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Tag: Mac

GeekDad Daily Deal: CrossOver 17

December 13, 2017December 28, 2017Darren Blankenship

Run Windows software on your Mac with CrossOver 17: 52% off!

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GeekDad Daily Deal: The Pay What You Want Fab 5 Mac App Bundle

October 13, 2017Darren Blankenship

You decide with the Pay What You Want Fab 5 Mac App Bundle!

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GeekDad Daily Deal: Drive Genius 5

May 28, 2017Darren Blankenship

Drive Genius 5: 60% off!

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GeekDad Daily Deal: The World’s First Lifetime Mac Bundle

March 15, 2017Darren Blankenship

You’re set for life with the World’s First Lifetime Mac Bundle: 96% off!

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Western Digital Brings New Look to External Drive Line, Keeps Reliability

October 11, 2016Mordechai Luchins

When I buy a new hard drive for a build, I always go with Western Digital. When buying an external though, looks matter too. estern Digital has announced a bunch of new designs, and I got to try one out.

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Kingston’s DataTraveler OTG MicroDuo Drives Changed My Life

December 30, 2015Mordechai Luchins2

Saying a bit of technology changed your life is a very bold claim. Yet that’s exactly what the Kingston Data Traveler Micro Duo has done. Read on to see how.

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A Girl and The “Apple Demon” – My First MacBook Pro

September 7, 2015December 13, 2017Dakster Sullivan11

For someone with extensive PC experience, Apple is not all that user friendly.

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Have a Free Pokémon TCG Online Booster on Us

October 7, 2014November 23, 2017Z4

Celebrate the arrival of the Pokémon TCG Online on the Apple App Store with a free virtual booster pack!

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Commodore Pet

I Love Computer History — Fiction and Non-Fiction

July 3, 2014December 14, 2017James Floyd Kelly17

I think it was fourth or fifth grade when I got my first real look at a computer. It was a Commodore Pet, complete with cassette tape loading of programs, the tiniest Chicklet-style keyboard around, and a small monochrome screen. Five minutes after seeing it in action and getting to play a game of Snake, I was hooked.

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Apple Family Sharing

The Most Important Thing Apple Announced on Monday Was Family

June 7, 2014Jason CranfordTeague3

Last Monday, Apple let us in on their plans for the future of, amongst other things, iOS (8), and Mac OS X (Yosemite). Tim Cook and friends detailed a long list of new features—most of which will not be available until this fall—to a salivating audience of developers and fans at the 2014 WWDC in San Francisco.

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How to Get a Jammed DVD Out of an iMac Optical Drive

February 18, 2013December 14, 2017Brad Moon

With the latest round of super thin iMacs it introduced last year, Apple did away with optical drives in its all-in-one desktop PCs. Good riddance, so far as I’m concerned. In my experience, the optical drive is often the first …

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Free Today: CrossOver Software Lets You Run Windows Apps on Linux or Mac

October 31, 2012Ruth Suehle

CrossOver software lets you run Windows software on Linux or Mac and is available as a free download only on October 31.

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60 Mountain Lion Tips for Mac Users

October 3, 2012James Floyd Kelly

For those of you who have made the jump to OS X Mountain Lion on your Macs, you’re going to want to check this one out. David Sparks and Brett Terpstra have just released a new book in the Macsparky …

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Review: Is Brother’s HL-3045 Color Laser Printer a Good Fit for Home Use?

March 26, 2012Brad Moon

Even though we frequently make noise about being in a paperless world, the reality is that no matter how many newspapers you subscribe to digitally, how many magazines you’ve replaced with apps or how many letters you’ve eliminated thanks to …

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Das Model S Professional Keyboard Brings the Clickety-Clack to Your Mac

February 20, 2012Brad Moon

As I’m writing this post, I pretty much don’t have to worry about doing a word count — or more accurately a character count. That’s because I’m writing it using a soon-to-be released Das Keyboard Model S Professional for Mac …

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Djay Is Perfect for Wannabe Bedroom Superstar DJs

November 22, 2011Nathan Barry

“Hey boy, hey girl. Superstar DJs, here we go” – The Chemical Brothers Let me start this post by saying I have the utmost respect for real DJs – those people who can take two pieces of music, on two …

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Back to the Future: The Game Review

November 21, 2011December 16, 2017GeekMom2

I was eight years old when the first Back to the Future movie came out and I remember going to the theater to see it. I loved it and I still love the whole trilogy to this day. So I was excited when I heard about Back to the Future: The Game which is by […]

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Saying Hello to Apple After 26 Years — And Goodbye to Steve Jobs

October 6, 2011James Floyd Kelly

In 1984, my dad told my brother and me to climb into the car with him for a special trip. We drove to whatever computer store in Gulf Breeze, Florida it was that sold Apple computers, and came home with …

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My (Not So Great) Visit to The Apple Store

August 9, 2011James Floyd Kelly

I wrote up a post a few weeks ago about my visit to the Apple Store and submitted it to my editors. Thank goodness for editors, too — they’re not just for fixing our spelling and grammar errors and keeping …

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My First Day With Mac OSX Lion (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

July 23, 2011Admin

If you’ve been following the computer industry news over the last day or so, you know the latest iteration of Apple’s Mac desktop operating system is out. And if you’re actually interested in this kind of news, you’ve probably already …

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Summer Camp For The Next Generation of Film Makers

June 14, 2011Sarah Pinault2

This summer Apple is offering a three day “camp” to kids ages 8-12. It’s helpful if you have your own Mac and digital camera, but it seems there’s still a lot to be learned if you don’t. In three hours over two days, kids will have a chance to learn the basics and make a […]

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The Saga of a Geek Who (Once) Hated Apple

November 17, 2010December 14, 2017Admin

It is sort of an unwritten law of geekdom that when we have opinions about technology, we must have very, VERY strong opinions. I faithfully adhere to this rule and had dually applied it to my sheer and unfettered hatred …

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A Kids’ Perspective on Portal

August 27, 2010December 16, 2017Andy Robertson

My kids have become fascinated with Portal. They oversaw me watching some of the videos the other day while I was putting together a news post on Portal 2. Something about the combination of Stephen Merchant’s playground voice and the …

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Why Every Geek Should be Hoping for a Mac Tablet

August 10, 2009December 16, 2017Ken Denmead

We’ve all heard the rumors: Apple is going to be releasing some kind of touchscreen tablet computer, either in September or 1st quarter 2010 (depending upon the source). It could be a fully functioning computer, like a MacBook with a …

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Summer’s Here! Looking Back On An Expensive Spring

June 22, 2009December 14, 2017Brad Moon

Now that we’re officially in summer, I’m hoping it’s safe to look back on what’s been an interesting spring around my household, especially when it comes to technology. Interesting, in this case, being a euphemism for aggravating and bloody expensive. …

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