If you are the last remaining user of QuarkXpress, please stop and switch to InDesign. Quark is the worst company on the planet right now and they don’t deserve to be in business anymore. Case in point, our last phone … Continued
Apple has released a knowledge base article describing the key commands and what they enable when pressed during start-up: Press C during start-up: Start from a bootable CD/DVD, such as the Mac OS X Install disc. Press D during start-up: … Continued
Why does Apple does this all the time? They remove key features and technologies from their hardware and software making it even more difficult to do normal, productive tasks. With the release of Snow Leopard, Apple has once again dropped … Continued
More and more companies are using Windows servers and SMB shares in a networked environment. This poses a few challenges for Macs. One of the biggest problems is with older, T1 fonts (Postscript). When these fonts are moved from Appletalk … Continued
I know you like lots of fonts, so here is a great site with them! Mike’s Sketch Pad There are some Mac fonts and even more Windows fonts. Mac users can use some Windows fonts, otherwise you will need to … Continued
Seems there is a hardware or firmware problem with the new MacBook Pro with the 7200 rpm Seagate drives. Users with the 500GB drives are noticing random occurrences of a clicking sound, then an audible beep, followed by a complete … Continued
Apple has released a security patch (3.0.1) for the iPhone OS to fix the recently discovered threats of an SMS (text message, in everyday terms) attack. This vulnerability allows someone to send you a blank text message with specific code … Continued
It isn’t often that Microsoft publishes a patch to fix a security problem outside of the normal update cycles, but they just did! So if you use any modern flavor of Windows, head over to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972890 for the latest patch. … Continued
Two True Tales of Horrible Customer Service at the Apple Store Tale 1 A customer of our’s bought a new iPhone. But they didn’t have an appointment to set it up so they had to return to the Apple Store … Continued
I had to do a presentation for International Day at my daughter’s school yesterday. So, I had a group of 120 K-2 students make homemade pierogies! We had a blast. They mixed dough, made potato filling, and rolled out the … Continued