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Category Archive: Macs

Thinking outside the books

It is hard to understand why traditional publishers are so recalcitrant in making electronic editions worth their comparatively high prices.

May 22, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Q&A: Disabled key

I seem to have inadvertently hit a combination of keys that has disabled the upper case letter V on my keyboard. How can I reset that?

May 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: FireWire, eSATA, or what?

Which would be better to hitch my FireWire 800 external drives to a new iMac: eSATA to Thunderbolt, FireWire to USB 3, or what?

May 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: A dictionary of placenames

How can I set up a dictionary of placenames, which I can then access throughout my applications?

May 21, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Time Machine error 28

Backups fail in the last 0.02 GB with a log entry of ‘error 28’. How can I get Time Machine working again?

May 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Flashing Power light

When I tried to wake my early 2008 Mac Pro up, it had apparently tried unsuccessfully to restart, leaving the Power light flashing. Why?

May 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Accessing Zip drives

Much of my old work was backed up to Zip 100 drives, which I used to access with a long-dead Mac. Is there any way that I can access files on them now?

May 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Watch software 1.0.1

Apple has just released the first update to the Watch software, version 1.0.1.

May 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Backing up iPhoto and Photos Libraries

I tried copying my iPhoto Libraries to my NAS drive, but that failed. How should I back these up?

May 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Single Point of Failure

Most systems in everyday life had readily accessible fallbacks that you could rely on when the system of first choice was not available. We seem to have lost those now.

May 19, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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