Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens … plus related software and hardware. This is a Mac/Apple bias list, but some, like 1 Password, may have versions for both platforms:
I consider the following items must have / must use: (more…)
I love using iCal – simple to use and in combination with (more…)
I always set strong passwords as hackers have an easy time of things if one is to do less. I know of several cases (none of my clients fortunately) where friends / relatives have had soft passwords and their accounts have been hacked (more…)
If you do not have a backup for your computer hard drive it’s ok. It’s very cathartic to just get rid of everything now and then. I once lost some items due to a flooded basement area. I will never have to worry about those things again. You know the expression, “material possessions, the more you own the more they own you.” Think of all the file management you do that you would be freed of if you lost your hard drive. Done. Check it off the list. Of course, your list may be gone, too. And all your emails. All those photos that you wanted to print but never did – no worries. Gone. You can move on. And I’m sure you saved your tax return as a PDF AND have a printout. So as long as there is no fire, you’re all set. No more dwelling on the past with a bunch of photos of yesterday or yesteryear. Free your mind. Now you can be in the moment and forward thinking thanks to your hard drive “crash.” Ya, hard drives live, and they die. It’s not a matter of “if” they will die it is a matter of “when.”
I’m not quite as smart when it comes to this subject … (more…)
If you use Mail and organize your messages into folders, you might find that some of your folders have a white folder icon, while others have a blue folder icon …
Blue and white Mail folders explained | E-mail and Internet | Mac OS X Hints | Macworld
I got a call today to help a client whose email just stopped sending. Bad news, since I personally just set up her new email accounts a handful of days ago. I rearrange my day, drive over; check it out. Yep, it won’t send. The email client (Outlook) on their desktop machine constantly asks for the login info. I finally eliminated all other possibilities (including deleting the account I so very recently installed) and since the error persisted I concluded that it MUST be the ISP – give them a call. So the client called them. To make a long story short – the ISP made changes without telling anyone. My client called and there was a voice mail stating the same. Sigh. Thanks.
All this time, while my client was on the phone, I was exploring their brand new Windows 7 laptop – looking for the email client – such as outlook – so I could setup email on that new computer. I looked, and looked and looked. Am I dumb or what? I can’t find any email client. Feeling quite low IQ, I searched the internet. It seems Windows 7 doesn’t have an email client installed …. :P
Downloading Thunderbird and installing. Nice.
Back to the 21st century.
What IS Microsoft thinking with that?