Apple today added a new “Free on iTunes” section in the iTunes Store, featuring free downloads of songs and full length TV episodes. The section replaces Apple’s “iTunes Single of the Week”, which previously offered free songs from popular and indie music artists. Currently, Apple is offering full-length TV episodes from shows including Fox’s Backstrom, Syfy’s 12 Monkey’s, Disney […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Mac Keyboard Shortcuts You Need To Know
34 Mac keyboard shortcuts you need to know, including: What is the Option key, how to copy and paste on a Mac Where and what is the option key! The three most important keys on your Mac can be found to the left and right of the spacebar (for right and left handed use). Unfortunately these three […]
Yosemite, Good or Bad?
OS X Yosemite: the pros and cons of Apple’s biggest ever OS launch I’ve spend much of the last three weeks trying to get familiar with the new Mac operating system. Here are my favourite features and my biggest frustrations. by Karen Haslam | 10 Nov 14 Yosemite has been on my Macs at home and at work […]
Back Up Your Mac
Yes, you’ve heard it a thousand and three times: Back up your Mac. Back Up, Back Up, Back Up! It’s the essence of safety and security. Hard drives fail, computers crash, power goes out, thefts and fires and blizzards and hurricanes and tornadoes and earthquakes occur. Okay, maybe not all that often, and thank Joe […]
Upgrading Your Mac’s Hard Drive
Thinking about upgrading or replacing your Mac’s hard drive? Here’s something to think about: Fifteen years ago Seagate was the hard drive you could count on for reliability and longevity, back when they were still manufactured in the US, in Scotts Valley, CA. Not so anymore, not for a long time actually. They have dropped from […]