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MacBook Air USB Port Issues, Reset the SMC

Dear Apple Tech Talk: I have a 2015 MacBook Air. I just discovered that when I plugged my iPad 2 into the USB port on the left side of the … Continue Reading…

World Password Day

The first Thursday in May is World Password Day. Passwords are the critical gatekeepers to our digital identities. They allow us to access online shopping, dating, banking, social media, private … Continue Reading…

World Backup Day – Your 3-2-1 Backup Strategy

March 31st is World backup Day. With so much of our lives, photos, and videos being stored in digital form, it is important to make backups of our precious data. … Continue Reading…

How to Clear Stuck Message Icon Counts

Dear Apple Tech Talk I am a loyal Apple user and have a MacBook Pro, an iPad and an iPhone. I love the iMessage app because I can see and … Continue Reading…

How To Take Screenshots on a Mac

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February 22, 2017
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Dear Apple Tech Talk: I am a new Mac user and discovered that there is no Print Screen key on the Apple Keyboard. How can I take screenshots on a … Continue Reading…

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Posts from Apple Tech Talk for 08/21/2017 - eepurl.com/c0rVen

Loss of #Ethernet Due To Security Update It appears a recent security update released by #Apple has caused users o appletechtalk.com/?p=529

SOUL Electronics Debuts Affordable Sport Earphones dlvr.it/Pgc4J6 #Hardware #Audio #Earbuds pic.twitter.com/3LJba5dKgH

Nuance and Epson Form Strategic Partnership On July 25, 2017, #Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) and Seik appletechtalk.com/?p=2384

LaCie Porsche Design #Mobile Drive There is certainly no shortage of portable hard drives on the market today and appletechtalk.com/?p=784

Seagate Personal #Cloud #NAS Drive As cloud based #data #storage becomes more popular, people are looking for new appletechtalk.com/?p=41

Netgear Releases #ReadyNAS OS 6.8.0 We have been providing ongoing coverage of the #Netgear ReadyNAS line of appletechtalk.com/?p=2434 #nas

Caseology #Skyfall Case for #iPhone 7 We previously looked at several Moshi iPhone 7 cases (read our review here) appletechtalk.com/?p=1668

Scannable by Evernote – A Must Have App Scannable by Evernote is one of those #iOS apps that you probably don’t re appletechtalk.com/?p=62

Sonos Play 1 #Wi-Fi Speaker If you have been reading our various router reviews (see the list here), you kn appletechtalk.com/?p=1660 #80211

Adobe Issues Critical Flash Player Update for #Mac #Adobe has released Flash Player version 24.0.0.221 to "address appletechtalk.com/?p=1915

WD My Passport Ultra I am a long time fan of #WD products and the 1TB WD My Passport Ultra is no exception. There appletechtalk.com/?p=72

D-Link #Wi-Fi Water Sensor Every so often, a product comes along that makes you wonder how appletechtalk.com/?p=864 #80211 #airportextreme

Epson Announces New Desktop Scanners We previously reviewed the #Epson #DS-560 document #scanner appletechtalk.com/?p=1606 #desktopscanners

Synology DS216 #NAS – Part 1 As we all collect more and more data, the need to store that #data off of our physica appletechtalk.com/?p=423

Arlo #Wire-Free #Camera System We previously reviewed the #Arlo Q #Wi-Fi camera (read our review here). Tod appletechtalk.com/?p=1047 #80211

eero Mesh Web Update We previously tested the #eero mesh web wi-fi system (read Part 1 of appletechtalk.com/?p=1561 #80211 #80211ac #80211n

Posts from Apple Tech Talk for 08/16/2017 - eepurl.com/cZVGnf

Adobe Acrobat – Extract a Protected Page Dear Apple Tech Talk: I use #Adobe Acrobat Professional (version 9) as appletechtalk.com/?p=18

OS X Keyboard Shortcuts Dear Apple Tech Talk: I am a long time PC user and am thin appletechtalk.com/?p=151 #osx #software #tips #tricks