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How to avoid ruining your MacBook, iPhone, iPod or iPad batteries

Posted on July 23, 2010

I frequently get asked “how long can expect my MacBook/iPhone/iPod battery will last for before I need to buy a new one?” And I helpfully reply depends on how you care for it. Lithium batteries are used in almost all … Continue reading →

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10 essential and free Mac applications…

Posted on July 22, 2010

Everyone likes lists. So I thought I would create my own list of the 10 free or ‘donationware’ Mac applications that I would miss badly if I lost them. So here we go, in no particular order… ClamAV – Free … Continue reading →

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The Apple cash juggernaut continues…

Posted on July 21, 2010

Despite the backlash publicity that seems to be following the iPhone 4 signal strength scare, Apple keeps piling on the record quarters of growth. This is mostly down to the massive growth in sales of iOS devices like the iPhone, … Continue reading →

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Gotta a Mac? Like games? Get Steam

Posted on July 13, 2010

Back in the day the only way to get games for the Mac was to phone up MacGold. Then came the internet. And eventually Steam came to the Mac. So if you’ve got kids, a husband or boyfriend moaning about … Continue reading →

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Cheap refurb iPod Touch, MacBook Pro 13″ and 21.5″ iMac

Posted on July 11, 2010

Apple have some rather nice deals available at the moment for refurbished kit.  You can find out more about what a refurbished mac is and what warranty it has here. iPod Touch 8GB 2nd generation – £109 inc VAT and … Continue reading →

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Don’t trust your hard drive – it will fail

Posted on July 9, 2010

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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Troubleshoot OS X like it’s OS 9…

Posted on July 7, 2010

Yesterday a client in Bradford on Avon had an emergency, a deadline and no replacement install disks for raft of applications that suddenly failed to open. A bit of detective work later I realised that the affected applications were all … Continue reading →

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Professional photography? It’s not about the camera…

Posted on July 6, 2010

A number of  my Mac support customers in and around Bath are professional photographers – and boy have pro photographers been having a hard time recently! The advent of cheap Digital SLRs has lead to an explosion in the number … Continue reading →

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What is SSD and should my MacBook have one?

Posted on June 29, 2010

One of the main reasons that laptop performance lags behind that achieved on desktops is down to one thing. Hard drive performance. Modern computers running MacOS or Windows spend a large part of their time writing temporary data to the … Continue reading →

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iPhone 4 – Poor signal strength?

Posted on June 26, 2010

If you are one of the early adopters who has bought the iPhone 4, you may be a little disappointed by the mobile signal strength you get. This has been an on-going complaint of iPhone users since the very first … Continue reading →

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