Category: 781: How to Rename Bluetooth Devices, Reader Feedback and Questions, What Is the Archive Utility?

A long-time Small Dog customer asked me about an item that fleetingly appeared in his dock. It was a generic-looking green icon with a zipper on it called Archive Utility, and when he used Spotlight to search for it, it was nowhere to be found. Many of the items you download and receive in your…

Matt, You say that AppleWorks files can be opened in Pages. This is not universally true. If the file is from an earlier version, it will not open. In order to open the file, it must be of a later “vintage.” This also seems to be true of spreadsheet files, as Numbers will not open…

Whenever you connect a new iPod or wireless device to your Mac, you get the option to name the device. Many times when I get a new device, I like to come up with a funny name for it. For example, my new little pink iPod shuffle is called “Little bubblegum shuffle” (don’t judge!). However,…

Happy Tuesday, As part of our summer promotions in our retail stores in South Burlington and Waitsfield, VT and Manchester, NH, we are offering a free subscription to our “*Top Dog Plus*”:http://www.smalldog.com/topdogplus program with the purchase of a new Mac. The benefits of the program include, among other things, free priority repair, free backups while…