Ever since the discovery of the MACDefender malware last month there have been numerous articles, blog posts, and discussions on the topic. Read more about it in our newsletter on Mac Malware and Better Passwords. One possible solution is this: Avast has just launched a new free antivirus software ...
How to Do Better Google Searches
Google is the go-to place for finding out answers to anything. But sometimes it can be hard to find exactly what you want because there's too much info. How do you prevent your Google search from turning into a search for a needle in a haystack? Here are 7 tips on how to do better Google searches. ...
Top 10 iPhone Photo Apps
I've been exploring photography apps for the iPhone. I got excited about taking and altering photos on the iPhone thanks to an excellent book, Create Great iPhone Photos by Allan Hoffman (which was sent to me by the publisher, and is no longer available from them but is available secondhand at ...
My New iPhone 4
I finally broke down and got a new iPhone 4, on Verizon. Essentially I was tired of slow data service on T-Mobile and also wanted the better camera and better screen resolution that the new iPhone has. I decided to go with Verizon instead of AT&T because based on numerous reports, there are ...
Mac Backup to the Cloud
At this week's MacTech Boot Camp conference in Boston, a recurring theme was new solutions for online backup for the Mac. Five years ago, backing up your Mac over the internet to a server in a data center was extremely difficult. Most people had extremely slow internet (DSL or even dialup) which ...
MacTech Boot Camp Boston: Tips from the Conference
Yesterday we went to the MacTech Boot Camp in Cambridge, MA. This was a one-day conference for Mac consultants. Here are my top takeaways that even non-IT pros should find useful. 1. Many people are not really fully backed up. (Dragging and dropping files to a flash drive does not count as a ...