Posts about maintaining your computing equipment
Recently two friends experienced similar computing “disasters. They both had hard drive failures on our computers! This wasn’t because of no name computers, both systems were name brand, top of the line machines. Both of them are very accomplished computer “geeks”. One friend has been a Mac aficionado for many years and runs his very…
It’s that time of year again! I wrote this two years ago but with a little tweaking I felt like this info would be useful to show you again! When was the last time you took a good look at the apps on your smart phone? If your phone is anything like mine, it’s loaded…
As of June 14th we have been under shelter in place for: 90 days 2160 hours 129,600 minutes 7,776,000 seconds 12 weeks and 6 days Or damn near 25% of 2020 So, if you are like me, you have spent way more time online than you usually do. Shopping, research, goofing off and whatever. Guess…
If you are reading this then it’s safe to say that the first four weeks of 2018 are in the books already! Only 48 more weeks to make something happen this year! For this week’s post I thought that I’d give you an easy way to mine the nuggets that this blog contains. I am…
If you are running a Mac, you can skip this post. If you are already running Windows 10, then you can skip this post too. However, If you are running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, then this post is especially for you! Last July 29th, Microsoft released Windows 10 and made it a…
If you are still using Windows computers, you are probably using Windows 7, or maybe Windows 8.x. If so, you are under assault by Microsoft to “upgrade” to Windows 10. At this point in time, I strongly advise you to NOT do that. Windows 10, the new operating system from Microsoft, was released to the…
If you are reading this then it’s safe to say that the first week of 2016 is either underway or in the books already! Only 51 more weeks to make something happen this year! Over 300 Ways to Make 2016 Your Best Year … Ever! For this week’s post I thought that I’d give you…
I just got back from a summer’s worth of travel to Spain and then to Maui. I had a great time at both destinations and really enjoyed the sights, sounds, smells, activities, people and of course the FOOD! While I was gone, Microsoft released the latest version of the Windows operating system, Version 10. It…
Have you ever been curious about running Microsoft Office on your Mac, but just didn’t want to shell out the money? If so, you are not alone. On my Mac I have Microsoft Office 2011 installed, but only because it was a gift from a client…if I had to buy it, I wouldn’t have done…
You may have had this happen to you. You are working away at your computer when a pop up appears telling you that your computer is infected with a nasty virus and all that you have to do is to click on the indicated box and technicians will swoop in and fix your problem. For…
