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Advertisements If you take a step back and think about it, it’s truly amazing what a smartphone actually does. It’s a handheld computer that contains more power than any of the military or corporate-based computers of the 1950s through the 1990s. In fact, the amount of technology that we casually carry around with us from …
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Advertisements If there’s one thing that is entirely superior about Macs over PCs on other platforms, in my opinion, it has to be Time Machine. Plug in an external drive, and macOS automatically asks if you want it to be a backup drive. When you say yes, macOS automatically backs up your entire Mac every …
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Advertisements I’ve been a Mac since 2006. That was the first year that Apple produced an Intel-based Mac, and I remain a Mac to this day. I will likely be a Mac for many years to come. One of the biggest issues I have with my Canon Multi-Function Laser Printer is that it prints in …
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Advertisements I’m a registered Apple developer. While I don’t code any longer – and have never coded an app in XCode – I registered for one specific reason: to get access to beta versions of Apple device operating systems before the public beta. I – and a number of other tech journalism enthusiast sites do …
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Advertisements Every now and then, a Mac user is going to say, “Man I wish there was a version of (insert program here) for Mac. I’d buy that in a heartbeat.” It’s happened to me more times that I really wish to count. Thankfully, most of the apps I want to run on my Mac …
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Advertisements I remember back in the day of Windows 95 to Windows 7, rebuilding your PC was a multi-day affair. With the implementation of Windows 10, most of this process has become a lot easier. Windows now includes a restore and refresh function that allows you to quickly and easily wipe and restore your PC …
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Advertisements It’s summer. You’re out and about with your friends, enjoying the pool, the beach, or just a garden in the back yard, and someone decides it would be a great idea to push you into the pool or soak you to the skin with the garden hose. It’s all fun and games until someone …
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Advertisements Laptops are great for taking desktop-class computing power on the go. They make life easier, as you get to take what you need, wherever you go. When you’re back at home, the lack of legacy ports on 2016 and later MacBook Pros is an issue. Apple removed all legacy ports from these MacBook Pros. …
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Advertisements I think Apple Macintosh computers are some of the best-made hardware you can find. They’re small, well-made and they last a lot longer than most similarly configured Windows PCs. I have family members who have MacBooks and MacBook Pros that are pushing ten years old, and they still work very well. If you’re looking …
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Advertisements One of the coolest and newest features in macOS Mojave is a special display mode called Dark Mode. Dark Mode provides a change in the way your applications look that may be easier on your eyes, especially in odd lighting situations. Unfortunately, the Apple-supported Dark Mode won’t be available to the general public until …
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