Category: 942: FileVault Explained; Terminal Tidbits; Quicken Data Transfer

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One of the things I love about my job is the constant challenges I get to overcome. This past week I had a consultation where the customer wanted to transfer Quicken files from a Windows PC to her new MacBook Air. The process for transferring the files can be a bit complex. In this case,…

One of the most important skills to have as a so-called “power user” is knowledge of Terminal. Located in your Applications > Utilities folder, Terminal is a program that allows you to use a command line interface on your Mac. You basically type in commands to achieve the goals you want rather than using the…

There are several different types of passwords in Mac OS X. Today we will be discussing user account passwords and FileVault passwords. User account passwords are not considered to be secure by tech-savvy people. A user account password can be changed without knowing the original password in less than ten minutes by an individual with…

_Hello Fellow Tech Enthusiasts,_ It is finally cold here in Vermont. After an unusually warm December, we have been hit with an arctic blast that has dropped the temperature to single digits and even below zero in some places. While heat is a major killer of electronics, cold can do a number on them too.…