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About Me:
Name - Pat Fauquet
Location - Fairfax County VA
I work with Bob LeVitus in his Dr. Mac consulting business. I am an active member of the Macintosh user group community. I have been solving Mac problems and teaching Mac users for over 20 years.
Bob LeVitus Consulting
About this Blog:
This blog is written for the beginning to intermediate Macintosh user. While there are many technical information sites, my purpose is to write clear solutions to common Macintosh problems with lots of illustrations to make it easy to follow along.
In my work as a consultant, I must keep my computer up-to-date, so illustrations and directions will be made from the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system.
Recent Posts:
* FaceTime Data Usage
* A FaceTime Wedding
* Solving iPad, iPhone, iPod and problems
* Magic Trackpad troubles
* Time Flies
* AirPort Wireless a bit slow?
* Life with an iPad
* Life Happens
* Cleaning up your desktop
* Mail - Why do wrong addresses pop up? * Safari: Tabs - More Tricks
* Safari: Using Tabs
* Taking notes on your Mac and iPhone: Notes in Mail
* Taking notes on your Mac and iPhone: iCal
* Taking notes on your Mac and iPhone: Address Book
* iPhone and iPod Touch - How to update an application
* HDMI cables cost how much?
* Welcoming in the New Year
* MacJury Duty on Case 920
* Doctor Mac Newsletter 31
* Safari - I closed the window!
* Safari - Know where you are going
* Safari Toolbar - Make it yours
* Close those windows
* Editing iCal Events
* Overcome by life
* Snow Leopard: Do I need Rosetta?
* Snow Leopard: Slow to empty trash?
* More Option key menu bar tricks in Snow Leopard
* The Option key does even more in Snow Leopard
* Using Speak Text in Snow Leopard
* Equalizing song volumes in iTunes
* Reading menus and drive directories
* Traveling with your Mac
* Do you back up your external drives?
* New gear for my new iPhone
* Printing from blogs and other long pages
* Is your Internet connection down? Pt. 1
* Is your Internet connection down? Pt. 2
* Keep your MacBook and MacBook Pro batteries happy and healthy
* Capturing YouTube Videos
* Creating and editing PDF files
Cool Links:
Your Mac Life
Washington Apple Pi
Recent Comments:
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Name - Pat Fauquet
Location - Fairfax County VA
I work with Bob LeVitus in his Dr. Mac consulting business. I am an active member of the Macintosh user group community. I have been solving Mac problems and teaching Mac users for over 20 years.
Bob LeVitus Consulting
About this Blog:
This blog is written for the beginning to intermediate Macintosh user. While there are many technical information sites, my purpose is to write clear solutions to common Macintosh problems with lots of illustrations to make it easy to follow along.
In my work as a consultant, I must keep my computer up-to-date, so illustrations and directions will be made from the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system.
Recent Posts:
* FaceTime Data Usage
* A FaceTime Wedding
* Solving iPad, iPhone, iPod and problems
* Magic Trackpad troubles
* Time Flies
* AirPort Wireless a bit slow?
* Life with an iPad
* Life Happens
* Cleaning up your desktop
* Mail - Why do wrong addresses pop up? * Safari: Tabs - More Tricks
* Safari: Using Tabs
* Taking notes on your Mac and iPhone: Notes in Mail
* Taking notes on your Mac and iPhone: iCal
* Taking notes on your Mac and iPhone: Address Book
* iPhone and iPod Touch - How to update an application
* HDMI cables cost how much?
* Welcoming in the New Year
* MacJury Duty on Case 920
* Doctor Mac Newsletter 31
* Safari - I closed the window!
* Safari - Know where you are going
* Safari Toolbar - Make it yours
* Close those windows
* Editing iCal Events
* Overcome by life
* Snow Leopard: Do I need Rosetta?
* Snow Leopard: Slow to empty trash?
* More Option key menu bar tricks in Snow Leopard
* The Option key does even more in Snow Leopard
* Using Speak Text in Snow Leopard
* Equalizing song volumes in iTunes
* Reading menus and drive directories
* Traveling with your Mac
* Do you back up your external drives?
* New gear for my new iPhone
* Printing from blogs and other long pages
* Is your Internet connection down? Pt. 1
* Is your Internet connection down? Pt. 2
* Keep your MacBook and MacBook Pro batteries happy and healthy
* Capturing YouTube Videos
* Creating and editing PDF files
Cool Links:
Your Mac Life
Washington Apple Pi
Recent Comments:
This site is a proud member of the MacLevelTen Media Group
Networking
Removing False Invaders
2009-03-09 04:58 PM
In my previous blog post I answered a question from a
Doctor Mac client regarding strange icons that appear
in the Sharing section of the sidebar in Finder
windows.
I explained what the
icons were--but I did not explain how to get rid of
them. I thought about it, but I had spent several
days on that post and it was time to get it online.
When I publish a post, I usually mention it on
Twitter. As I was getting ready to write, this
message came up in my Twitter Stream:
What a coincidence! I
tweeted this back:
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Who is invading my computer?
2009-03-07 06:28 PM
The subjects for new posts on MacMousecalls come from
many sources. Carl, one of our clients at Bob LeVitus
Consulting sent me a screen shot of the sidebar on
his Mac, wondering about an odd icon that appeared in
the Sharing area:
I have a similar icon:
Click here to read more...Internet Access in Rural Areas and on the Road
2008-02-20 06:05 AM
Glenn Fleishman wrote a very interesting
article,
The portable hotspot
for Macworld. The article discusses the use of
Verizon, Sprint Netxtel, and ATT for cellular data
access and then continues with the topic of cellular
routers to provide a network for multiple users. This
article should also be of interest to people who must
consider satellite access to the Internet as cellular
data service is in the same general price range and
is often faster.
Click here to read more...
Click here to read more...
Can't Get on the Internet?
2007-08-02 08:29 AM
It happens to all of us -- and all to frequently to
those of us who live in thunderstorm country where
surges, spikes and brownouts cause electrical
disrutptions.
You were on the Internet yesterday (maybe even earlier today) and now you can't get online. So what in the heck is going on?
Our first reaction is to call our ISP (Internet Service Provider). And their first reaction is to make changes to your computer settings. DON'T!
I have a favorite motto: If you were on the Internet yesterday, you will probably be able to get there tomorrow, but today may be a problem. But if you start messing around with settings, you probably will not be on today or tomorrow!
Click here to read more...
You were on the Internet yesterday (maybe even earlier today) and now you can't get online. So what in the heck is going on?
Our first reaction is to call our ISP (Internet Service Provider). And their first reaction is to make changes to your computer settings. DON'T!
I have a favorite motto: If you were on the Internet yesterday, you will probably be able to get there tomorrow, but today may be a problem. But if you start messing around with settings, you probably will not be on today or tomorrow!
Click here to read more...