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Loud Fan and Low Battery — What to Do?

By on November 24, 2008 in Hardware, Mac OS, Tweaks

Mikul asks: Hey, our MacBook’s fan has been run­ning really loud lately. It used to not at all, and now it does 100% of the time, even when we’re not run­ning any­thing. Also, the bat­tery has been last­ing for a lot less time than it used to. Any ideas of what it is or what […]

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Which MacBook Should I Buy?

By on November 12, 2008 in Hardware

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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Are you stuck?

By on September 22, 2008 in Basic, Mac, Tip

Kendra asks,“How do I eject a CD or DVD on my Mac when press­ing the eject but­ton doesn’t work?“This is a great ques­tion that I myself had to search apple sup­port for the answer when I first had this prob­lem on my first mac. Espe­cially when you think that a stuck disc is going to […]

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Mac Tip of the Day: Expose and Aluminum Keyboard

By on September 11, 2008 in Basic, Mac, Tip

If you have been a mac user for long enough time you will know all about the Expose fea­ture. If not then here is a quick review.…Expose allows you to quickly do the fol­low­ing:See All the win­dows you have open,Push all win­dows to the side to quickly view just your desk­top,See just win­dows from the […]

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