Archive for the 'Security' Category

August 27, 2010 News

Friday, August 27th, 2010

• NEXT MEETING: Monday, September 13 • Bill Yanko, from the Lake Wildwood Mac User Group, will do a presentation on "GOING PAPERLESS." "I will be sharing my experiences about Going Paperless.  This is a project I’ve been working on for some months now and I've learned a lot. There are a number of factors [...]

Great NYT article by David Pogue on Mac Security

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

I came across this great article by David Pogue on Mac security. He argues clearly that the Mac is not simply safer because it is not as big a target as Windows, but by design. However, he also points out the a properly updated XP installation has closed many of the vulnerabilities and people may [...]

Keeping a “Live” backup

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Here’s one backup technique: Click here I actually like Carbon Copy Cloner, which is free. We discussed this during a troubleshooting session… I recommended getting a large hard drive (at least 3x your drive size). I’ve managed to get good prices on Western Digital drives from Fry’s and other sources. I should mention that several [...]