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Use Old iOS Devices as Security Cameras! 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Are you one of those people who have old iOS devices laying around your house just waiting to be brought to the recyclers or given to a friend in need? I have always kept my old devices as a backup in...
Apple USB Power Adapter Swap Program 16 Aug 2013 | 01:39 am
Apple has announced that, starting August 16th, they are going to be offering a USB Power Adapter swap program to replace customers’ third party (non-Apple) power adapters. They are now offering this ...
The Dangers of Third-Party Accessories 11 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
A few weeks ago, reports surfaced that a 23-year-old Chinese woman, a flight attendant with China Southern Airlines, died by electrocution after she answered her phone. According to journalists invest...
Remote Consulting 10 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
As a regular reader of our blog, you are likely aware that we the employees of Small Dog Electronics are amongst the most knowledgable Mac and iOS experts in the world. We would say that we are in fac...
AirPlay for Google? 9 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Google has just released a brand new streaming device. They call it the Chromecast, and it retails for $35. This very small flash drive-sized device plugs directly into any HDMI port. It works very mu...
Backing up is SO not Hard to Do! 8 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
We have talked too many times about how important maintaining a backup of your data is and just how easy it might be to lose that data. Most hard drives are made up of spinning magnetic disks that whi...
The Trials of Data Recovery 7 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Data recovery is a service that doesn’t always yield results, and having done it a few times, I know that whenever a hard drive or a solid state drive fails, the data on it has a very good chance of b...
MAC TREAT #213: Unlearn Words From Spell Check 6 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
As a person who writes a fair amount for Small Dog, I use the Spelling and Grammar check on a daily basis. Often times, I write about products (among other things) that I know for a fact are spelled c...
Food/Water Accidental Damages 5 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Food + your computer is not a good combination. Looking at computers coming into the tech department covered in crumbs with splattered food covering the display and keyboard, we think to ourselves, “i...
New Malware Affecting Mac Users 4 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
A new malicious website has plagued itself on some unsuspecting Mac users recently. It has been classified under the term “ransomware”, which is essentially malware that restricts access to a computer...