iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)  $495.00 macOS Sierra Version 10.12.2 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 8GB 1067 MHz DDR 3 RAM ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB 1 TB hard drive (new) *Free local delivery available only in Southern Westchester County and the North Bronx.  Pickup not available. *New, “clean installation” of OS X (not...Read More

Yet another one of our customers has lost precious computer files including family photos and important documents, so we’d like to remind everybody that we are a Carbonite online backup reseller. We can offer discounted rates on multi-year plans and provide free support for the duration of your Carbonite subscription. Concerns about cloud-based storage should not stop...Read More

As you may have already heard by now support for the tremendously successful Microsoft Windows XP operating system ends today. This means that Microsoft will no longer be offering security updates, fixes or technical support for Windows XP. For most everyday PC users there is no immediate urgency to get a new PC or upgrade your existing operating system,...Read More

Good article in the NY Times today about Microsoft’s now six-month old Windows 8 operating system that is rankling many but selling as well as Windows 7 did in its infancy. Yes, Windows 8 is a bit off-putting at the start, as far as computers go, but it  is best on a tablet or a convertible laptop, and they should...Read More

It seems that a good number of our customers who have an AOL e-mail address have had the misfortune of having their e-mail accounts hacked by spammers who then pilfer their address book to send out all kinds of junk e-mail to their friends and business contacts.  This can be very disturbing, not to mention...Read More

That is a common question I get lately now that Apple is doing away with their short-lived MobileMe cloud platform on June 30.  The short answer is, yes, but you may need to take care of some software updating on your Apple computers and devices first.  iCloud requires the latest operating system (Lion) installed on...Read More

The FBI uncovered a network of rogue DNS servers based in Estonia and are taking steps to disable it and alert millions of infected computer users who may be the victims of malware known as a “DNS Changer,” which redirects users away from websites to ones that were deployed by cybercriminals. The fake websites were...Read More

With the news that over 600,000 Macs worldwide have been hit by a botnet called the “Flashback Trojan” that can silently infect a Mac by exploiting a breach in the Java software, has the day finally arrived for Mac users to start using anti-virus programs? Java should have been updated sooner by Apple, who has...Read More

With the recent changes in Google’s privacy policy and their increasing capability to track your website surfing history, I thought our customers may be interested in learning how to stop them from collecting information about your searching and surfing activities.  As one of my customers said to me yesterday, “It’s kind of insidious,” after she...Read More

If you travel with your laptop or tablet PC and are concerned about it being stolen or lost you should install tracking software ahead of time that will allow you to possibly locate the computer after it is stolen or lost.  The key word is “possibly” because there is no guarantee you will recover your...Read More