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July 17, 2013 Roxx Marino

Peripherals Not all hardware devices have simple names like printer and keyboard. A few go by their acronyms. UPS: I know, I know, UPS…

July 4, 2013 Roxx Marino

The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t legally copy or convert commercial DVDs for any reason. We…

February 18, 2013 Roxx Marino

Crashes and freezes in OS X are mercifully rare, but they do occur. Fortunately, most of them can be resolved…

November 13, 2012 Roxx Marino

File menu The File menu is where we begin to see some consistency among file menus. Regardless of whether you’re…

October 19, 2012 Roxx Marino

If you’ve just come to the Mac from a PC you may have wondered where Microsoft got the name “Windows”…

October 15, 2012 Roxx Marino

I’ve occasionally seen issues where Mac App Store downloads failed, with a message saying “The product distribution file could not…

August 20, 2012 Roxx Marino

Apple wants you to use iCloud as the location for your saved documents. If you aren’t willing to cooperate, Apple applies…

July 31, 2012 Roxx Marino

Apple‘s long-awaited new iPhone will be announced on Sept. 12, according to a report. The blog iMore reports that Apple will announce…

July 28, 2012 Roxx Marino

Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion is off to a solid start in its first 48 hours and now powers more…

July 7, 2012 Roxx Marino

This can be filed among several similar “I have/inherited/know about Computer X that is authorized with my Apple ID and…

July 7, 2012 Roxx Marino

Make project files easier to find by automatically adding Spotlight comments As we waltz through our digital lives, we tend…