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How to send LARGE FILES – Dropbox

by Chris Foley February 22, 2010 Digital Lifestyle

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Let’s face it: our Digital-Lives are getting just a bit more complicated every day! It started with emails, and then .doc files, and .pdfs. Then came digital music, and digital photos. And now each one of us has 2 or 3 devices floating around the home or office that record video as well as take [...]

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10-Second Tip: Backup your Boot Camp Partition

by Wyn Matthews January 14, 2010 10-Second Tips

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Time machine is a breeze. We’ve been a really big fan of Time Machine since before 10.5 Leopard was even available. Backups used to be really difficult to manage, and restoring from a backup was a task that your average user simply could not do themselves. With Time Machine, Apple has put more power and [...]

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Security Beat: Safeguard Your Sensitive Documents

by Chris Foley February 25, 2009 Mac Maintenance

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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 doing, [...]

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Backups are no longer optional

by Chris Foley January 22, 2009 Mac Maintenance

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“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 in [...]

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Healthy Happy Mac : Permissions

by Chris Foley November 9, 2008 Mac Maintenance

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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?
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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 Macintosh, and [...]

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