If, for some reason, you decide to pull a key off your MacBook (or in my case, BlackBook) keyboard and can’t figure out how to put it back on, there’s a great little walk-thru on flickr. Here’s a link to the set or you can watch the slideshow below. By the way, there’s plenty of […]

Backing Up
Vanessa asks: I really need to get some back up Hard Drive. I’ve heard I need at least 3 HDDs. is that what I use? Also what brand or memory space do you think is required? On a mac the best back up is a external firewire HD and then setting up time machine. Time […]

Speeding Up a Slow Mac
Kevin writes: I have a iBook G4 — 1.33 GHz — 512 MB RAM. It’s running really slow. Do you have any “quick fixes”? I was looking on the internet and saw that “anacron” was suggested. Do you guys have any suggestions. I don’t really want to buy a new mac (yet) so any suggestions […]
Which MacBook Should I Buy?
Jennifer asks: This ol’ laptop (Dell) of mine is slowly dying (CMOS battery, CD drive is dead, other wonky stuff). So, of course, I’m pondering getting a MacBook before I head back to Africa in February since I’ll be gone for four months. I guess my biggest question is MacBook vs. MacBook Pro (I like the […]
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