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I prefer StartPage to DuckDuckGo because it uses...
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I prefer StartPage to DuckDuckGo because it uses Google for search results. StartPage removes your IP address before contacting Google. To add StartPage to the search engine options in Safari...
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Posted by Mojo, on Jan 27, 2016 at 02:15 PM, in Mac News |
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NordVPN may be a worthy VPN service but the...
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NordVPN may be a worthy VPN service but the company's website appears to be deceptive in order to entice potential customers to sign up for its service.
When you visit the NordVPN website there is...
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Posted by Mojo, on Dec 17, 2015 at 01:55 PM, in Mac News |
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Nice looking keyboard. But the excellent $70...
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Nice looking keyboard. But the excellent $70 Logitech Tablet Keyboard for iPad can be purchased for $20 including shipping (http://www.ebay.com/itm/331431988771) or $40 at Amazon...
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Posted by Mojo, on Dec 16, 2015 at 02:27 PM, in Mac News |
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Get some rechargeable AAA Eneloop batteries and...
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Get some rechargeable AAA Eneloop batteries and You Are Good To Go. Battery and charger bundles are often discounted. Eneloops hold a charge for a long time and can be recharged hundreds of times.
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Posted by Mojo, on Nov 2, 2015 at 12:45 PM, in Mac News |
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Thanks to MacNN for this review on the latest...
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Thanks to MacNN for this review on the latest version of Papers.
Here is another take on Papers 3: http://macademic.org/2014/03/29/papers-3-still-disappointing/. The 110 comments are worth...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 25, 2015 at 01:51 PM, in Mac News |
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I have always found Apple Mail to be problematic...
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I have always found Apple Mail to be problematic with POP accounts. Configuring new email accounts using Mail's so-called "Wizard" is a royal pain in the arse if your email provider isn't one of the...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 12, 2015 at 02:03 PM, in Mac News |
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I have used Cookie for several years. I use it...
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I have used Cookie for several years. I use it several times a day every day to clear out unwanted tracking cookies (which can be trashed manually or automatically) and designate some cookies as...
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Posted by Mojo, on Sep 26, 2015 at 12:22 PM, in Mac News |
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After reading this item I opened the latest...
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After reading this item I opened the latest version of Spotify for the first time on my iPhone. It did not ask for access to my photos, contacts or location data. Spotify is also not showing up on...
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Posted by Mojo, on Aug 21, 2015 at 01:04 PM, in Mac News |
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@Pottymouth: I don't understand your comment......
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@Pottymouth: I don't understand your comment... Is tethering not an option for me since I have a grandfathered ATT account with unlimited data? I can see the Personal Hotspot option under Cellular...
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Posted by Mojo, on Jul 20, 2015 at 05:08 PM, in Mac News |
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Yesterday I used the new MacBook keyboard for the...
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Yesterday I used the new MacBook keyboard for the first time and to say the least I was underwhelemed...
I was able to quickly move from the MacBook to a MacBook Air and then a 13" and 15"...
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Posted by Mojo, on May 19, 2015 at 03:18 PM, in Tech News |
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As a long-time user of DEVONagent I can attest to...
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As a long-time user of DEVONagent I can attest to it being an invaluable tool if you regularly do online research. If I was sending a child off to college I would make sure that he/she was proficient...
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Posted by Mojo, on Apr 16, 2015 at 05:22 PM, in Mac News |
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As a past Dragon Dictate user I have this to say...
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As a past Dragon Dictate user I have this to say about Dragon:
1. Dragon's upgrade pricing is exorbitant. Once you buy-in you will have to pay and pay and pay if you want to be able to continue to...
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Posted by Mojo, on Mar 30, 2015 at 12:27 PM, in Mac News |
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If you are in the market for a personal database...
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If you are in the market for a personal database I highly recommend DEVONthink. Its filing and search functions utilize artificial intelligence which enables some very powerful features. You can...
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Posted by Mojo, on Feb 17, 2015 at 03:27 PM, in Mac News |
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I neglected to mention that App Shopper provides...
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I neglected to mention that App Shopper provides a history of price changes for every app. It makes it easy to see if an app is ever discounted and how often discounts occur. For example, Discovr has...
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Posted by Mojo, on Jan 10, 2015 at 02:49 PM, in Mac News |
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Discovr is regularly discounted so it is free. Go...
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Discovr is regularly discounted so it is free. Go to App Shopper (http://appshopper.com), register for free, and add Discovr to your "wish list." When its price drops you will receive an immediate...
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Posted by Mojo, on Jan 10, 2015 at 02:45 PM, in Mac News |
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In my experience Apple iMacs and displays are in...
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In my experience Apple iMacs and displays are in desperate need of a way to lower them, not raise them up... Proper ergonomic placement of a display is with the top edge of the display at or slightly...
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Posted by Mojo, on Jan 10, 2015 at 02:38 PM, in Mac News |
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D'Oh! I just noticed the comment above mine...
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D'Oh! I just noticed the comment above mine stating that iOS8 and Yosemite is required... An earlier comment claims that iOS7 is OK but there is no mention of which version of OSX is needed.
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Posted by Mojo, on Jan 9, 2015 at 01:37 PM, in Mac News |
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This is not working with my Mac Mini running...
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This is not working with my Mac Mini running Mavericks... I suspect that Yosemite is required but I don't see that mentioned in the article.
Does Bluetooth and Bluetooth Sharing need to be enabled...
