Category Archives: Tips
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
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
Macworld HELP DESK 07.26.2013
I had the same question Chris Breen’s Aunt Vilma had: “Why should I buy an iPad?” And I can tell you, from experience, that the first observation in his answer, “…you don’t truly understand how useful an iPad will be … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning in July
It’s never too late, right? I don’t know about the rest of you, but I never have enough room on my hard drive, and yes, a lot of that space is taken up by iTunes. And no, I’m not gonna … Continue reading
Macworld HELP DESK 07.19.2013
Primer: Back up your iPhone and iPad. You’re all set up and ready to do this. Right? Where are you?? Here I am, but don’t tell anyone! Here’s how: Secure location sharing with Glympse for smartphones Play with your tunes. … Continue reading
Macworld HELP DESK 07.05.2013
Starting off this week with security. Can’t be too paran… prepared, you know? Here’s what an eavesdropper sees when you use an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot, along with various things you can do about it. Wi-Fi. Bonjour. HDMI. What’s it all … Continue reading
Macworld HELP DESK 06.28.2013
What every Safari user should know tops the list this week. Interesting tips! Do you hate going to a Web site and having to deal with videos that start all on their own as much as I do? If so, … Continue reading
Macworld HELP DESK 06.21.2013
First in line this week is Exploring Safari’s preferences. Professor Breen gets heavily into Safari under Mountain Lion; even if you’ve been using Safari for a while, you might notice something new. Got kids? Set up a kid-friendly computer can … Continue reading
