Before I sent this severely liquid-damaged MacBook out to Apple Depot (from MacMedics) for a $299 AppleCare liquid service, I recovered the data before it was shipped out. Even if your machine doesn’t power on, or if it has liquid damage, or if you can’t see your screen, I may still be able to get …
“Dana and the MacMedics team are lifesavers! If you are having trouble with your Mac or Apple product or are in the market for a new device, I highly recommend visiting them. They are knowledgeable, kind, and actually out to help you find the best solution to your problem or the best product for your …
I recorded a mini-podcast episode about how new Macs have non-removable hard drives and why Time Machine is essential.It’s quick (about 10 minutes), and you can listen to my best radio voice explain some worst-case scenarios for data loss that a few MacMedics customers have encountered this year. If you need some motivation to start …
I just helped a Vietnam Veteran find some misplaced photos. It was our honor to sit down with him and help unravel where his photos were at no charge. He had been to a reunion in Alabama for his Seawolf brother-in-arms and had taken once-in-a-lifetime photos of the event as the official photographer. He took …
Here, I am talking about why AppleCare+ is such a good investment! This is the SECOND time this customer has had a liquid spill incident, and this time, it was a full glass of milk! Also, I talk about why it’s so important to have a backup of your data on newer Macs, as the …
I used a combination of Harry Potter and Tim Ferris to find my lost cat, who had been missing for 12 days. First of all, if your cat is missing, my heart goes out to you. This is the worst feeling in the world. My inside-only cat escaped when house guests stayed with me, and …
One of my life and business coaching clients needed help acting on his unique selling proposition. I wanted him to rise to the top as an expert in the space that he was in, so I took the reins and built a new website for him. It was not hard. I used voice-to-text to just …
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Zip Disk from 1998 with no Zip Drive? No Problem, I have you covered! This was a fun little data recovery project! I helped a long-time MacMedics client (an architect from Baltimore) rescue the data from a 1998 Zip Disk. It was simple, but delivering this crucial data to my customer at a very low …
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Let’s talk about two-factor authentication. I’ve posted about this before, but my own mother, who put eleven years of hard work into her Facebook page to support the books she has authored, and her business Facebook page got hacked a few days ago. She did not have two-factor authentication turned on. The sad thing here …
If you’re going to try to be cute with your customized emails, then get it right! “However, what I do recognize is that MacMedics is in its early years.” If you mean that by “early years,” you consider my 33 years in business early stage, then wow! Also, ensure that your email is free of …
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