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Monday, February 17, 2025
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Once again, we’ll be hanging around on Zoom after the general meeting, and the usual chatting will commence.
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Did You Know?
Your Mac (or PC, for that matter) might be trying to tell you something. If you recognize any of the symptoms Andy Betts lists in this interesting piece on MakeUseOf, the translation might be “Get a New One”. My top … Continue reading
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Some Do-It-Yourself Advice
Spotted in my inbox this morning: Common Fixes for Minor Mac Problems, tidbits from Edward C Baig’s Macs for Dummies. Amongst the topics: A jumpy mouse SOS for DNS Kernel clink For all the rest, PYB to the first link … Continue reading
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Should I Just Reinstall It?
There are times when reinstalling OS X seems like it might be the perfect/only/desperate thing to do. Justin Pot discusses various reasons you might want to do it, including: Why Not Just Reinstall Regularly? Everything Is Just… Broken When Your … Continue reading
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Battery Maintenance
Got a pre-mid-2009 MacBook or MacBook Pro? Calibrated your battery lately?? This is one of those good-for-your computer things you should know, and Dann Albright has several interesting steps you can take to keep that battery happy on MakeUseOf. PYBT … Continue reading
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Take Care of Your Hard Drive…
#463480719 / gettyimages.com …it’ll take care of you. Joel Lee posted some good tips on MakeUseOf this morning; PYBT: How To Care For Your Hard Drives And Make Them Last Longer. Don’t bother with the SSD tips sidebar, though; it’s … Continue reading
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Backup, Backup, Backup!!
You remember the second Mac commandment, don’t you?? The Sweet Setup recently went on a backup jag, and had some interesting things to say on the subject: The best app for making bootable backups of your Mac (SuperDuper!) The easiest … Continue reading
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Tagged Arq, Backblaze, backup, Carbonite, CrashPlan, Disk Utility, Dolly Drive, Dropbox, hard drive, Java, maintenance, Mozy, Shawn Blanc, Shirt Pocket, Stephen Hackett, SuperDuper!, The Sweet Setup, Time Machine, WD
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