by John Carroll | May 16, 2021 | Apple Mac Software, Killer Secrets
What Is The Spinning Beach Ball To most of us it’s known as the ‘spinning beach ball’, ‘rainbow pinwheel’, or ‘ferris wheel of death’. Apple simply call it the ‘spinning wait cursor’, a name that’s accurate,...
by John Carroll | Feb 24, 2021 | Apple Tips & Tricks, Killer Secrets
Why Not? You may have a landline in case there’s an earthquake, wildfire or tsunami. Personally, I wouldn’t know who to call. The emergency services won’t be answering, my friends only have cellphones and my family live 6,000 miles away....
by John Carroll | Apr 7, 2020 | Apple macOS Hardware, Killer Secrets
Cheap Printer Solution For The Mac I get many support calls asking about printers. What’s the best one? Will it print photos? How expensive is the ink? The answer lies in an honest analysis of what you will use it for. Believe it or not, owning two printers can...
by John Carroll | Aug 8, 2019 | Killer Secrets
Down at the bottom of all junk mail, buried under a minutiae of legal text, you’ll find the ‘Unsubscribe Now’ button. So, what should you do? If the email is from a company you recognize flogging zero interest credit, unbeatable furniture bargains or...
by John Carroll | Dec 1, 2016 | Apple iOS, Apple Tips & Tricks, Killer Secrets
Notes provides a quick place to store information that can be synced across Macs and iOS devices. In macOS Sierra you can now password protect individual notes. You may have notes containing medical information, business ideas, outrageous life goals,...
by John Carroll | May 12, 2016 | Apple macOS Hardware, Apple Tips & Tricks, Killer Secrets
The Apple Store carry some pre-built models of the iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro and Macbook Air. Nothing surprising here… They can’t have all available configurations. As a buyer, the problem is that this limits your choices. When you’re spending...
