APPLE Issues – USB C cables – and Office problems with El Capitan! A BIG warning to folks with the NEW Macbooks that use USB C. STAY AWAY FROM CHEAPIE USB-C CABLES! From FIRST HAND experience – as well as hearing it from others – cheap third party usb-c cables can DESTROY THE PORT IN … Read more
DANGER – YOSEMITE UPGRADE & BOOTCAMP I just ran into a HORRIBLE problem with the Yosemite upgrade – and you will too – if you use BOOTCAMP to partition your drive and have Windows 7 as well as Mac OSX on your computer! The Yosemite upgrade seemed to go fine – no warnings no messages … Read more
VIRUSES ON MACS! Really! I’ve seen an alarming trend recently – it used to be I saw a Mac virus about once in several years. (once in 10 years originally!) But we’ve dealt with THREE infected macs in the last 2 weeks. This is alarming. Macs have generally been spared the virus writers attention – … Read more
MacMenders is my newsletter that I send to my mac customers from time to time! I’ll also post them here for all to read 🙂 Thoughts on the Iphone6 – and the Samsung Galaxy I’ve had a 5S for some time – as has Alex – but we had a Galaxy S4 walk in the … Read more
You’ve no doubt seen the stupid ads on TV by PC Matic. And your friends have expressed their concerns. And we at the Eldest Geek have had a LOT of calls and customer visits related to the ending of support for Windows XP… In one word – this is garbage. XP will NOT stop working … Read more
A lot of any computer person’s work these days is virus and data security/recovery. And at The Eldest Geek we have unrivaled expertise here. A lot of computer shops (and G**k Squads) can do little more than back up the data and wipe and restore the system. But you lose all your software! And THEN … Read more
I’ve been watching blogs and such like for years and never really seen the need to participate – but slowly I’ve been changing my opinion and we will be getting into Facbook – and here is my first Blog entry! Blogs are rather interesting – because they have really been around for a LONG time. … Read more
WELCOME TO MY NEWSLETTER! – from TheEldest Geek! I’ve been asked several times if I would do a newsletter – and I’ve done one for my Mac Customers for some time – so here goes my general attempt. (and to be honest, following up with customers is NOT one of my strong points so I’ll … Read more