by John Carroll | Jan 25, 2013 | Apple macOS Hardware
Last week, I sold my 24″ iMac. It was 5 years old. A good machine, but starting to suffer from the silicon equivalent of dementia. A nice man came to my house and handed me $530.00 for it. He was going to ship it to a country where whole families lived in a... by John Carroll | Nov 6, 2012 | Apple macOS Hardware
In the past, when your Mac started to slow down, the only hardware upgrade worth trying was the installation of more RAM. Thanks to advances in drive technology… that’s no longer the case. Most Macs store and access data from a hard drive. Hard drives are... by John Carroll | Oct 26, 2012 | Apple macOS Hardware, Apple Tips & Tricks
When an Application freezes or you get the spinning beach-ball of death, the first thing you should do is… nothing. If you have several Applications running or you’ve just started a CPU intensive task, your Mac may simply need a little time to work through... by John Carroll | Oct 3, 2012 | Apple macOS Hardware, Apple Tips & Tricks
If you ever use Applecare or call Apple Support, one of the first things you’ll need is your Mac’s serial number. Finding it is easy… once you know how: Click on the black Apple logo in the top left-hand corner of the screen. Select About This Mac. A... by John Carroll | Sep 7, 2012 | Apple macOS Hardware, Apple Tips & Tricks
I get asked this question a lot. New Mac owners are often concerned they will overload their computer and it will slow down or grind to a halt. To optimize performance, it’s a good idea to keep about 15 – 20% of the Macintosh Hard Drive free. For most of... by John Carroll | Aug 31, 2012 | Apple macOS Hardware, Apple Tips & Tricks
Today’s tip is small, but it’s something I see people struggle with all the time. If you find the cursor moves very slowly or you never seem to have enough trackpad or desk space to move it across the screen… this tips for you. First…...
