I upgraded to El Capitan and it landed me in the repair shop. Here's what to consider before you decide to upgrade yourself....
Happy New Year from Digital Zen
Digital Zen has been quiet, but I'm still here. Check out how I used technology these past few months to close out the year, celebrate the holidays, and ring in 2016. Happy New Year!...
How To Keep Your Mac Zippy and Clean
CleanMyMac 3 cleans the entire Mac system including iTunes, iPhoto, Mail, and more. This new version also offers hardware health alerts and utilities to help you take better care of your Mac....
Your Startup Disk Is Almost Full and What to Do About It
When the "startup disk is almost full" warning starts to haunt your Mac, it's time to clean house. CleanMyMac works some powerful black magic. The cobwebs are swept away and my Mac's response time is noticeably quicker....
Jazzing Up the Desktop
What's boring? Default icons. I just jazzed up my Mac desktop with some fun alternatives. It's super easy to change them. Even better, I used this trick to help my son find the Spelling City website that he uses for homework every week. Now he can find it easily by clicking on "his macaw"....
Limit How Much Music Is Synced to Your iPhone with One Little Setting
Audio files take up lots of space. If you don't need or want a vast portable music library, here's how to change the default setting and limit how much music is synced to your iPhone....
Help for a Crashing iPhoto ’11
"iPhoto is unable to open this library" Yikes! If you've seen this error message in iPhoto '11 and the application will no longer open or consistently crashes while importing new photos, before you panic (like I did), here is the solution....
Roar! How a $30 Upgrade to Mac OS X Lion Could Cost Me $699
For major software releases, it’s often best to avoid being an early adopter and let others work the bugs and kinks out first. See how I got a nasty bite from the new Mac OS X Lion....
