This Week's Word: Coverflow
Are you familiar with Coverflow? Coverflow is an interface for browsing the files on your computer, iPod and iPhone. It lets you preview the files before you open them and “flip” through them. This is really useful for photos or any other document where you just need to see it to decide if that is the document that you want to open. To activate Coverflow, when you have the finder...
Read MoreThis Week's Word: Screen Shot
Screen shots are a small, easy task to do when you are having a computer issue, but taking a screen shot can be huge when it comes to helping our technicians diagnose an issue. A screen shot is like a photograph of what is on your screen right now. If you are previously a Windows user, you may be familiar with screenshots by another name “Print Screen.” If you are getting an error...
Read MoreThis Week's Word: USB
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. There’s a pretty good chance that you are using a USB port on your computer right now. That’s because USB ports are used for printers, keyboards, mice, external hard drives, cameras and many other devices. The USB ports on your computer are small and rectangular. They are also typically marked with the symbol at the left. If you have been using a...
Read MoreThis Week's Word: Keychain Access
Last week, I gave you some tips on coming up with great passwords and this week, I am going to tell you how to save those passwords. A great way to save the passwords is an application called “Keychain Access.” The good thing about Keychain Access is that your computer is already using it. Your computer securely saves passwords in the Keychain automatically. If you access an...
Read MoreWeekly Word: Password
Okay, I imagine that you already have a pretty good idea of what a password is, right? That secret code that you type in to login to a website? But, do you know how to come up with a really great password? Well, you should. You likely have a lot of important information out there on the internet, and having a good password can keep your reputation, your finances, your job, etc. safe. First, let...
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