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Using iWeb Without Dot Mac

Wednesday, June 14, 2006 / Support / 0 Comments

By Jacob Loeb

Using iWen Without Dot Mac

Not only do I write articles like this one for PowerMax, but I also write a computer support column. It’s called “Ask Jacob,” and a link to it can be found in the right hand navigation of www.powermax.com’s front page. All day long emails come in, ranging from troubleshooting to buying advice. The questions I get in those “Ask Jacob” emails are just the tip of the iceberg. Each day I get all sorts of Mac questions from PowerMax sales people and other staff. Those questions are often customer questions that have stumped our expert staff. Even with all these questions from email and everyone around me, I still get some of the most difficult questions, not from work, but when I get home.

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Self-diagnosing Your Sick Mac

Thursday, December 22, 2005 / Support / 0 Comments

By Jacob Loeb

Self-diagnosing Your Sick Mac

 

When your Mac is sick, the first thing you want to do is to find a utility to console you. Macs are solid computers that some of us have come to think of as being maintenance-free, but any computer is bound to have some trouble within its lifetime. Here are some tricks to solving your problems, or at least finding the cause of them.

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The Internet Disappeared!

Saturday, November 19, 2005 / Support / 0 Comments

By Jacob Loeb

The Internet Disappeared!

Seventy percent of your fellow Internet users are on broadband at home. So many users have made the switch that Apple has stopped including 56k modems in G5 towers, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the other Apple desktop computers ditch them soon. There are several reasons that broadband is surpassing dialup. Speed is obviously an issue, but another primary feature is also having a constant connection. But, when you suddenly find yourself offline and don’t know why, it’s annoying.

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Your Mac and Your Kids

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 / Support / 0 Comments

By Jacob Loeb

Your Mac and Your Kids

For some Mac fans reading this, their Mac is almost like their child. However, for those of us who have both children and Macs, we have to take responsibility for educating and protecting our children on the computer. This was never made clearer to me than one late night a few months back.

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To Clone or Transfer

Wednesday, July 20, 2005 / Support / 0 Comments

By Jacob Loeb

To Clone or Transfer

After years of entrenching your digital life inside your computer, moving to a new system is not always easy. You can choose to make a clean break, opting to move files by using CD-Rs or an external hard drive and then reinstalling all their applications. For the digital packrat this is often a good thing to do, especially since hard drives can clutter up worse than the average teen-ager’s bedroom.
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