Category: 692: Hire a Consultant for the Holidays, Time Your Time Machine Backups, MacBook Won’t Charge!

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This week’s repair is on a first-generation MacBook that had a very slight amount of water spilled on it. The customer did everything right: he immediately turned off the computer and removed the battery, and left it alone in a warm place for ten days. An attempt to fire up a spilled-on computer generally makes…

I love me some “Time Machine”:http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/time-machine.html. It’s the easiest way for the average Mac user to reliably back up their computer. Since it’s the easiest backup method, it’s also the most likely method to be used, which is a good thing. Apple writes: “Time Machine automatically makes incremental backups every hour, every day, copying just…

‘Tis the season for gadget giving but in all the hustle of the holiday season have you thought about how to really get a good start with your new products? It should come as no surprise that while December is a booming month for retail, January is actually the busiest month in technical support; lots…

For all the wonders of the iLife suite, occasionally I run into bizarre quirks that don’t seem to have any easy solutions. This week, the newest quirk I discovered was in iWeb. Now, I have to say that I love iWeb. I know it bugs the heck out of some people that it’s impossible to…

Happy Tuesday, Every year I seem to forget just how beautiful the woods can be right after snowfall. I woke up Sunday morning to a scant dusting on the ground, but it was warm enough that the clumpy snow stuck to the branches. I knew it wouldn’t last more than an hour or two, so…