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Posted by Mojo, on Jan 9, 2015 at 01:35 PM, in Mac News |
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@Spheric Harlot: Yes Indeed! Take a look at the...
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@Spheric Harlot: Yes Indeed! Take a look at the thread(s) on the Apple forums. This has been going on since the release of iOS 8.0. A lot of iOS devices (including the iPhone 6) have been affected...
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Posted by Mojo, on Dec 11, 2014 at 02:25 PM, in Tech News |
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What a pitiful excuse for an update... Perhaps...
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What a pitiful excuse for an update... Perhaps Apple can now address the myriad problems people are having with WiFi that began with iOS 8.0. Of course, Apple refuses to acknowledge any WiFi bugs but...
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Posted by Mojo, on Dec 10, 2014 at 06:20 PM, in Tech News |
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ATT's interest in this matter: limiting...
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ATT's interest in this matter: limiting competition, plain and simple. Corporations have been very successful in preventing municipalities from building their own broadband utilities. Why? Because...
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Posted by Mojo, on Dec 4, 2014 at 01:18 PM, in Tech News |
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The "stand" that you linked to may support a...
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The "stand" that you linked to may support a 21.5" iMac but it won't work with a 27" iMac. (Check out the stand's specifications on how much weight it is designed to support...) Heck, judging from...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 26, 2014 at 05:57 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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I'm not all that concerned with how my setup...
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I'm not all that concerned with how my setup looks but having to remove/add books whenever I need to adjust my display is a non-starter. My display weighs around 25 pounds; I would need three hands...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 23, 2014 at 02:26 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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So including the cost of the optional VESA mount...
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So including the cost of the optional VESA mount that adds at least 10% more to the cost of an iMac. When it comes time to sell the used Mac it won't have a stand unless you include the third-party...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 22, 2014 at 08:24 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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OK, make it out of aluminum... I'm not crazy...
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OK, make it out of aluminum... I'm not crazy about plastic either but the plastic part of my NEC display doesn't bother me because I spend my time looking at the screen, not the stand. (When I do...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 21, 2014 at 09:02 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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When I encountered my problem I compared the...
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When I encountered my problem I compared the height of my computer desk with a wide-range of desks including some of the most expensive from well known companies. And not one of them could mitigate...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 21, 2014 at 08:15 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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Apple could add a stand with ergonomic...
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Apple could add a stand with ergonomic adjustments without it affecting the thickness of the computer. The stand couldn't be as small as the current stand but it could still be made of aluminum...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 20, 2014 at 08:12 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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You are correct about the lack of space because...
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You are correct about the lack of space because so much of the internal hardware is located below the iMac display. Apple's fetish for anorexic devices causes some serious problems for users in the...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 20, 2014 at 03:12 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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The iMac has needed a significant hardware...
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The iMac has needed a significant hardware upgrade since the introduction of the flat-panel G5 model: basic ergonomic adjustments.
The company that created the most ergonomic all-in-one computer...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 19, 2014 at 05:58 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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The stock drive has been fine for me. The MBP...
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The stock drive has been fine for me. The MBP with Lion is considerably faster than my iMac. The iMac is maxed-out at 3GB RAM while the MBP has been upgraded to 8GB. I may consider an SSD when the...
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Posted by Mojo, on Feb 18, 2012 at 03:37 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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I purchased an early 2011 13" MBP last summer....
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I purchased an early 2011 13" MBP last summer. The build quality seems to be better than my early 2008 pre-unibody 15" MBP. The 13" MBP is the coolest-running portable Mac that I have owned. (G3...
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Posted by Mojo, on Feb 1, 2012 at 05:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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Correction...
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The default shared VRAM is 384MB in the 2011 13" MBP; if you upgrade the RAM to 8GB VRAM is automatically increased to 512MB. I don't know if the VRAM increases if you upgrade to 6GB.
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Posted by Mojo, on Nov 17, 2011 at 07:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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You don't need to spend twice as much money in...
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You don't need to spend twice as much money in order to use an external display.
Any of the current and previous-generation 13" MBPs will drive an external monitor just fine via the integrated...
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Posted by Mojo, on Nov 14, 2011 at 03:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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[QUOTE=P;4124224]Mojo, I'm not sure what you are...
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[QUOTE=P;4124224]Mojo, I'm not sure what you are saying here. "fad" means that you think that it is something that will fade out. Just about everyone in this thread disagrees with you. If that's not...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 30, 2011 at 03:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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Be sure to personally check out an MBA before...
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Be sure to personally check out an MBA before buying or get it from a retailer with a good return policy...
I was ready to buy an 11" MBA until I spent 1.5 hours working on one. Within 15 minutes...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 29, 2011 at 03:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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Standard drives are not lame (but that comment...
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Standard drives are not lame (but that comment certainly is...)
SSDs are an expensive fad. If shaving 30 seconds off the boot-up time and faster app start-up times are worth hundreds of dollars to...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 28, 2011 at 05:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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A Computer Is Not The Same As An Automobile...
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A well-mainained vehicle can last for many years. I have a 1994 Toyota 4X4 extended cab pickup that still runs like a top. I paid it off in 1997. There is no compelling reason for me to spend around...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 25, 2011 at 03:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks |
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I upgraded from a 3GS. It's a significant...
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I upgraded from a 3GS. It's a significant upgrade; I got a new iPhone for my wife to replace a 4+ year old LG phone with Cingular branding. She loves it! Facetime and iMessage is a hoot; no paying...
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Posted by Mojo, on Oct 21, 2011 at 03:15 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod |
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