th General Meeting

Input Devices & Swipe Gestures Controlling Your Computer and Mobile Devices Computers and tablets and smartphones are nifty, and can help us do so many cool things, but how do you get all that good stuff in them, and how … Continue reading

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InfoManager for Monday, August 12, 2013

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker What’s Here: 01 iDraw now imports/exports Adobe Photoshop! 02 UGNN Malware Report for 1308-12 03 Cyber Security – Cyber Attacks becoming more wide spread 04 ICANN seems to be aligning with cyber crime 05 … Continue reading

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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Navigating the Interface class at Di-No Computers. Di-No Computers 2817 E. Foothill Blvd. Pasadena, CA  91107 (626) 795-6674

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Macworld HELP DESK 08.09.2013

Safety first, yours and others’: Amber Alerts on your iPhone: Invasive, frustrating, necessary. Interesting batch of comments… Have a third-party USB power adapter for your iDevice(s)? Not terribly interested in a potential electricity accident? You’ll be glad to hear that … Continue reading

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Use Chrome or Firefox to Browse the Web?

Use them to store Web site passwords? Have I got an article for you: Google under fire for Chrome browser’s password storage policy. It starts out: Google is drawing criticism from security commentators and tech media observers for what is … Continue reading

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InfoManager for Monday, August 5, 2013

by Lynn Wegley, InfoManager, with co-editor Fred Showker What’s Here: 01 Consumer Alert: Pirated Software May Contain Malware 02 Teachers With Apps Recognizes Outstanding App Developers 03 How to change your mood in a minute – with the FilmOneFest app 04 Cult … Continue reading

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FBI Ransomware Now Targeting Apple’s Mac OS X Users

I guess it was an inevitability, but there you have it… If you ever see this malware appear in your browser, don’t panic! Don’t pay the stinking pikers, either. Go straight to this Web site, in another browser: FBI Ransomware … Continue reading

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Reminder: Mac Class at Di-No

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the Intro to the Interface class at Di-No Computers. Di-No Computers 2817 E. Foothill Blvd. Pasadena, CA  91107 (626) 795-6674

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Reminder: iPad Class at Di-No

Tomorrow, at 2:00p, is the iPad class at Di-No Computers. Di-No Computers 2817 E. Foothill Blvd. Pasadena, CA  91107 (626) 795-6674

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