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Keep Hacker Clowns and Their Tricks Out of Your Computer: Top Three Tips to Stay Safe from Ransomware

10/26/2017

Here's a Halloween trick for you. Hackers lock you out of your computer, demanding a ransom - often with a creepy image like a scary clown. Pay the ransom, or all your photos and files are lost forever. Here are the top three tips to protect yourself against ransomware.

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Home Tech Support: It Really Is Time Consuming

03/15/2017

If you think keeping the technology running smoothly in your house consumes a lot of time - you are correct!! But no need to retreat to the woods. Just be aware of the pros and cons of digital life, and keep reading Digital Zen to help sort through it all.

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Should you Upgrade to El Capitan? Consider This.

01/14/2016

I upgraded to El Capitan and it landed me in the repair shop. Here's what to consider before you decide to upgrade yourself.

Safety & Security

Apple’s Absurd Private Browsing Logic

01/08/2016

The Private button in Safari on my iPhone was missing, and the reason is absurd. Apparently you can protect your kids or your privacy, but not both.

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Trapped in the Technology Tar Pit

10/27/2014

Technology Tar Pit: when the effort to keep up with baseline technology consumes more time and energy than is reasonable, leaving you overwhelmed and grumpy.

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Why Your iPhone Battery Is Dying and the Super Simple Fix

07/24/2014

If you recently upgraded your iPhone to iOS 7, you might suddenly feel like you’re carrying around a useless brick instead of a reliable smartphone. I couldn’t figure out why my phone’s battery died after just a few hours. Here's the super simple fix.

Safety & Security

Digital Disaster – Hackers Wipe Out a Life. Everything.

08/09/2012

In the space of one hour, this Wired magazine journalist's entire digital life was destroyed. Here's what he regrets most.

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Help for a Crashing iPhoto ’11

10/23/2011

"iPhoto is unable to open this library" Yikes! If you've seen this error message in iPhoto '11 and the application will no longer open or consistently crashes while importing new photos, before you panic (like I did), here is the solution.

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Roar! How a $30 Upgrade to Mac OS X Lion Could Cost Me $699

07/27/2011

For major software releases, it’s often best to avoid being an early adopter and let others work the bugs and kinks out first. See how I got a nasty bite from the new Mac OS X Lion.

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