Category: Mac

Backup to more than one Time Capsule

Nearly everyone these days has more than one Mac whether it be a desktop and laptop or maybe two laptops. I even know families who have a laptop per person! Unfortunately traditionally you have only been able to back up to one Time Capsule or one external hard disk at a time using Time Machine. …

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Apple TV just got 1000% more useful

The Apple TV has been around for quite a while but with the release of Movies in the cloud it recently got 1000% more useful. Once again, after almost two years, you can now buy as well as rent movies from iTunes. But oddly this article doesn’t cover that, no I will let Apple do …

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Mountain Lion coming 25th July?

It has been rumoured that Mountain Lion will be officially launched on the 25th of July. As before it will be available as a download via the Mac Appstore and a USB key via the Apple Store online. If you have the internet to handle it I recommend (this time around) getting it as a …

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Mountain Lion Security

When you installed Mountain Lion later this month you might find that you cannot install software. Don’t worry this isn’t a bug but rather a feature. Mountain Lion is designed to stop any installer in its tracks that either a) didn’t come directly from the Mac Appstore or b) has registered itself with Apple. However …

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Get $100 for your old Mac

It is also a cold hard fact that your Mac is often not worth very much by the time you are ready to trade up. Since going to Intel the life span of a Mac has dropped a fair bit with all the speed improvements, features (and demands) of the operating system. And of course …

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