The Love and Care of Lithium-based Batteries
I have a first-gen Core Duo MacBook Pro with a basically useless battery. I ran the software update as Scott recommends (next article…
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MacBook and MacBook Pro Battery Update
by Scott, scott@smalldog.com We see quite a few failed MacBook and MacBook Pro batteries, primarily from first-generation (Core Duo) models. Most often, the…
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Mac Treat #30: Using Your Dock Efficiently
The Dock can seem like an annoyance from time to time, but there are lots of things you can do to make it…
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Disk Images for New Users
by Ryan, ryan@smalldog.com The standard downloaded software distribution medium used by OS X is called a Disk Image (.dmg). Disk images are, in…
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Hapy in the Colorado news!
Hapy Mayer competed in the 31st annual Longs Peak Scottish and Irish Highland Festival in Estes Park, Colorado, over the weekend. The festival…
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Killer Donkeys leads Small Dog Fantasy Football after week 1
Team manager Ryan Littman benefited from an outstanding 3 touchdown game by Giants receiver Plaxico Burress to grab the lead in the Small…
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PhotoBook
If you’re not aware of FaceBook yet, well get out from the rock you’re under and have a peek at FaceBook.com. It started…
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Greetings from Chile, Part 2: BBQs and Movies
The following is a blog from Sophie, who is living abroad in Chile for the next year, and is Small Dog’s current foreign…
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Solving Synchronization Connection Problems
Solving Synchronization Connection Problems This is an excerpt from the troubleshooting appendix of Michael E. Cohen’s “Take Control of Syncing in Tiger,” a…
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Take Control Ebooks
I enjoy all of the Take Control ebooks. They are among the best instructional books I’ve used in any format. Take Control titles…
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Apple Remote Battery Test, Using an iSight!
by Matt, matt@smalldog.com What do you do when you suspect your Apple remote is broken, and you have only one Mac to test…