Category: 652: New Product Announcements, The Gift of Gmail, Spotlight Tips, Saving Microsoft Files

In addition to the slew of new products announced today, Apple also released the MacBook Battery Updater 1.4. A small number of MacBooks (both the latest unibody-style MacBooks as well as the “older” white and black plastic models) have batteries that can become inoperative after long periods of inactivity. This update presumably updates the battery…

I wrote last week about my first Internet search, and asked you for your own recollections. Here are a few: Cindy writes: bq. “I am not a librarian but I work in a library so I found your comment about the library very interesting. One of the first things I remember searching for was a…

We have two large LCD televisions in our flagship South Burlington store connected to Mac Minis and acting as big digital signs. Long-time Burlington employee David Boyd put together an excellent looping Keynote presentation, and it runs all day, every day. Unfortunately, one of these big displays failed yesterday–for the second time in as many…

Compatibility is always a major concern for computer users, especially for those who frequently share files with other Macs and PCs. As new applications come out it’s expected that they offer backwards compatible support, but sometimes that entails remembering to jump through a few hoops; this is the case with Microsoft Office 2008. With the…

Verizon customers around Vermont are now FairPoint customers, and most of them were lucky enough to have their old @verizon.net email addresses change to @myfairpoint.net addresses. A surprising number of people use the email address provided by their Internet Service Provider (ISP) and it amazes me that so many of them don’t look for a…

Happy Tuesday, It was a big day for Apple product announcements. In typical Tuesday fashion, almost the entire product line was refreshed. iMac, Mac Mini, AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule, and Mac Pro all saw significant upgrades and, in some cases, price cuts! Rest assured, we will have tons of the last-generation product at steel discounts.…