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…
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Epson FastFoto FF-640 Photo Scanner
If you have a large collection of printed photos and don’t know how to preserve them in a digital format, the new Epson FastFoto FF-640 scanner may be the answer … Continue Reading…
New OS X Malware – Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor
New OS X Malware has been discovered by researchers at security firm Bitdefender Labs that creates a backdoor into your Mac and leaves it vulnerable to attack. The malware titled … Continue Reading…
What is RAID
Over the past few weeks we have provided reviews on Network Attached Servers (“NAS”) units from Synology and Netgear as well as the multi-disk Direct Storage Array (“DAS”) from Drobo. … Continue Reading…
Epson DS-560 Document Scanner
We previously tested the Brother ADS-1500W and the NeatConnect scanners. Today we look at the Epson DS-560 document scanner. Overall, we were impressed with this scanner which would make a … Continue Reading…
OS X Installers Stop Working After 2/14/16
Back in the days before the Mac App Store, OS X was purchased on discs and that disc was always available in case you had to reinstall the operating system … Continue Reading…
OS X Malware Alert – Transmission BT Client
On March 4, cybersecurity firm, Palo Alto Networks discovered that the OS X installer for version 2.90 of the BitTorrent client Transmission was infected with ransomware, just a few hours … Continue Reading…
Loss of Ethernet Due To Security Update
It appears a recent security update released by Apple has caused users of certain iMacs and MacBook Pros to lose their Ethernet connectivity. Following installation of the security update and … Continue Reading…