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
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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
Why MacBook Pros and milk don’t mix! Read More »
I used a combination of Harry Potter and Tim Ferriss 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
Go ahead and hang your shingle up! Don’t overanalyze and paralyze! Read More »
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
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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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World Backup Day was yesterday; today is April Fools’ Day. Backing up your data is no joke. I’m on a mission to ensure that all my customers have their data backed up. Almost every day, we see somebody lose some data in one way or another. The most common misconception is that customers think they’re
I follow the All the Hacks podcast hosted by Chris Hutchins. I recently listened to his podcast about insurance. Shopping for my homeowner’s policy is something that’s been on my list for like a year. I got a referral from a friend to a broker whom I have not used before and was able to
How I saved $2000 a year on my homeowner’s insurance. Read More »
Yelp review from 2013: I must tell you about my wonderful experience with MacMedics, namely Dana Stibolt. It was Memorial Day weekend (Friday), and one of our Macs at THE LAND of KUSH vegan restaurant in Baltimore went haywire. The software wouldn’t launch. We kept seeing a spinning circle but no progress. After running a hard
I must tell you about my wonderful experience with MacMedics, namely Dana Stibolt.
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