Category: 694: Transferring Pictures into iPhoto, All About Screenshots, Backups, Repair Resolved!

I wrote a few weeks ago in “Tech Tails #688”:http://blog.smalldog.com/techtails/?c=tt688 about a 27-inch iMac with a screen flicker issue shared by many on Apple’s discussion boards and around the Internet. Apple addressed these concerns yesterday with a “firmware update”:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3181?locale=en_US as predicted here in Tech Tails. If you have a 27-inch iMac with an ATI Radeon…

Last week and this week, I have dealt with a few situations where I have had to setup backup systems or restore files or entire Macs from backups. I don’t have a story to tell, so I want to use this space to encourage you to make sure you have a proper backup system for…

Many of us already know of the ancient keyboard shortcut ⌘-Shift-3 to capture your screen to a picture file. It’s been around since System 7, and it’s still with us. We’ve made some significant progress over the years. The ⌘-Shift-3 trick captures a full-resolution image of your screen and places the PNG file on your…

Last week I talked about moving music from a Windows PC to a Mac. The next most popular item to transfer is photos! As with iTunes, transferring photos to your new Mac is a simple process and all you need is an external hard drive to do it! The majority of Windows users keep their…

Happy Tuesday, Considering the frequency of broken screen and cracked glass incidents on unibody machines in Burlington, VT–a college town–we will offer screen and glass replacements for all Intel-based Apple laptops both in our retail stores and through the web after the new year. While it’s never a good thing to have a physically damaged…