Anyone who has had an in-home appointment with the Computer Courage team knows that we take backup seriously. We believe in a two-way backup - one local, hard drive backup coupled with one internet-based backup. Our favorite online backup is Mozy. Mozy offers users a free 2 gigabyte account, a $5 per month account with unlimited backup, and terrific business solutions. Mozy silently and reliably backs up your data, with multiple versions per day. Contact Us and we’ll talk to you more about backup for your home or business.
This is just a quick update for Mac users of Mozy. Version 1.0 is finally out. If you’ve been using Mozy, you’ve been using a “beta” (test) version, which was all that was available until now. We highly recommend the upgrade, which is not yet automatic. The upgrade will give you more control over upload speeds, and more reliable performance overall. You can upgrade yourself by following these instructions:
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Computer Courage loves Mac and PC. We troubleshoot, educate, backup, secure, and optimize both systems. We’ve written in the past about Windows Vista vs OS X Leopard. While Windows is still king in the market percentage game, especially for low budget users and businesses, Macs have been making extraordinary gains in market share, especially in the laptop division. Schools are also an area where Macs are taking over, with over 60% of last year’s incoming UC Hastings class using Apple MacBooks.
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We at Computer Courage would like to throw in our official farewell and thank you to the man who revolutionized the personal computer, who created the role of engineer-CEO, who inspires entrepreneurs everywhere, and who now runs the worlds largest philanthropic organization - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill, you’ve been a part of it all. You’ve made magic happen, you’ve pissed us all off from time to time, you’ve got your hands into just about every tech industry there is. You’ve created great success stories and miserable failures. You are publicly pitted against your old friend Steve Jobs, but really you two are one in the same.
A few of our favorite Bill Gates memories:
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Just about everyone who runs Windows runs antivirus and antispyware products. As you know, Computer Courage spends a lot of time helping people choose the best antivirus and helping people upgrade to free antivirus. You know you need to avoid viruses and spyware, but do you know what they are and why? This article will help answer those questions.
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Ever been frustrated trying to send a large file by attachments? We’ve had a lot of clients and friends asking about sending large files recently, so I wanted to share an awesome program with you all.
The problem: E-mail was never designed to handle sending large attachments. Most servers have limits on how large a file you can send. While those limits have been increasing (Google is up to 10 Megabyte attachments,) it’s still not enough. Even if your large file is within the allowed attachment limit, it’s still a pain to send files over a few megabytes by email - it often locks up Outlook or your web browser while the file is transferred.
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