Katie and David discuss tools and techniques to help you provide tech support to your friends and family and encourage tech independence.
Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!
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Katie on Twitter
Putting an SSD in my dad's 2008 MacBook Pro. I've counted 27 screws so far. pic.twitter.com/8TWuocU8vr
— Katie (@KatieFloyd) December 25, 2014
Boxing Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
OS X Yosemite: Set up users on your Mac
OS X Mavericks: Set up users on your Mac
OS X Yosemite: Set up parental controls
OS X Mavericks: Set up parental controls
224: The Email Problem | Mac Power Users
Mac Power Users 164: Tackling Email | Mac Power Users
Update OS X and App Store apps on your Mac - Apple Support
Apple automatically patches Macs to fix severe NTP security flaw | Ars Technica
OS X Yosemite: Share your printer
OS X Mavericks: Share your printer
Chrome
Download Firefox — Free Web Browser — Mozilla
OS X: About FileVault 2 - Apple Support
OS X Yosemite: Encrypt the contents of your Mac with FileVault
OS X: About Gatekeeper - Apple Support
OpenDNS: Cloud-Delivered Security Enforcement and Intelligence
MPU Screencast 004: Configuring OpenDNS — KatieFloyd.me
The Incomparable | Forcegiving (Episode 222)
There’s now a teaser trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, and you know we have opinions. And so, in great Incomparable fashion, we’re here to talk about 80 seconds of video for more than an hour. How could we not?
1Password
ScreenCastsOnline - SCOM0421 1Password 4 for Mac
Unlimited Online Backup - Easy, Secure Online Backup Services | Backblaze
Online Data Backup - Offsite, Onsite, & Cloud - CrashPlan Backup Software
Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support
Dropbox
Screens - Control Your Computer Remotely - Edovia
TeamViewer - Free Remote Control, Remote Access & Online Meetings
join.me | Free Screen Sharing, Online Meetings & Web Conferencing
How to make a bootable OS X 10.10 Yosemite install drive | Macworld
Titanium Software - Home
CleanMyMac 2: The Best Mac Cleanup App. Clean My Mac OS X
DiskWarrior 5 - The Disk Utility for Mac Disk Repair, Mac Directory Repair, Mac Disk Recovery, Mac Data Recovery
The Omni Group - OmniDiskSweeper
DaisyDisk - Analyze disk usage and free up disk space on Mac
iCloud: Back up your iOS device to iCloud
My Photo Stream FAQ - Apple Support
Apple - Accessibility - iOS
Understanding notifications on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
iCloud: Find My iPhone overview
Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks - Apple Support
ScreenCastsOnline
lynda.com software training & tutorials - latest releases
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