I bought my Macbook Pro back in the early 2008. It’s been great ever since but this last year, the power adapter stopped working – right before I needed to take it to a client meeting – nice. While I picked up a new one (newer model actually) at Best Buy, I’ve now stumbled upon Apple’s Adapter Replacement Program. Why I came across this recently is
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From http://www.findingchurch.net/adoption-fundraiser-ipad-giveaway: y family has been hard at work, especially the last few months, fulfilling all the requirements needed to adopt our little baby from Ethiopia. I feel like it’s just a turn around the corner and our child will be in our arms. And still there’s much that needs to happen. Looking back, so many things have happened to help us raise the funds we need
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A what? Firewall. If you’re a PC user you have antivirus (or at least you should) and you probably even have spyware protection. Well good for you. But have you ever considered using a firewall? A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from
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OK, it’s old news for sure, but Apple’s latest and best operating system is out for downloading. But only downloading. If you haven’t heard already, you can’t buy the $29.99 OS in stores and you can expect that will be the trend with future releases from said Mac company…
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Prepare yourself – here comes an ultra geeky tip. Say you have this folder chucked full of files and for whatever reason you need a list of all the file and folder names inside that folder. No simple screenshot will work because you’re a nerd you want to see rows and columns and auto filter the names by characters and then cross reference them with
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Any business in 2011 that wants to be successful must have a strong web presence. With as much internet access that we have today, all well-to-do, want-to-do-well, businesses have so much at their disposal. And with as many companies, commercial and those offering open source solutions, offering high quality, easy to use, content management systems and point and click startup packages, there’s just no excuse
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Tech4Eleven is not just a great tech blog, bringing the best in tutorials, fixes, and reviews, it’s also a computer repair and web design business based in Rapid City, South Dakota. Tech4Eleven formally started serving clients in early 2010 with the desire to help people with their technology needs. A year later and it’s already a well established business, growing with new clients all the
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Recently I acquired an Apple TV 2, in all it’s Apple glory – well, actually that’s where this story begins because if you have an Apple TV, you know it’s rather limited out of the box. So that’s where a little afternoon hacking comes in. In only a few short hours with this amazing device, I successfully installed XBMC on it, configuring it to by-pass
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When you live in Rapid City, Fargo, or anywhere in between, your Mac repair choices are slim, even slimmer if the closest town is a good 60 miles away. Recently I had a person from North Dakota contact me whose 500G harddrive died on her beautiful 17″ Unibody Macbook Pro. So where I come from, replacing a harddrive is only a few steps but getting
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We’re all moving, living, and operating around computers. Disks spin. Fans go ’round. Type type type. Send money. Buy goods. Surf. Browse. Crunch numbers. Crunchy keyboards. Blinking lights. Data zooming. Click click. Click. It’s a busy world. Set in the middle of a computer-revolving company, I see everybody and their mom pushing these buttons. There’s mister IT specialist over there – he knows everything about
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When you fix as many computers as I do, you come across some strange things. When reinstalling Windows, you’ll almost always get a message at first log on that you need to activate windows within 30 days (or else). Following that you’ll have to verify that windows is genuine. But you have to do it in that order. So on Windows XP, there’s typically, and
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Over four million children in Ethiopia are without parents, left to sickness and death when people do not step in. That is why my wife and I have decided to adopt a child from Ethiopia. We have always wanted to adopt and there is no better time than the now. One is destined for us and we are destined for one. We created FindingChurch.net to
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I have a file that I need to send to a friend but it appears my email won’t send it. If i can’t email it then how do i get it to my friend? Signed, Unsatisfied Sender Dear Sir, Your question is not an uncommon one, so rest assured that there are others wondering the same thing. There is an answer, in fact, a couple.
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Merry Christmas, everybody, from Tech4Eleven. May your Christmas be merry and bright and may you remember and celebrate the true meaning for the celebration! Thank you everyone who has followed and supported Tech4Eleven over the years. I sure appreciate it.
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Mac Users: I don’t really use the Dashboard anymore. Let’s face it- it use to be cool right? Ya, I don’t know. So as it goes, even if you don’t use the dashboard or any widgets, it still takes up your precious memory – resources that could be better used updating your MAMP wordpress site, or ripping DVDs with handbrake. Whatever you do, and if
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