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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Keeping clean is cool
Enemy #1 The number one enemy of computers is heat. Excess heat can damage components outright, or cause accelerated wear over time. Especially with laptops and all in one machines, a great deal of engineering goes into conducting heat away … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, How-To
Tagged Cleaning, Computer, Dust, Heat, Maintenance, Service
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OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion information
Apple released OSX 10.8 “Mountain Lion” on July 25. It is available from the Apple App Store as a download for $19.95. When you purchase one Mountain Lion, you can install it on as many Macs as you own. (if … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Mac questions
Tagged Apple, Compatibility, Install, Macintosh, Mountain Lion, OSX, Software, Troubleshoot
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Q. Should I upgrade the power supply in my computer?
If you are installing a new graphics card, you may be considering upgrading the Power Supply Unit (PSU) of your computer to support the card. Graphic card manufacturers provide recommended minimum power supplies. These minimums already include their assumption of … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, How-To, Performance, Windows questions
Tagged ATX, Hardware, Install, PCI-e Graphic Power, Power Supply, PSU, Upgrade, Watts
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Q. I have a small drive, can iPhoto & iTunes go on an external?
While the programs themselves should remain in the Applications folder of your internal startup drive, the Libraries for iTunes and iPhoto can be placed on an external hard drive to save space on the internal drive. Keep in mind that … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, How-To, Mac questions
Tagged External drive, External HD, Hard Drive, Install, iPhoto, iTunes, Music, Performance, Photos, Software, Upgrade
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Q. Is a Quad Core processor better than a Dual Core?
While the answer might be obvious, it is not as straightforward as “more cores are better”. First of all, we need to be on the same page when comparing CPU (Central Processing Unit) technologies. There are big differences in computing … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer
Tagged Computer, Cores, CPU, Dual Core, Hardware, Performance, Quad Core, Speed, Upgrade
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Q. What do I need to burn DVDs and CDs?
DVD-Rs are a good format for backing up data files and for distributing data and software. Because files on a DVD-R cannot be changed once burned (and therefore cannot be deleted or affected by viruses or hard drive breakdown) I … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, Mac questions, Software, Windows questions
Tagged Apple, Blu-Ray, CD, Compatibility, DVD, DVD-RW, Free, Install, Macintosh, Windows
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Q. Are there free alternatives to Photoshop?
Photoshop is the top professional image editing / photo retouching program, but it is expensive. There are some cheap and free alternatives available: Adobe Photoshop Express (online image editing, requires sign up at Adobe’s site) http://www.photoshop.com/tools/overview The GIMP is open source … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, Mac questions, Software, Windows questions
Tagged Apple, Free, GIMP, Graphics, Image Editing, JPEG, Macintosh, Photo editing, Photoshop, Software, Windows
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Add an SSD drive to a MacPro for fast booting and loading times
The MacPro Xeon tower machines are incredibly fast workstations. You can make yours even faster by adding a Solid State Drive (SSD) as a boot drive and/or as a scratch file drive. An SSD equipped machine boots very quickly and … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drives and SSD, How-To, Mac questions
Tagged Apple, Caddy, Dock, Hard Drive, Install, Macintosh, Solid State Drive, SSD, Storage, Upgrade
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Western Digital sees Red, releases new line of NAS storage hard drives
Western Digital has made an addition to their drive line up, adding a Red series of 3.5″ SATA hard drives to complement their Blue (standard), Green (low power consumption) and Black (high performance) series. At the same time, they are … Continue reading
New Java based Trojan attacks Mac, Windows and Linux
Updated August 27 2012 Computerworld has published an article about new Java based malware which can infect Mac, Windows and Linux machines through a vulnerability in Oracle’s Java 7. OSX 10.7 and OSX 10.8 come with Java disabled by default, … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Mac questions, Security, Viruses and malware, Windows questions
Tagged Apple, Back Door, Browser, Java, Macintosh, Malware, Security, Trojan horse, Virus, Windows
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Q. On July 9th, my machine stopped finding websites. What’s wrong?
There was a nasty piece of malware a couple of years ago called DNSChanger, which redirected your web browser to advertising sites instead of where you wanted to go. It did this by changing the DNS Server defaults of your … Continue reading
Q. What does it mean when a video card is bottlenecked by a CPU?
Short answer – it doesn’t mean anything. Read on for the longer answer: What is bottlenecking? The concept of bottlenecking is that a program will only run as fast as the slowest component that it uses in the computer. When … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, How-To, Performance, Windows questions
Tagged FPS, frame rate, Gaming, Hardware, Install, Performance, RPG, Upgrade, Video, Windows
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Q. My documents are gone on my Mac and the Dock is back to default?
Just about every time that we have customers call saying that their documents, settings and Desktop on a Mac have disappeared and gone back to the Apple default, there is one cause: The user has renamed their User folder in … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Mac questions
Tagged Apple, Disappeared documents, Dock, Macintosh, OSX, Troubleshoot, User Rename
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