Bohemian Boomer

Is your Mac secure? A little paranoia goes a long way these days. Despite the recent rash of Mac malware, your favorite personal computer remains a relatively strong, secure, dependable investment. Basic precautions should keep your Mac free of most Trojan Horse malware, but there are some things you can to heighten security. The Mac … Continue Reading »

It was just the other day that two more internet giants, Google and Microsoft, gave Mac users more free online storage to compete with Dropbox and Apple’s iCloud. Another day, another free app with more online storage, and this time it’s from another internet giant– Amazon. This is the new world order for business models. … Continue Reading »

Who does not use Google Maps? It’s everywhere. My iPhone. My iPad. Android phones. And, for Mac and PC users, all it takes is a browser window pointed at Google Maps and you get a map of anywhere on the planet (mostly). What’s not to like about a free mapping service with directions? Mac users, … Continue Reading »

For what it’s worth, we live in the era of social media. Those sites are everywhere and growing in number. If it’s not matchmaking it’s following celebrities or friends. To keep track of all the social media accounts on your Mac would fill a Safari browser full of tabs, each with a separate login ID … Continue Reading »

Notes are my life. If I’m not scribbling out a note to the kids to do this or not do that, I’m dropping notes to Jeffrey’s job jar, or notes to myself. The problem with notes made of atoms is that they can’t be everywhere at once, so our usage of Post-It Notes has declined … Continue Reading »

There area a handful of ways to get rid of email spam on your Mac. Don’t use email works every time. Keep your email addresses to a minimum. Use a junk mail filter to segregate email spam from your regular email. Spam is so prevalent that Apple gives Mac users a Junk Mail filter. While … Continue Reading »

What’s the latest trend in modern computing? Everybody wants to give you online storage space. It’s like Public Storage for your files. The first month isn’t free. It’s the first few gigabytes of storage that are free. Remember iDisk? Other than being frightfully slow, iDisk was useful. Then along came Dropbox, which was very useful … Continue Reading »

It always amazes me how we take simple, straightforward solutions, add a daily dose of feature creep, and within a short period of time, we’ve created something complex and complicated. That’s FTP. FTP is the file transfer protocol of the internet. It’s a way your Mac or PC can upload files to a remote server. … Continue Reading »