Category Archives: Troubleshooting

Diagnosing a slow running Mac – Part 5: Choosing a new Mac

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

In this short series we’ve discussed some of the common problems that can slow your Mac down dramatically. In the final installment we’ll look at how you can make informed decisions about what new Mac you should buy. Let’s assume … Continue reading →

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Diagnosing a slow running Mac – Part 4: Applications

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

This short series will discuss some of the common problems that can slow your Mac down dramatically. In this installment we’ll look at individual applications. If you’ve eliminated RAM, processor and hard drive performance, then the only remaining thing to … Continue reading →

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Diagnosing a slow running Mac – Part 3: Storage

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

This short series will discuss some of the common problems that can slow your Mac down dramatically. In this installment we’ll look at hard drive performance. If you’ve eliminated RAM and processor performance, then the next thing to look at … Continue reading →

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Diagnosing a slow running Mac – Part 2: Processor

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

This short series will discuss some of the common problems that can slow your Mac down dramatically. In this installment we’ll look at processor performance, also known as the CPU. If you’ve eliminated low RAM as the major reason your … Continue reading →

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Diagnosing a slow running Mac – Part 1: Memory

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

This short series will discuss some of the common problems that can slow your Mac down dramatically. In this installment we’ll look at memory, also known as RAM. Over the years I’ve had probably hundreds of people say to me … Continue reading →

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Using Apple Hardware Test on your MacBook, iMac or Mac Pro

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

Back in the good ol’ days, if you wanted to find out if you had a hardware fault with a Mac, you need to use the Apple Hardware Test CD that came with your Mac, or use the restricted Apple … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office 2011 Outlook for Mac catches up with Windows.

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

It’s been nearly 10 years since Microsoft last had a true Exchange compatible mail client, the much missed Outlook 2001. Office 2011 for Mac finally brings back a true replacement, not the crippled Entourage that we’ve been forced to use … Continue reading →

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Improve performance of Macs with PPC chips

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

Older Macs used to use a type of chip family called PowerPC (PPC). You’ll probably know them as G3, G4 or G5 Macs. If you’re still using one of these machine, you’re probably noticing more and more that they feel … Continue reading →

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Coping with MobileMe sync duplications

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

If you’ve used MobileMe on more than one device, you’ve probably had a few instances of duplicate items appearing in your Address Book. And once they are in there, they can hang arrange like the plague. So here’s a quick … Continue reading →

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Don’t trust your hard drive – it will fail

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Clive Sweeting

If there’s one constant in life, it’s that shit happens – usually at the most in inopportune moment possible. And the greatest disaster that can happen to a computer user is a complete hard drive failure. I spent a couple … Continue reading →

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