Mac Maintenance

Fighting Hard Drive Fragmentation

by Chris Foley on April 19, 2009

You’ve likely never heard the term “Disk Fragmentation” before, unless of course,  you’ve been using computers for so long that you can remember when they came with a 64 MB hard drive, or smaller.  That was an awful long time ago and for the better part of the past decade, disk fragmentation is an issue [...]

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10 Second Tip: Lost Password? Break back in to your Mac.

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by Chris Foley on April 1, 2009

There are a few reasons you’d need to break into a Mac, and there are a few reasons I’m writing this article right now.  I’ve put this article into the “10 – Second Tips” category though, so if you’re in a hurry, and would like to skip the explanation, just scroll on down to the [...]

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Security Beat: Safeguard Your Sensitive Documents

by Chris Foley on February 25, 2009

I get this one a lot.  Security.  More and more of us have portable computers now.  What if my computer gets stolen?  How can I protect myself.  What is this FileVault thing that Apple offers?  Should I use it? These are complex questions without simple answers.  The fact is that it depends on what you’re [...]

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Backups are no longer optional

by Chris Foley on January 22, 2009

“It’s time we had a little talk.  It’s about something uncomfortable, but we can’t keep pretending that you don’t have a problem.  I don’t know how to say this, and I’m kind of embarrassed, so I’m just going to come out and say it.  How recent is your latest backup?” Of course, I jest, but [...]

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Happy Healthy Mac: Fight the Slowdown

by Chris Foley on December 13, 2008

This month I’m willing to bet that your computer is under as much stress as you are, what with online holiday shopping, keeping your finances balanced, sending and receiving 60% more personal correspondence than is normal (or healthy!), printing out mailing labels for holiday cards, creating your iPhoto gift calendars, and all of that on [...]

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Healthy Happy Mac : Permissions

by Chris Foley on November 9, 2008

This monthly column is offered as an exclusive to our newsletter subscribers, and contains information that will save you money by increasing your productivity and your uptime.  How’s that sound? —————— This month, I’m going to address a tech trick that is at the same time one of the most common maintenance problems for the [...]

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