by Ty Davison | Aug 29, 2018 | News
There’s an Internet saying: “If you’re not the customer, you’re the product.†The point is that, if you’re getting a service for free, the company providing it sees you not as a customer, but as a product to sell, generally to advertisers. This is how...
by Ty Davison | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog
Question: I received a notice that I need to update my Backblaze backup software. Is this something I can do myself? Answer: Backblaze is the offsite backup software that we use and recommend. It’s terrific in a number of ways: It encrypts your data before...
by Ty Davison | Jul 18, 2018 | Ask a Tech, Blog
Question: I’m worried my hard drive might fail and I’ll lose everything. What can I do to protect my data if my hard drive fails? Answer:  Good golly yes your hard drive will fail. As sure as the Earth revolves around the Sun, someday your wonderful...
by Ty Davison | Jul 9, 2018 | News
When our clients call in to MacAtoZ for assistance, one of the first questions is always, “What version of the operating system are you running?†There’s a big difference between Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and macOS 10.13 High Sierra, and the solution to any...
by Ty Davison | Jun 30, 2018 | Blog
Dear Friends, Almost 20 years ago my wife Erin and I made a pact that some day, after we’d started a family, we would take our kids to France. Next month we’re following through on this agreement. This is the year we cash in on a decade’s worth of...