Category: Mac Technical Tips
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Lonely Hearts Scam: Day 5 “Showing money you don’t have”
As the conversation with the con artists continues. The conversation is starting to take some interesting steps. “Alice” is starting to show off some of “Her money” by showing off her new car. The conversation was me just asking if they had a good day. I’m not one for cars. Honestly, my midlife crisis would…
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Am I sure this is a Lonely hearts Scam?
The ongoing saga of me documenting a lonely hearts scam. A friend of mine mentioned that perhaps this is a real person reaching out to me just to have a conversation. Yes, that is very possible. but I really doubt it. Let’s talk about how I have come to this conclusion. Looking at the information…
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OSX El Capitan too old – Maybe Try Linux
If you are running into problems with not being able to use some websites on your old Macbook or iMac. It could be that you are using OSX 10.11. (Or older) This version of OSX is no longer getting software updates from Apple. (It came out in 2015 and in internet years that is VERY…
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Anatomy of a “Lonely Hearts Scam” Day Two: Alignment
In a previous post, I was contacted by a con artist who mistakenly thought that I might be a good mark. Little did they know I study con artists and online scams. If you are just joining us start there. What is Conversation Alignment? Conversation Alignment is establishing a bias in our minds artificially by…
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Moving our web hosting service. we might be offline.
Hey folks! We are moving our web hosting to Australian servers. As much as this sort of move is seamless there are times that something unexpected happens. So we might be offline for a few hours! Don’t worry we will be back. Why are we moving our servers? Better customer service. I happen to know…
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Vaccine Disinformation Dirty Tricks: Links to their buddy.
Websites love links! They thrive on them! Websites that do not have links on their webpage will almost always score very low on Google. The thing about creating links on a website is that you never accidentally create one. You always have to make the choice of what kind of link you are going to…
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Should you upgrade to macOS Monterey today?
I personally love it when there is a new operating system to explore. I like to play with all of the new features Apple has to offer. I also love playing with the little quirks that sometimes happen when a new OS comes out. … Then again I’m geeky like that… upgrading to macOS Monterey…
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I forgot my Airtag existed
Part two of my review of the Apple AirTag. I forgot that I had it. The good thing is that it is not something that I will be always bugging you for attention. The bad thing is that when you need it you need to remember that is an option to recover your lost items.…
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USB-C is not evil!
If you have purchased a new Macbook or iMac in the last few years you will have what you think is the “Evil USB-C” port. This is the tiny USB port that everyone is fighting. But I’m here to ask “What did USB-C ever do to you?? USB-C is not evil! just misunderstood. USB-C is…
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Get your Mac fixed
Is it time to get your Mac fixed? Or do you need to buy a new M1 MacBook? This is a very good question. Unfortunately, it is not an easy answer. What is wrong with your old mac? Does it do everything that you need? Do you have the money needed to invest in a…