Category: 808: Repair or Replace?, Mountain Lion: Protecting You from Yourself, Passwords and Security

Most people nowadays have passwords protecting their user accounts on their Macs. Even a weak password is better than no password, but a strong password is better. The weakest passwords are easy to guess, like your last name, address, the number 1234, the word password, or similar things. You’d be surprised at how many customers…

In addition to the obvious new apps like Reminders and Messages, Mountain Lion includes several “behind the scenes” features. One of the important ones is Gatekeeper, an attempt to help protect users from “bad” applications on the Web. Back when MacDefender was causing hair loss in support groups, Apple released a security update that would…

A lot of customers, when considering whether to repair their Mac or simply replace it, will ask me what the average lifespan is of a Mac. This question cannot be easily answered by an average span of years. The answer to this question is completely conditional upon a number of factors. To me, the lifespan…

So here we are, almost to the end of February. The snowfall they predicted for New Hampshire seemed to stay well north of Manchester, giving us a slight dusting. The scant inch we got in some areas on Friday blew away in the gale force winds we got on Saturday. Vermont, on the other hand,…