Category: 793: DNS, House Fire vs. iMac, Sharing Your iTunes Library, TotW: Train Siri
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Tip of the Week: Train Your Address Book (+ Siri)
Address Book is an extremely simple app, and I often wonder if Apple will keep updating it with new features (namely, cross-reference for entries and better logic for entries that share similar data), especially now that so many devices rely heavily on it and its contents. In Address Book, you can customize the fields in…
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Sharing Your iTunes Library
If you own more than one computer, having two separate iTunes libraries can become frustrating and confusing. Luckily, iTunes has the ability to share your library over your home network. My home setup consists of a Mac mini and a MacBook Pro. When I purchased my MacBook Pro, I was not interested in managing two…
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House Fire vs. iMac
A 24-inch iMac was recently dropped off at the service department because it would not power on. This problem arose after the system sat through a house fire. At first glance, we figured there was not much hope for it, as it was completely charred from top to bottom. The plastic housing on the rear…
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DNS: The Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly
You may have heard the term DNS used at one point or another but might not have know what it was. DNS stands for Domain Name Service, and it is the reason why you can surf the Web so easily. Every device that connects to a network has some sort of address associated with it…
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Happy Tuesday, It was a beautiful weekend with gentle, typical-of-autumn chilly breezes and clear skies following some pretty schizophrenic snow and rain on Friday. I made my way over Moretown Mountain to Northfield for Cabot Hosiery’s annual sock sale, often called the eighth wonder of the world, for another year’s worth of socks. It’s an…