Author: Don
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The big annual craft fair is this weekend here in Key West. Grace and I always go and look but have never bought anything. Maybe this year. My little Olde English Bulldogge, Jezebel, is growing up fast. I had a dog trainer come over to give us some tips. The guy was HUGE, no wonder…
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Passwords, Open Sesame?
I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have been helping a customer with a new Mac or a troublesome Mac and the customer cannot remember their password. They start rummaging through sticky notes, old postcards or well-organized notebooks. I was at a customer’s home yesterday and needed to set up her email…
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_Dear Friends,_ The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists just moved the Doomsday Clock up to the worst since 1953. With the current administration in Washington turning their back on science, it is good to see that scientists are planning their own march to Washington. George Orwell’s 1984 is the current best seller and not only is…
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It was great to get back home to Key West after the show although the island had a big power and internet outage that seems to have done some damage. Our phones at Small Dog were out for a couple of days and a bunch of my home automation gear had to be reset. I…
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Take A Step Into The Future
As many of you know, I read a lot of science fiction and one of the things that constantly amazes me is how quickly science fiction turns to science fact. Self-driving cars, drones, tablets, smartphones and smart homes were all the stuff of sci-fi- but now are almost commonplace. I remember just 5 years ago…
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Customize Your Toolbar
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Many Mac users don’t realize just how customizable their Macs are, and a part of the Mac interface that’s simultaneously among the most useful and the most overlooked is the toolbar that appears in every Finder window. By default, the toolbar contains buttons for navigating back and forth, changing the view, arranging the files in…