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 MoreQuicken Refresh Not So Refreshing
Many of you will recall that the last version of Intuit’s personal financial software came out in 2007. So here we sit, 2010, and we finally have a new version of Quicken for Mac. But was it worth the wait? Reviewers have mixed feelings. The main gripe from most mac users (BestMacs included) is that there isn’t feature parity from the PC version to the Mac, and while Quicken,...
Read MoreThink Big, Topeka!
Maybe you haven’t noticed this as much as I have being that I didn’t grow up here – or maybe you’re more cognizant of it, but Topeka has a bit of an image problem. I’m not saying it’s based in anything real, but remember “perception dictates reality.” For example, back in our retail days, I often chatted with Topeka clients who were very happy to...
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 MoreMacworld 2010: Don't Count It Out Yet
When Apple announced at last year’s Macworld Expo that they would not be present at MWSF 2010, the reaction was grim. Many of us remember what happened when IDG (the producers of the show) and Apple squabbled over the summertime East coast show. Apple wanted it in NYC, IDG wanted it in Boston. The show proceeded in Boston, without Apple’s presence. And within 2 years it was...
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