For those of you using iPhoto on the Mac -- there's an option in the newest versions of iPhoto that can have dangerous consequences. Open up iPhoto, and under the iPhoto menu choose Preferences. Then choose Advanced. You'll see a checkbox that says "Copy items to the iPhoto Library." It looks like ...
Best of CES Roundup
This week was the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We didn’t go to CES but we’ve been reading lots of articles and blog posts. Here are what some of the top tech websites said were their top picks from CES. Mashable They loved the giant curved 4K (super high resolution) TV, that’s 105” ...
Domain name registration in China email scam
If you own a domain name (like we own ivanexpert.com), at some point you have probably gotten an email purportedly from a China domain registrar, asking about ownership of a domain name similar to yours. For example: We are the department of registration service in China. we have something need to ...
iOS Apps for Watercoloring Your Photos
I've just started learning how to paint watercolors, so I've gone in search of apps that give my photos the watercolor effect. Here are 3 good ones. 1. Popsicolor, $3 Allows you to pick 2 colors, and different kinds of washes, and then produces a watercolor with one color blending into the ...
Lose your iPhone or iPad? Make sure the person who finds it can contact you.
I have a 4-digit lock on my iPhone and my iPad, because I don't want my personal info falling into somebody else's hands if I lose my devices or they get stolen. But I realized that it means nobody can get in to see the phone numbers I call regularly, or the emails I send regularly. Which means if ...
How long do hard drives last? And what does that mean for the life of your Mac?
How long do hard drives last? A post on the company site of cloud backup service Backblaze discusses the life cycle of hard drives. (They are using about 25,000 hard drives at a time.) They have found that about 5% of the hard drives fail in the first 18 months. They call this "infant mortality" ...