Category Archives: Warnings

Announcements, Apple, 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, Severna Park, Software Updates, Warnings

World Backup Day was yesterday; today is April Fools’ Day. Backing up your data is no joke!

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MacMedics Locations in Severna Park & Lanham
01
Apr

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 […]

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Customer: “I was driving and recording at the same time, and I put my hand out of the sunroof, and my iPhone X flew away.”

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19
Mar

Customer: “Damaged iPhone X – Please let me know if you guys can fix it. MacMedics: “Sure, What’s wrong with it?” Customer: “I was driving and recording at the same time, and I put my hand out of the sunroof, and my iPhone X 256 GB flew away from my hand because I was driving […]

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Shoulder Surfing, it’s back and it’s your iPhone PIN code they are after!

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MacMedics Locations in Severna Park & Lanham
07
Mar

Shoulder Surfing, it’s back! Thanks to the Accidental Tech Podcast (https://atp.fm/) for tipping us off to this video article from the Wall Street Journal. This is a two-pronged attack. 1. Theves can resell your iPhone when they have your PIN Code, as they can turn off Find my iPhone. 2. The bad guys can steal […]

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Yet another senior citizen MacMedics customer got ripped off for $6000!

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MacMedics Locations in Severna Park & Lanham
28
Feb

Yet another senior citizen MacMedics customer got ripped off for $6000! If fact, this high-value slick scam is so common that while I was checking out one customer who got taken for $6000 that he is NEVER getting back, another customer who ALSO got rooked for $6k in 2022 was also in the store at […]

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Apple, Apple Authorized Premium Service Provider, Apple Authorized Sales, Apple Authorized Service, Apple Data Recovery, Better Mac Computing, Data Recovery, Warnings

A Ph.D. student lost three years of research, photos from fieldwork in Peru, and a book in progress.

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MacMedics Locations in Severna Park & Lanham
25
Feb

Hey folks! Please back up your iPhone to Apple’s iCloud. Last week, a MacMedics customer whose husband had just passed away, and somehow his iPhone went through the wash cycle in a washing machine, was referred to me for data recovery (there was water coming out of the iPhone, and I was unable to help). The […]

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You never know what could happen to your Mac laptop! Backup twice!

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26
Dec

You never know what could happen to your Mac laptop! Let’s imagine you are out of town (or at home) and working on a big project, and you accidentally crack your MacBook Air screen. What would happen if your screen were dark and you could not see any part of the screen? If you’re not […]

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Another Five-Star Google Review for “Amazing” Data Recovery and Quick Service

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MacMedics Locations in Severna Park & Lanham
03
Dec

Another Five-Star Google Review for “Amazing” Data Recovery and Quick Service: “Amazing service and friendly, knowledgeable people at the Severna Park location!!! It’s nice to know that excellent customer service still exists somewhere. I brought in a MacBook with a fried logic board. They were able to diagnose it the same day, Recovered all my […]

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Announcements, Better Mac Computing, Phishing, Warnings

NEW SCAM ALERT!

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New Credit Card Scam
23
May

NEW SCAM Alert! The scammers are now making actual charges on people’s credit cards and sending corresponding emails in some cases. So when you take action, you are “calling” the 1-800 phone number off your actual credit card statement. That makes you believe that you are talking to the actual company, but you’re actually calling […]

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Announcements, Phishing, Warnings

Never give out two-factor verification codes to anyone!

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MacMedics Locations in Severna Park & Lanham
19
Apr

“Already $650,000 stolen from a single individual and it’s going to happen to a lot more people”. “Key takeaways,” Serpent wrote in their Twitter thread. “Always use a cold wallet to store your valuables. Never give out verification codes to anyone. Protect your information, don’t give out your phone number or your personal email. Caller […]

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Question: I have received an email from a hacker…

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MacMedics Locations in Severna Park & Lanham
21
Feb

Question: I have received an email from a hacker sent from my email address saying that he has hacked my account and is demanding $1,000 in Bitcoin or he will send compromising videos from my laptop’s camera to all my contacts, clients, etc. Can you tell me if I have been hacked and tell me […]

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