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As you know, Apple Care doesn’t cover all repairs. If your Mac is older than three years, was damaged, dropped, cracked, broken or had liquids spilled on it, Apple Care won’t fix it. New machines aside, let’s look at the following situation: Your three year old iBook is broken and you can’t afford a new one. What do you do? Continue Reading…
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Did you know that OS X on an Intel Mac can run Windows XP / Vista natively? I’m not talking about Parallels / VMWare / “Virtual PC” or any other way of running it inside OS X. I’m talking about your Intel Mac becoming a full fledged PC running Windows just like a Dell or HP computer would. Play PC only games, or run any other PC only software. For free (with a licensed Windows CD.) Here’s how its done. Continue Reading…
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With a ton of features and improvements under the hood, OS X 10.5 (Leopard) is a worthwhile upgrade. However, let’s face it – on an older machine, it could get a little demanding. Whether you are running OS X on an older machine or just demand the most out of your system, here are some Leopard performance tweaks you can do to get the most out of OS X 10.5.
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Re-Installing OS X, although easy to do, can be a big pain. Setting up OS X and then re-installing all your applications and running Software Update can take hours if not days. What about any custom settings, printers, and user folders? While this isn’t something you will have to do regularly, if your hard drive breaks or you did something you shouldn’t – like delete the Applications folder, you’ll need to re-install. The good news is that there’s an incredibly easy way to avoid the hassle of re-installing and here’s how to do it: Continue Reading…
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