Author: Mike Moffit

  • Customize Time Machine Settings

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    I find the hourly backups performed by Time Machine to be a bit excessive for my needs, and wish the Time Machine preferences offered more flexibility. My backup device is a high-capacity hard drive attached to a first-generation AirPort Extreme (802.11n), and I don’t like to ask the drive to spin up on the hour,…

  • Burton Summer Bag Offering in Burlington!

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    By Hannah, hannah@smalldog.com Our huge Burton Summer bag offering has dropped in Burlington! Grind it, pump it, pack it–we have the latest and greatest Burton bags for your Mac. Features include board carrying, skate carrying, protected pockets for portable Macs, integrated headphone jacks, zipper pocket gear storage and quick pull pockets to get your Mac…

  • Protecting Your Online Reputation

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    Your online reputation includes the content returned when your name or email address is queried in Google, Yahoo, or the new people-search websites such as Spock.com. This content includes news, personal web sites, participation in blogs, forums, and social media sites, even photos and videos. The internet has become the place where second and even…

  • Ode To Home Improvement and Lost Weekends

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    by Jon Spaulding, jon@smalldog.com All things considered, it’s the wrong time to be listing our house, but on Valentine’s Day this year my wife and I did just that, looking to make some change in our lives. We both commute long distances every day, and day care for our boys is in a town outside…

  • New Commercial: "Busy Dogs"

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    Joyce’s Pomeranian Maggie took center stage in this commercial as Imelda’s doppelgänger, and resident “busy dog.”

  • LaCie’s Little Big Disk Review

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    When we opened our flagship showroom in South Burlington almost two years ago, a full-service repair facility had to be built from the ground up. We ordered benches, network gear, electrostatic discharge (ESD) prevention equipment, tools, hundreds of diagnostic parts, workstations, servers, storage solutions, and lots more. It seems that our technicians have a knack…

  • Mac Treat #48: Resizing Photos in OS X Mail

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    (Note – this tip originally ran in February 2007, but three separate people have asked about this in the past week. Seemed like a good time to run this tip again! -Ed) I first noticed this tip on The Unofficial Apple Weblog, but later also noticed it at Apple’s Hot News RSS feed. I didn’t…

  • (Belated) Welcome, Simone!

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    Simone is a new addition to the Small Dog family of employee pups. She belongs to Brian, who recently joined us in the Waitsfield store. She’s a very friendly dog, and all of the customers seem to enjoy her!

  • Crazy Vermont Weather

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    We had some bizarre weather today, and were able to document it with some photos… Katie writes: With the ongoing hot heat that has been ever so present in Vermont, we were glad to get a rain shower. However, that rain storm quickly escalated to hail. Family friend and Shelburne resident, Jim Stillman, took some…

  • What MobileMe Means for Current .Mac Users

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    If you have a .Mac account, you will automatically be upgraded to a MobileMe account when the service rolls out in July. A change of service email will be sent to your mac.com address when the upgrade occurs. Here’s what current .Mac subscribers can expect as the transition takes place. First, current mac.com email addresses…