It's a new year, so it's time for new behaviors to keep your data safe and your life simple. We've prepared our list of Tech Resolutions for 2018 that should help you stay on track for the year ahead. As always, if you need help with anything, don't hesitate to reach out - we're always here to assist. [...]
This week alone I've had to remove malware from at least seven Macs - all of which could've been prevented had people followed one simple rule: if a website you visit instructs you to update your Adobe Flash Player - don't do it. While I strongly advocate updating software whenever possible for the optimal user experience, these alerts to update Flash are what can best be [...]
It seems that everybody I talk to these days has a website, or is about to start up a website. I think it's great that there are so many creative people out there with so much to share, say or sell, but what isn't so great is how unprotected many of those sites are. In the past two months we've had five new clients whose Wordpress sites were [...]
"trully" is not a word. "a unpaid bill" is not correct grammar. "in the find attached" is not anything that makes sense. However, what all those grammatical curiosities are, are clues that you're looking at an email that may not be all it's claiming to be. In the past two weeks we've received a sudden barrage of presumably ill-intentioned spam. Why [...]
Every time I get a call from an agitated client about one of these somewhat legitimate looking emails, my advice is always the same: just delete it and get on with your life. Why? […]
It's Worth It App Wednesday (#WAW) again, my weekly look at a couple of apps I think are well worth spending your money on. While there are free apps for virtually every imaginable need out there these days, it's worth checking out the available paid apps, and seeing how much better designed and full-functioned they often are. Worth It [...]
There's lots of buzz these days about Pay, as Apple's new payment processing functionality has revitalized the long dormant NFC payment world. While many people are eager to begin using Pay, there's often a certain degree of unease when using a new technology for the first time - especially when it's as radically different as Pay. Fortunately, being true to form, Apple has created a payment process [...]
With 2015 upon us, it's best to close out 2014 with some important housekeeping for your Mac, iPad and iPhone. It begins where it always begins, and we know we sound redundant at this point, but it warrants repeating: back up your equipment. One of our most common service calls is for data loss, and often the data is not able to be replaced because either [...]
With all the recent security breaches, hacking stories and concerns over online privacy, no doubt you've been hearing a great deal about 2-factor authentication (2FA) lately. Also, chances are that despite all the news coverage, you still may have no clue what 2FA is, much less how to actually use it. Well, that's about to change. In the simplest terms, 2FA adds an additional layer [...]
Yesterday Apple released patches for their three most recent operating systems (Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion) to secure your computers against potential Bash/ShellShock security exploits. It's highly recommended that you download and install the appropriate patch for your Macs ASAP. If you're interested in learning what the ShellShock/Bash exploit is all about, here are a few detailed articles on it: Ars Technica, Symantec. OS X Bash Update [...]
