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Mac-O-Rama’s Get Super Tip 1: Back Ups
What makes your Mac different? Your personal and business stuff! This includes your pictures, documents, emails, music, and movies… Information and memories you don’t want to lose. That’s why it’s important that you backup your data regularly. Aside from regularly...
Please Note: November and December Office Hours
Please note these adjustments to our regular office hours: CLOSED Friday November 22 CLOSED Thursday November 28 and Friday November 29 OPEN BY APPOINTMENT Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 3 Thank you for your business. We appreciate it very much and hope...
Learn Something New @ Mac-O-Rama Today
Have you always wanted to learn more about your Mac? Or photo editing? Or Office? Do you need more skills to advance your career or get a job? Do you need creative inspiration? Then subscribe to our NEW, AWESOME training program! While searching for a good training...
What to do About Java…
Hello, It's been awhile since I have posted, but let's just move on and get to some meat and potatoes. You have probably been reading about or hearing about the security problems with Java that have been all over the web tubes in the last week. You have probably heard...
Replace Your iMac Hard Drive at Mac-O-Rama!
If you have an iMac that's eligible for the iMac 1TB Seagate Hard Drive Replacement Program, Mac-O-Rama can provide this warranty service for you! Click here to check your iMac's serial number: http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/ Great reasons to come to...
Security Lessons From A High Profile Hacking
In a very short time frame, Mat Honan's digital life was compromised. We can learn from his disaster... Read the article here. To highlight the lessons: 1) Use different passwords for each account. If you have lots, keep track of them with software such as 1Password....
Understanding iCloud Series
We have a new series of posts for last minute questions about moving from mobileMe to iCloud. Check them out on the "What would Jason do?" tech blog! Also, if you have an issue that's got you stumped, tell us about it and we'll post your question and a detailed...
Understanding iCloud Series
We have a new series of posts for last minute questions about moving from mobileMe to iCloud. Check them out on the "What would Jason do?" tech blog! Also, if you have an issue that's got you stumped, tell us about it and we'll post your question and a detailed...
Welcome to our new website!
Thanks for visiting Mac-O-Rama. We have lots of news this month: 1) Construction is wrapping up at Longley and McCarran. Woohoo!!! You can now travel North and South on Longley through the McCarran intersection. 2) We're remodeling the shop and we'll be announcing...
iWeb Website Publishing 101
Here are some basic guides for publishing your iWeb site to a web hosting server. Remember, you need to do this before July, if you are currently hosting your site on MobileMe! Also, it's quite a bit easier to do this in iLife 2009 and later, so it may be worth...
Moving your iWeb website from MobileMe
Since MobileMe is going away at the end of this month, many people will need to move their MobileMe hosted websites to another web hosting service provider. If you made your website in iWeb, you should be asking yourself: Where does my website live? If you don't know...
DNSChanger Malware: An Oldie, but a Goodie!
Only July 9th, the Internet will cease to exist for some users. It is the end of Facebook updates, junk email and banner ads. Wait, this sounds like a good thing! Kidding aside, I am talking about a piece of malware called DNSChanger that came out in 2007. It affected...
Mac-O-Rama T-Shirt Contest
The Mac-O-Rama t-shirt contest is in full swing. Get over to FaceBook and submit your design or vote for your favorites! http://www.facebook.com/macorama.reno?sk=app_256057174420281
Small Businesses and the Success of Marketing
The Reno Tahoe American Marketing Association has a great small business focused marketing luncheon next week.... PLEASE JOIN US! http://www.renotahoeama.com/2011/09/13/small-businesses-and-the-success-of-marketing/ Local Icons Share their Marketing Experiences Join...
Find My iPhone Real World
Hi Mac Users, This weekend, I had the opportunity to use Find My iPhone to recover a lost iPhone. "Find My iPhone" is a free service from Apple that you can use on your iPhone to locate it, play a sound or message on it, erase all it's data, or lock it down. You can...
Should You Upgrade to Lion? What the Heck is Lion?
Hi Mac Users, In between telling the press that Apple has made billions of dollars and that everybody owns an iPhone, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer mentioned that Lion (Mac OS 10.7) is due to hit Apple's App Store on 7/20/2011. I thought I would give you some insight...
Malware on the Mac, Part Two.
Hi Mac Users! This weekend, I was doing a Google image search looking for butterfly icons (don't ask). I found an image I liked on Google image search and clicked on it. With just this one simple click, I was able to experience how this new Mac malware tried to infect...
Malware on my Mac? Noooooo!
Hi Mac Users, Looking at my news sites today, I came across the Mac community all abuzz about a piece of malware that can infect your Mac. I thought I would share some links with you to keep you informed. Security Bulletin from Intego TUAW (The Unofficial Apple...
