Author: Mike Moffit
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iOS 9 Public, iPhone 4s and Battery Life
The iOS 9 public beta came out several weeks ago and I’ve been running it on my iPhone 4S. iOS 9 is really attractive to me (even while using my older phone) because of the under-the-hood refinements. I was hoping those refinements would mean things would be more zippy on this old phone. Many of…
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Summer Product Testing with Will and Dean
Summertime has been treating us well here at Small Dog. The weather has been a little less than ideal with colder temps and wetter conditions than usual, but when the sun is out, we are all sure to make the most out of it. With so many outdoor enthusiasts working under one roof, we try…
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Monitor Your Mac
Back when I had my very “**first computers**”:https://www.google.com/search?q=toshiba+t3200&espv=2&biw=1471&bih=927&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CDYQsARqFQoTCMzKpNakpscCFQE1PgodOXoLxA, one feature they always had was a light that indicated disk activity. As the disk was written to or read from, a light would flash. I became very used to this light as an indicator of whether or not my computer was working hard. If it was,…
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Enjoy the Dog Days of Summer and thank you so much for reading Kibbles & Bytes. Your Kibbles & Bytes Team, _Don, Emily, Dean, Scott_
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Dear Friends, I am on the road heading to Sturgis, SD and Emily is off camping with her family so Kibbles & Bytes is taking a bit of a summer vacation. This special short issue will feature our Dog Days of Summer specials. It is back-to-school time with some schools starting within a week or…
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Securing WordPress Installations
August 2015 is actually a pretty big month for me. It marks 10 whole years of blogging. Back in 2005, I was using blogger.com. Originally created by Pyra Labs 1999, Google bought them and their blog service in 2003. Blogger blogs were primarily hosted by Google via subdomains. This meant you could have your very…
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Tech Bits!
Remember starting up your old mac and having every Mac user’s nightmare? That’s right, the sad mac! This symbol was used on older Macs and iPods and would show up upon start up when the device was experiencing a severe hardware issue. Have you ever wondered how this icon came about? This image was designed…
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Pages, Keynote and Numbers
For the longest time the biggest gripe about Apple computers is that they were unable to easily interact with Windows users and those using Microsoft Office. This is no longer the case. In fact it’s been several years now since there have been significant compatibility issues. While some differences still exist, they are few and…
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Some of our favorite new features in iOS 9
iOS 9 is Apple’s newest operating system for iOS devices. Introduced at WWDC in June and set to release this fall, iOS 9 builds on the content introduced with iOS 7 and iOS 8, bringing subtle design changes, refined features, improved functionality, and performance enhancements. iOS 9’s biggest focus is on intelligence and proactivity, allowing…
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Greetings from the humid city of South Burlington!
Things are busy as always at the South Burlington store, but we’ve had a lot of fun this summer, especially with the new Apple products like the MacBook. Coming soon, arriving any day now is the new “**iPod touch**”:http://www.smalldog.com/iPods, which features an upgrade to the A8 processor chip, an 8 megapixel iSight camera, all new…