About a day or so after I upgraded to Maverick operating system into my MacBook Air, my HP Photosmart D110 printer went down. It did this when I printed form Pages. Every time I tried to print the sheet would print just a few lines and then the printer put a warning into the display window telling me to turn the printer off. I did this over and over and it would just fail over and over. I finally decided…
I have an idea of writing a book of fiction and possibly a play. When I write any fiction, my typing can not keep up with my mind and I loose the flow of what I wish to convey due to the writing delay. It occurred to me to get a voice to text computer software and try that out as a solution. The only software that came up with good reviews was Dragon. I purchased Dragon Dictate for Mac…
Problem: You are notified that there is an update to Microsoft Office 2011 for your Mac. You proceed through the steps but get stopped up by one or more programs that will not close. My problem was that the Microsoft Office Installation program could not close two programs. They were hidden as start up applications explained shortly. Solution: Write down the offending programs. We will go look for them in a rather unlikely place. Go to the Apple menu (upper…
Disclaimer: The following how to explanation intent is to provide you my road map for incorporating an older Airport Extreme and pair it with a new Airport Extreme with the new 802.11ac technology. My Extreme also included an internal hard drive, called Airport Time Capsule. This post was composed August 2013. As time goes on this tutorial will become out of date due to system software changes, Airport Utility changes and hardware upgrades. My point is that you should take…
How To Get A Second Extended Monitor To Work As Extended Desktop With MacBook Air
I read an article in the LA Times some time in November 2012 where it revealed that Time Warner Cable was now charging a rental fee for its Internet modems. The article went on to say that the customer can buy their own modem but it must be an approved model. I went to the Time Warner web site but could not find anything about which modems were approved. I had to contact them by Internet typing chat. The fellow…
