Category: 906: Searching for Service, General Security Tips, Hinge Care for Portables, Celebrate Those Dads & Grads!

This is an exciting time of year; for many of us, it means that grass is finally turning green and flowers are blooming everywhere you look. And for our readers farther south, this time of year brings a little bit of peace and quiet to your days as many of the snow birds have gone…

As I write this, I’m sitting on the Greyhound bus, and my display is shaking ever so slightly with the bumps in the road. I had also placed my iPhone on the windowsill (albeit precariously) before it fell onto the edge of my MacBook Pro and then landed on the floor, making a noise loud…

This is an overview of some general security tips for Macs: * Occasionally check for updates by checking “Software Updates” under the Apple menu. Apple releases updates regularly. You should check this at least once a week if you don’t have Auto Updates enabled. Keeping your OS updated is the best way to protect against…

iPhones have always given some flexibility regarding how one can control cellular and data usage, either by disabling cellular data entirely or limiting the phone to a slower network. But __why__ would someone do this? Sometimes carriers don’t offer the latest generation of service in an area. For example, when the phone can’t find 4G-LTE,…

It’s an exciting time to be an Apple fan as their “*Worldwide Developers Conference*”:https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ kicks off next Tuesday in San Francisco. Last year, just some of the announcements included OS X and iOS upgrades, 10.9 Mavericks and iOS 7, respectively, fantastic battery life and flash storage improvements to the MacBook Air, and new online features…