I’ve been obsessed with diagramming the new Mac models recently and in discussion with Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show we started thinking about how things were at Apple before Steve Jobs’s triumphant return to Apple on September 16, 1997. Steve looked at the product lineup and immediately saw that there were far […]
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How to Fix a Slow Mac mini in an Unusual Way by Troy Shimkus
Hello Castaways! So, just an anecdotal story to share for fun. Recording this on my new 13” MacBook Pro in a hotel room after buying it last night at the local Apple Store in the city I’m visiting. While visiting my parents, my dad was complaining that his late 2014 Mac mini was slow. While […]
Continue readingTroy Shimkus Seeks the Perfect Road Warrior Setup
Guest article by Troy Shimkus For the last several months, I’ve been trying to rework my workflows in regards to equipment choices. As a result of a long story I won’t recount here, I lost my 2013 MacBook Air – so I needed to find a replacement. My home setup is a trash can MacPro […]
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NC #699 Tale of Two MacBooks, Nuke & Pave Mojave, Podcasts Filling Apple Watch, Fifth iPad Pro
Steve Davidson brings us his wonderful “Tale of Two MacBooks”. Then I’ll walk you through how I do a “nuke and pave”, also known as a clean install, of macOS Mojave. Claus Wolf brings us a warning about how podcasts can fill up your Apple Watch. I’ll tell you about a bizarre caps lock bug […]
Continue readingA Tale of Two MacBooks – by Steve Davidson
Guest Post by Steve Davidson It was the worst of times, it is the best of times In early April, my well cared-for mid-2010 15” MacBook Pro began to fail badly: frequent crashes (kernel panic linked to the GPU), the internal fans made a grinding/groaning sound, and my backups started reporting errors. This MBP, my […]
Continue readingBreaking My Silence on the MacBook Pro Keyboard
I’ve been listening to people on podcasts complain about the butterfly keyboard on the MacBook for the last year and silently grumbling under my breath at them, but my silence ends now. I’ve used Apple laptops since the first Titanium PowerBook came out in 2001, so I’ve got a fair bit of experience with Apple’s […]
Continue readingCES 2017: Satechi Accessories Matched to Apple Products
Allison interviews Alan Jacobson from Satechi about a range of products all matched to the colors and finishes of Apple’s MacBook, MacBook Pro and iPhone. Alan described a power strip, dock, headphones, headphone stand, Apple Watch charging stand, numeric keypad, mousepad, laptop stand, USB-C disk enclosure, magnetic phone mount and bluetooth presenter, all offered in […]
Continue readingMissing MagSafe on Your USB-C Mac? Griffin BreakSafe Isn’t the Answer
When the MacBook and later the MacBook Pro came out with only USB-C there was a lot of moaning and groaning about dongles, but mixed reactions about the loss of the MagSafe power connector. It was designed to break away if someone hit the cable so your laptop wouldn’t go skidding across the table and […]
Continue readingMy Favorite Tech Stocking Stuffers Under $50
I’ve not traditionally done “top holiday gift” guides but I’m inspired by a few little products this year. If you’ve been following along, you’ve heard of all of them, but I think it’s of value to hear what products I’m still using long after the shine of a new gadget has worn off. I’d like […]
Continue readingTouch Bar MacBook Pro Challenges and Solutions
Six years ago I splurged and bought myself a 24″ Apple Cinema Display. I loved that display. It was huge in that day and worked perfectly with my 2011 MacBook Pro. In 2013 I upgraded to a the fancy new Retina MacBook Pro, but something weird started happening. Fairly frequently, the monitor would blink off […]
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