Dana Stibolt has long been an environmentalist, from picking up trash on Martha’s Vineyard in the ’70s to starting an aluminum and glass recycling program for his neighborhood in the early ’90s before local curbside recycling was the standard. Dana is still picking up trash and recycling on his e-bike ride or walk to work. […]
Category Archives: Macintosh Service
Apple, Apple Authorized Government Reseller, Apple Authorized Premium Service Provider, Apple Authorized Sales, Apple Authorized Service, Apple Data Recovery, Better Mac Computing, Data Recovery, iBooks, iMacs, Mac Medics, Mac Pros, Mac Repair, MacBook Air, MacBook Pros, MacBooks, Macintosh Consulting, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, MacMedics Government, Severna Park, Software Updates, Warnings
Apple released macOS 14 Sonoma today. Watch out for the top three pitfalls!
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Sep
Apple released macOS 14 Sonoma today, and as is our custom, we’re warning you to upgrade with care. Everyone is always excited to be running the best Mac OS possible, but there can be pitfalls, especially if you’re installing Sonoma as soon as it’s released. It’s not a bad idea to wait a few days, […]
Announcements, Apple, Apple Authorized Premium Service Provider, Apple Authorized Sales, Apple Authorized Service, iPhone, Macintosh Consulting, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, Warnings
You want AppleCare+, and you want to buy it from Apple!
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Sep
Sep
You want AppleCare+, and you want to buy it from Apple! There are many places to buy a new iPhone, and ALL of them push their own iPhone insurance or some hybrid product, including AppleCare+. Do yourself a favor and buy your AppleCare from MacMedics, or you can buy it right on your new iPhone […]
Apple, Apple Authorized Premium Service Provider, Apple Authorized Sales, Apple Authorized Service, Better Mac Computing, iPhone, Mac Medics, MacBook Air, MacBooks, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, Severna Park
I am a happy forever MacMedics customer!
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Sep
Sep
I am an “Apple person.” We have a MacBook Air, an iPhone X, and a new iPad Air. Last week, my old iPad was definitely having battery problems, and I’d been having issues with the other two devices as well. I did what most people do in that case – made an appointment and visited […]
Apple, Apple Authorized Premium Service Provider, Apple Authorized Sales, Apple Authorized Service, iPads, iPhone, iPods, Mac Medics, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, Warnings
Apple says: Don’t sleep on iPhones, power adapters, or wireless chargers, or place them under a blanket, pillow, or your body.
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Aug
Aug
There have been some mentions of this warning found in the iPhone user manual. It’s good advice! Also mentioned: Beware of non-Apple charge cables and power adapters. “Don’t sleep on a device, power adapter, or wireless charger, or place them under a blanket, pillow, or your body, when it’s connected to a power source. Keep […]
Announcements, Apple, Apple Authorized Government Reseller, Apple Authorized Premium Service Provider, Apple Authorized Sales, Apple Authorized Service, Apple Data Recovery, Better Mac Computing, Data Recovery, Mac Medics, Macintosh Consulting, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, MacMedics Government, Severna Park, Warnings
My own mother lost access to her Facebook account(s) because she had never set up Two Factor Authentication.
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Aug
Aug
My own mother lost access to her Facebook account(s) because she had never set up Two Factor Authentication. And yes, I checked! She WAS using a unique password only for Facebook, which was a suitable number of letters and numbers. She uses Facebook to support the books she has written about gardening. She had quite […]
Apple, Apple Authorized Premium Service Provider, Apple Authorized Sales, Apple Authorized Service, Apple Data Recovery, Better Mac Computing, Data Recovery, iBooks, Mac Medics, Macintosh Service, MacMedics, Severna Park
An Apple iBook G4 hard drive that sounds like a chicken!
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Jul
Jul
It’s hard to forget this old MacMedics video of an iBook G4 hard drive that sounds like a chicken. Enjoy! https://youtube.com/shorts/U2_XLkBtse0re
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Thanks for saving my laptop! MacMedics is the BEST!
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Jul
Jul
“I was unfamiliar with MacMedics until today, and I cannot possibly articulate how happy I am with my experience! I was greeted with a smile and an eagerness to help me the minute I walked in the door. I admit I was reluctant to make the appointment since I always go to the Apple Store […]
Apple, Apple Authorized Premium Service Provider, Apple Authorized Sales, Apple Authorized Service, Better Mac Computing, Data Recovery, Mac Medics, Mac Repair, MacBook Air, Macintosh Service, MacMedics
Our customer was using this MacBook Air in 2009 when the car he was riding in was in an accident, and the airbag deployed and crushed it into his chest, bending the lid like a taco.
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Jul
Jul
As reported by www.cultofmac.com from 7/14/2009 The MacBook Air is a thin, sexy machine, but you wouldn’t want one smashed into your chest during a car accident. That’s what happened to this MacBook Air above. It was sitting in a man’s lap when the airbag went off and crushed it into his chest, bending the […]
Apple, Apple Authorized Service, Apple Data Recovery, Better Mac Computing, Data Recovery, Mac Medics, Mac Repair, Macintosh Consulting, Macintosh Service, MacMedics
Zip Disk from 1998 with no Zip Drive? No Problem MacMedics has you covered!
02
Jul
Jul
Zip Disk from 1998 with no Zip Drive? No Problem MacMedics has 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 […]