Category: 869: Verbose Mode, Installing Apps Correctly, Celebrate Moms, Dads & Grads!

It’s that time of year again when we come together to recognize achievements and honor our parents. Like we have done in years past, we have some great deals that will help you save when you are picking out he perfect gift for your mom, dad or grad to commemorate the occasion. Here is the…

Verbose mode is a diagnostic function built into all Macs. What this allows you to do is witness the behind the scenes processes that run while your machine starts up. One way to enable this for a single boot session if you just want to see it is hold “command” and “v” keys during boot.…

While browsing the internet the other day, I stumbled across an article saying that Apple had submitted a patent for a hybrid tablet/laptop designed machine. My curiosity was piqued because I personally was interested in the Android tablets that had the dockable keyboard and provided touch pad and USB ports as well as another battery…

One of the most persistent “misunderstandings” I see as a technician is when applications are installed improperly (Skype and Firefox, I’m looking at you!). The Mac doesn’t include a guide for how to install software from third parties, and as such, a lot of users are left fending for themselves. First, let’s take a look…

Hello all! One day it’s winter, the next, summer. This last week has been seriously gorgeous in the weather department. Cool nights, warm days, and everything went from grey to green in just a few days. I have ferns in my yard a foot or more tall that simply were not there last week. Along…