I started this blog as a collection of quick questions that I had received from friends, family, and co-workers. I am passionate about collaborative technology education and support. Please feel free to suggest a topic or to join the conversation in the comment section.
A friend of mine recently presented this dilemma:
“Every so often my picture previews disappear and then I don’t know what they are (because as you can see they have ridiculous names). If I repair permissions and restart it usually fixes itself but then it happens again.”
Here are a few ways to approach this problem*:
Quick Answer: 24/7? No.
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Time Machine requires that you keep your external hard drive plugged in for the first backup, which can take anywhere from 30minutes to multiple hours (depending on how much data is on your mac), and then only when you wish to backup your files after that. Time Machine is such an effective backup solution because after the initial backup, it only writes changes made to your files, making every future backup much faster. If you would like to have hourly backups (perhaps during a major project) you may leave your external on and plugged in, and Time Machine will automatically run.
For the most part, I attach my external drive every week or so, or after a large project, and Time Machine automatically backs up everything I need. Continue for more tips…
Fullscreen hotkey
This will take a screenshot of the full screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
For more specific screenshots you have two other options, Select Area, or Select Window.
That Word doc you wrote on your mac not working on a PC? There are a few reasons why this might be happening, but one common reason has to do with extensions.
Believe it or not, I actually had this typed up prior to this text message.
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