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3:03 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
The new MacBook Pros
aren’t cheap. The least expensive 13-inch model costs $1,800 and goes
all the way up to $6,700 for the maxed-out 15-inch model with a 2.9GHz
Intel Core i9 processor. And now there’s a hidden catch that might make them way more expensive.
Along with the high price tag and any dongles you may need to purchase to get your old USB-A devices up and running, you might be in for a rude awakening if you try to fix your new MacBook Pro.
As reported by Motherboard,
Apple has introduced new software locks with its new laptops that “will
render the computer ‘inoperative’ unless a proprietary Apple ‘system
configuration’ software is run after parts of the system...
2:45 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Whether you're calling your internet provider for help or talking to
your kid, getting technical support can be frustrating. Between all the
abbreviations (LTE! Mbps!) and the secret code language for all the
computer stuff, you just want a translator to explain why the Wi-Fi is
down. Sometimes even two little grey boxes that look the same do
completely different things.
What's a modem? What's a router? Why does it matter when the Wi-Fi keeps going down?
Don't
get your Ethernet cables in a tangle! America's digital goddess is here
to help with some simple explanations for all that frustrating
language.
Your home network
Before we talk about modems,
we need to talk about networks....
2:22 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
While the rest of the internet was busy dissecting the iPhone event invitation and digesting the unprecedented leaked official renders, Apple quietly launched a new repair program for the soon-to-be-outdated iPhone 8.
Apple has apparently determined that “a very small percentage of iPhone
8 devices contain logic boards with a manufacturing defect.” Here’s
everything you need to know about getting your phone fixed:
Table of Contents
What exactly is the problem?
Which iPhones does the program cover?
I bought my phone on launch day last year. Is it covered?
I don’t live in the U.S. Am I still covered?
How do I know if my phone is affected?
My phone is eligible. What do I do?
My...
2:15 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the availability of Office 2019
to volume licensing customers, promising general retail availability in
the coming weeks. Unless you’re a business customer looking to upgrade
and you’re not ready to move your Office life to the cloud, this
probably won’t matter to you.
What is Office 2019?
Office 2019 is the stand-alone, perpetual license version of Office.
It’s just like Office was in the days before the subscription-based
Office 365 was in play. You make a one time purchase, and you get to
keep on using it as long as you want—on one PC or Mac. The consumer
version, Office Home & Business 2019, isn’t available yet, but
Microsoft has announced...
1:57 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
A few weeks ago, Facebook had to admit that up to 50 million accounts were accessed by hackers, and after an investigation, they’ve created a tool to let you know if you were affected.
For those that had no idea that this happened, essentially hackers
abused a security hole in the “View As” feature on your profile that let
you check whether your profile had private information visible to other
people, friends, or the general public. Ironically this feature,
designed to help you protect your privacy, had a huge bug that would
actually temporarily log you in as the other user. Hackers then figured
out how to harvest tons of information this way.
Facebook has now confirmed
that hackers...
1:49 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
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