Software

iOS Apps & Backups are Hogging Up Your Hard Drive – How To Easily Free Up Disk Space

January 9, 2013
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I don’t know about you but I am always looking for ways to clear up my laptop’s precious free hard drive space. I have tools that clean caches, temporary files, language files, logs and files in my trash. But I never seem to get ahead of the game. I probably never will but a periodic [...]

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13 Security Resolutions for 2013 – Follow Them or Get Hacked!

December 28, 2012
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With just a few hours left in 2012, it’s time to think about ways to make 2013 an even better year. I’m sure that all of you are planning on going to the gym about 20 times a day, or eliminating all fat from your diet, or working to become Time Magazine’s Person of the [...]

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Hmmm, What Wine to Choose? The Kendall Jackson App Can Help You Decide

December 10, 2012

I love drinking wine…but I’m not in any way an expert. (Well, I am an expert at drinking, just not choosing!) My wife is actually the one who is part of numerous wine clubs and is often the one who gets our wine. Or, I get some recommendations and bottles from my dad who actually [...]

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7 Essential Windows Hotkey Keyboard Combinations You Should Know and Use

December 4, 2012
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I’m all about working efficiently when I’m on my computers whether they are Macs or PCs. And, for some reason, I simply hate having to drag my mouse over to an application or button to do something that should be quick. Luckily, both Apple and Microsoft have built in a series of hotkey commands or [...]

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Silent but Effective – ESET Cybersecurity for Macintosh

November 19, 2012
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I don’t know how many different types of Anti-Virus or security software I have tested over the years. I would guess that it’s in the 20′s. There are a lot of great providers out there, some paid and some free. Those people who have computers but don’t have ANY anti-virus software are destined to a [...]

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How To Find Where Outlook Stores Temporary Attachments – Ones that Don’t Appear in “Recent Items” in Microsoft Office

November 8, 2012
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Here’s the scenario. You receive an email attachment in Microsoft Outlook. You open that attachment directly from the email message, make a bunch of edits (and perhaps save them along the way) and close your Office document. Then a while later, you want to go back to that document, only to find that it does [...]

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How to Easily Edit Hosts Files on Mac & PC using Free Editors: Gas Mask (Mac) or HostsMan (PC)

October 11, 2012
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If you have ever come across a situation where you need to edit your Hosts file on your Mac or PC, I’m sure that you have discovered that it is a bit of a pain. For starters, on either platform, you need to have elevated privileges, namely that of the administrator. Then you have to [...]

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7 Unique Ways my Kids Use the iPhone

September 14, 2012
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The Apple iPhone is a necessity in our household, at least my kids tell me it is. It seems that the iPhone is practically grafted to the hands of my children as they walk around the house. I almost think that they are going to grow another appendage for them to simply carry it and [...]

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