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Category Archive: Macs

Choosing and Using Peripheral Buses

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Out with USB 2 and in with USB 3; out with FireWire and in with Thunderbolt, then Thunderbolt 2. But which should you choose to use, and how?

April 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Low-res movie on Blu-ray

I have been trying to burn some high-def movies to Blu-ray using Toast Titanium 11 Pro. All work fine except for one, which repeatedly ends up in standard definition. Why?

April 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

There is a theory that the names we assign to concepts become more appropriate as each concept becomes […]

April 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Lost in the Cloud: Securing Protected Data in a Mobile World

Yosemite’s iCloud Drive has drawn even more of our documents and data into the Cloud. But what if our data has personal or sensitive content?

April 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

C Double Sharp

In both fiction and reality, some partners have wonderfully deep emotional responses to certain languages. Without giving any […]

April 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Text file lockout

When I go to edit a text file that I have earlier changed and saved, the app refuses. Why?

April 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Firewalls – Keeping Your Network Safe

For most, our firewall is the most robust protection between us and the Internet. But it is not just a case of set and forget.

April 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Why do I look like a boiled lobster on this blog?

Q A recent photo of me on a blog looks fine when browsed using Safari, but Firefox and Google Chrome misrender it, making me look like a boiled lobster. How can I correct that?

April 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Over-engineering

At times trying to get Xcode to do what I want has felt like driving a car with a separate steering wheel, throttle and brake for each of its wheels.

April 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Click, Tap, or Stroke?

Microsoft tailored Windows 8 for use with touch-screen input. Would you improve your productivity by switching from mouse or trackpad to touch-screen too?

April 18, 2015 Macs, Technology

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