Author: Don

  • Wi-Fi Menu Trick

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    By default, the Wi-Fi menu in OS X’s menu bar provides a list of available Wi-Fi networks and a couple of other things like a link to open Network Preferences. That’s okay, but for the real scoop on what’s going on behind the scenes, press the Option key as you click the Wi-Fi menu. In…

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    _Dear Friends_, People down here are putting on their down coats as the temperatures slip into the 50s while a few people up north in Vermont decide that long pants might be a good idea this weekend with below 0 temperatures forecast for the first time this winter. I enjoyed a good birthday on Sunday,…

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    I hear they are having a big football game on my birthday this year. I might catch some of it just for the commercials but will probably just go out to dinner with Grace to toast another year on this blue planet. Thank you so much for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes! Your…

  • Black History Month – Thurgood Marshall

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    Way before Barack Obama broke the color barrier to become president of the USA, Thurgood Marshall broke that barrier for another of the most powerful and important positions in the country, that of Supreme Court Justice. After graduating from high school with honors he applied to the University of Maryland law school where he was…

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    _Hello Friends_, It is hard to believe that it is February already. There is almost no snow up in Vermont and Artie is reporting that farmers are already gathering sap from the maple trees to make syrup. The Iowa caucuses have come and gone and on Tuesday the first in the nation primary is next…

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    I have been hosting phone bank parties for Bernie Sanders at my house as we head into the first caucuses and primaries. It is fun talking to folks out in Iowa and now New Hampshire to see who they are supporting and to tell them about the Senator from Vermont. I like being involved and…

  • Errata

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    Last week a typo slipped by our proofers. Command+M is not open a new document but that command is Command+N. Sorry about that. To make up for it here are a couple more keyboard combinations you might find handy: **Command-Option-Esc** – If an app stops responding, you might need to force it to quit. You…

  • The Most Profit Ever in a Single Quarter

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    Apple posted record earnings and profit for the holiday quarter disappointing those analysts that predicted less than stellar results. Of course, the realistic guidance for the next quarter sent Apple stock plummeting while those same analysts maintain a price target that is $40-50 higher than the current price of the stock. Okay, so Apple’s profit…

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    _Dear Friends,_ I have become super aware of mosquitos with all the news about the Zika virus. For some reason biting insects just love me whether they are super tiny no-see-ums here in the Keys or slightly larger ones in Vermont they seem to be attracted to me. The first thing that I noticed about…

  • Keyboard Shortcuts

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    I got my start in using computers with CPM operating system and keyboard shortcuts were present there. I used them all the time so they come as second nature to me. But as I go out and talk with customers and help them with their Macs, I am surprised by the number of people that…