Apple School Manager is Apple's newly offered service that lets you manage your School devices better and more efficiently than ever before. Apple wanted to make it easier for your school to buy content from the App Store, configure device enrollment automatically within your mobile device management (MDM) solution, as well as create and manage staff, faculty, and student accounts. Apple School Manager is accessible from anywhere on the web. That means that technology managers and IT … [Read more...]
The Best Storage Space Cleaner (Mac)
As technology progresses files on our computers become larger and larger. We take more pictures with our smartphones than we ever have before. The wonder of having larger files generally means we are seeing, reading, and creating documents in the highest quality available to us. Another wonder of progressing times is new advances in how we store these beautiful and high quality files. Over the last few years, Apple and other companies have introduced a new hard drive called a Solid State … [Read more...]
Setup Automatic Downloads
More and more we are acquiring additional devices. Many of us get a hand me down iPad or a friend talked you into switching from your flip phone to an iPhone because you already have an iPad. This is, of course, fantastic and congratulations! We are able to customize and change how our devices look and feel to our liking but obviously don’t want to pay for the same thing more than once whether that be your favorite head-bopping song or the life-organizing app used everyday. Within the last … [Read more...]
Back to Schools Discounts Have Been Announced
Apple Initiates Back To School Discounts Once again, Apple is offering special discounts and gift cards to students heading to school or back to school. As reported on Monday, Apple is including gift cards redeemable through the App Store, Mac App Store, iTunes Store, and iBooks Store with eligible device purchases. Eligible devices include iMac, MacBook Pro, iPad, and iPhone. According to the Apple website, students and teachers who purchase a new Mac are eligible for a $100 gift card, while … [Read more...]
Top 10 Things to know about Apple’s Latest Conference
Apple primarily talked about two major upgrades at the WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) this year. Most of us don’t have time to sit through a 2 hour keynote speech so here’s a wrap up of the most anticipate features among the new Mac Operating system called Yosemite and the Mobile Operating System iOS 8. OS X Yosemite Apple’s new operating system will be released this fall to the general public after it has worked out its major bugs. If you’re anxious to try it out, you can sign up to be … [Read more...]
With 3 Minutes, Take the Hassle Out of Signing Electronic Documents
Do you ever need to sign electronic documents, forms, or letters? Do you find it frustrating to download print, sign, scan, attach and resend those same documents? Well, if you own a Mac with OSX, then I have good news for you: follow the directions below and in just 3 minutes, you can take the hassle of out your time-consuming routine and be signing electronic documents right away. Letters, contracts and other documents are becoming more and more digitized. Most often, these digital copies of … [Read more...]
Buy the Right Apple Product for Christmas
Have you ever bought an amazing piece of technology only to find out 3 months later that there is a newer, brighter and better version out? While technology will always age, there are "ripe" times to buy - when models have recently been updated. Likewise, there are bad times to purchase technology - when models have not been updated recently and are about to be updated soon. If you are looking to buy that perfect Apple product for your perfect person, here is a helpful list of Apple products … [Read more...]
OSX Mavericks Has Messed Up My Mail!
Often, a software's first release is riddled with bugs. While not "riddled," OSX Mavericks does have its shortcomings. The new OS adds a host of new features, all for the very economical price of $0.00. Unfortunately, we are hearing some great reviews from our clients while others are experiencing applications working differently than expected or not at all. At that point you can cross your fingers and wait for an update, or you can take matters into your own hands. Not every issue can be … [Read more...]
Visual Time Out Clock for Kids
As a father of two and a nerd, I'm always looking for ways to use technology to make life a little more productive. This weekend, I used technology to make life a little easier for my three-year-old by creating a "time-out timer" so that she could understand the concept of time a little better and perhaps make it through her time outs with less fuss. The Problem - "Time" Out Although I can claim (with pride) that my 3-year-old knows quite a few of her numbers, we are still working on telling … [Read more...]
Introducing iOS7
New iOS7 Design With Apple's latest update, iOS7, the iPhone and iPad have a completely redesigned look and feel. It is much brighter and (reportedly) there is less clutter. However, speaking from personal experience, I don't see much in the way of "less clutter." The icons are redesigned and there is a simplified color scheme, but all of the same options seem to be present - if only in different locations. In fact, the only thing that really seems absent are dividers, which I think would … [Read more...]