Category: 800: Setting Up an External Drive with Time Machine, Apple Email Scam, 1Password

“*The Unofficial Apple Weblog*”:http://www.tuaw.com reported their Best of 2011, and Agile Bits Solutions’ “*1Password*”:https://agilebits.com/onepassword took the prize for Best iPhone App. Easily beating out the competition by taking 49.7% of the votes, 1Password is an invaluable utility for anyone who surfs the web on their Mac or iOS device. Back in 2006 when I switched…

Two new phishing letters are making the rounds, in an attempt to fool people who may be using their first Mac after the holidays. The first one tries to steal your iCloud account. The email claims to be from Apple, saying something similar to: __”A DGTFX Virus has been detected in your MobileMe folders. Your…

A lot of people are will be getting new Macs this year, and I’m hoping all of them will also be buying external hard drives for backups. The most common failure we see in our service centers are failed or failing hard drives. I’d say that perhaps half of all people who come in with…

Happy Tuesday, The solar installation at Small Dog’s Waitsfield, VT headquarters is complete and functioning after a very quick and efficient installation. I wandered to the electric meter the other day, with the panels covered in snow, and was amazed to watch the meter spin backwards–quickly! It’s very cool to look out the window one…