MacMechanic

It's like an Academy Award for Most Internet Danger! Here's your friendly reminder to *always* be careful what you're clicking on!!! https://www.cnn.com//mcafee-dangerous-celeb-onl/index.html

As Santa Barbara Independent would say, HEAR YE, HEAR YE!!! **Today** is the LAST day to vote for 2019's "Best of Santa Barbara," so show your favorite local businesses some love! We're not saying you should vote for us, but we're not not saying it, and we ARE saying you can find us in the "Living Well" category :). And don't forget, you have to vote in TWENTY categories for your vote to count! https://www.independent.com/bestof2019/

As the good people of iFixit proclaim: "Rice is a food, not a tool." Don't subject your liquid-damaged device to your dinner starch! It will not help. If you spill liquid on your beloved MacBook/iMac/iFill-in-the-blank, power it down, keep it that way, and BRING IT TO US immediately!!!! And for the good of all computers everywhere, we now offer free recipe consulting to assist you with whatever extra rice you have on hand.... https://www.ifixit.com/News/rice-is-for-dinner-not-repair

https://9to5mac.com//macos-10-15-catalina-tidbits-imessag/ Change is in the air! (Okay, maybe not in the typical the-seasons-are-actually-changing way that that particular phrase is often used, BUT how cute *and* useful does Sidecar sound?)

While MOST of the scams our clients encounter are of the scammers-pretending-to-be-Apple/Microsoft/Google/tech conglomerate of your choice variety, this is a great read for anyone looking to become more savvy about how to safely navigate the predator-infested morass known as the Internet! https://slate.com//cryptocurrency-blockchain-scams-ponzi-t

We’ve gotten some panicked calls from Gmail users as of late about the imminent demise of Google Plus. But rest assured: this will not affect your Gmail account. On the off-chance that you’re one of the platform’s five enthusiastic users, you *should* back up your Google Plus data before April, and we’d be happy to help you do that if you’re not sure how to proceed. But while Googling Is Google Plus Gone made us feel like some sort of Internet-dwelling ouroboros, the writ...ing had been on the digital wall for a while, and we can all admit that the tech behemoth’s shuttering of this much-mocked, little-trafficked platform is for the best. So let’s pour one out for the would-be Second Coming of Facebook -- it is #NationalMargaritaDay, after all. http://fortune.com/2019//02/google-plus-shuts-down-april-2/