Category: 719: Mac mini Refresh, Don’t Delete It!, Protect Your MagSafe, Garage Sale Updates

One of the most common things we see in our shop is MagSafe power adapters with damaged wire insulation and/or fraying where the thin cord meets the power brick or where the cord meets the actual MagSafe tip. While many consider this the result of a design flaw (coupled with the fact that Apple __does__…

These are magic words to live by when it comes to cleaning up your computer’s hard drive. As things tend to come in waves, the past week has brought me a slew of clients who began getting the dreaded “Your startup disk is almost full” error and so they started chucking files and folders that…

Apple slyly released a major update to its smallest desktop system this morning. The Mac mini has received both a redesign as well as exceptional performance upgrades. Featuring Apple’s new unibody manufacturing process, the mini now sports a 1.4-inch-thin seamless aluminum enclosure and styling similar to the iMac and MacBook Pro lines. Catering to the…

Happy Tuesday, I spent the weekend in Northwest Connecticut at my ten year high school reunion. It’s hard to believe it’s been so long. Thinking back to 2000, events I then considered seminal in my life now seem inconsequential–so much can happen in the span of ten years. Where were you around this time of…