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If you’re getting the following error message… “Not Enough Storage: This iPhone cannot be backed up because there is not enough iCloud storage available. You can manage your storage in Settings.” …this may be a legitimate error for you, and if that’s the case, then the answer for you is to either copy of some [...]

A client friend of mine sent me a link to the streaming of Apple’s Remembering Steve event, so I took the time to watch it. It was quite touching at times. I was also inspired by the comments that were made about him by people who knew him best. It was great to see such [...]

It never ceases to amaze me how intuitive Apple makes their operating systems, including that of the iPad. We were just at my uncle’s this weekend, and a close friend of the family had his two year old with him. His parents are very much Apple fans, so of course they have an iPad. Consequently, [...]

My sister just had an issue with her white Macbook (2008) where first it was saying “Replace Battery Soon,” and then it was saying “Replace Battery Now.” Soon after it said to replace it now, it said that it was going to take 20 hours to recharge and was STUCK on 20 hours (the battery [...]

Snapseed, a very popular photo editing app for the iPod (and iPhone/iPod Touch) that was voted App of the Year for 2011 by Apple is currently FREE in the app store. It’s usually $4.99. Here is a description of it: Snapseed is the only photo app you’ll want to use every day. It makes any [...]

Since the jailbreak for iOS 5 is still tethered, I wanted to find out if my iPhone 3GS had the old bootrom version or the new one. The old version will allow you to have an untethered jailbreak, which means you will NOT have to hook up your iPhone to your computer to keep the [...]

I love Facebook, but one thing that I don’t care for is that they automatically activate their new features in our profiles instead of telling us about it, and asking us if we want the new idea implemented into our profile. So when Facebook adds a new feature, and we don’t like it, we have [...]

Just a quick blog post to let you know that if you’re looking for an AMAZING deal on an awesome luxury condo in Studio City, CA, then this just may be your day! A client of mine is looking to sell his condo FAST because he found his dream home, and needs to sell this [...]

For you unlockers and jailbreakers, today the Dev Team has just released a version of UltraSnow that is compatible with iOS 5! So you can now unlock iOS 5 and use it with any provider. Check out the new features in iOS 5 here. Just know that no new basebands are supported. The update only [...]

A client friend of mine just sent me an email telling me about a killer free offer that a very well known and widely used online storage service is offering. Box.net is an online storage service that, according to Box, is used by 73% of the Fortune 500 companies. Impressive. Well, they just launched their [...]

Apple has just released the latest version of their operating system for their iOS devices…iOS 5, and it’s now available for download! If you have an iPhone 3GS or 4, or a 3rd or 4th generation iPod, or either of the iPads, hook it up to your computer, open iTunes, click on your iOS device [...]

The passing of Steve Jobs really affected me, more than I thought it would. I spent the rest of the day on the 5th, and all day yesterday reading up on him, getting to know him better. It also made me really think about what I’m doing with my life and where I’m going. I’ll [...]

Apple just announced the latest version of it’s iPhone, the iPhone 4S, and consequently their servers have been going down quite frequently today. I kept on getting an “Access Denied” error. Did you? Cleary the entire world is trying to see what the new iPhone 4S is bringing to the table. Well, wait no longer! [...]

This is GREAT news that BGR just broke yesterday, as I have been waiting forever to get the iPhone on T-Mobile so I no longer have to jailbreak and unlock it, and so I can finally enjoy 3G (or 4G if the iPhone 5 supports it) speeds, and not have to rely on Wifi to [...]

I am helping a client sell their Quantum Biofeedback SCIO device that comes with a FREE 17″ Quantum Computers laptop. I have posted a bunch of pictures and videos on a page in my For Sale section here. So if you know any health practitioners who are looking to create an added income stream that [...]

Ok, so 2 days ago, a friend of mine had her iPhone 4 stolen. She was in a Starbucks, got up from her table to leave, threw out her empty coffee cup, walked outside about 20 feet, and quickly realized that she forgot her iPhone. She looked in through the window at the table where [...]

Eben Pagan’s Guru Master Class is all about teaching you how to take your knowledge, organize it into information products, package it for optimum sales, and sell BOAT LOADS of it to the masses! As they say, “If you want to dine with the classes, you must sell to the masses.” Eben’s company produced $29 [...]

As some of you know, I’ve been studying Internet marketing pretty heavily, so I’m going to be posting Internet marketing blog posts more frequently on here to teach you guys what I’ve learned, because I’m very passionate about it, and I want to help you guys out. You can always use more money, right? All [...]

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, but I never got around to it. Been very busy. However, seeing that Steve Jobs just resigned as CEO of Apple today (so sad), I feel today is a very fitting day to post this. Steve, I know that you will be the Chairman of the [...]

What a sad day it is. Steve Jobs, the co-founder and pioneer of Apple resigns as CEO. However, don’t get your head all down, because he did propose to be Chairman of the Board and director. The board BETTER accept his proposal is all I have to say. Apple without Steve Jobs is like the [...]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am helping a client of mine sell their 2000 Honda Accord EX. I just posted a page with all of the specs and lots of pics here. So if you or someone you know is looking for a Honda Accord, or at least a reliable and affordable [...]

Have you heard of Google+? You can find it here: http://plus.google.com. It’s Google’s version of Facebook and Twitter, combined into one, and it’s actually pretty cool. It allows you to share photos, videos, have unlimited text in your status updates, and other features that are similar to Facebook and Twitter (sans the unlimited text in [...]

Did you recently install Microsoft Security Essentials to protect your computer, and right after installing it, your computer slowed to a crawl? Well, the good news is, you’re not going crazy. It is completely possible for this to happen. Why? Because for some reason, Microsoft made it so that if you are running MSE on [...]

Do you want to add the ability for people to donate money to your cause, your website, or you? Want to use PayPal to do it? Want to set it up so that the donors can donate via their credit or debit card without having to sign up for PayPal? It’s easier than you might [...]

The battery on my mother’s old white iPhone 3GS 16GB died. So we went to the Apple store and bought a replacement phone. So now we have a brand new white iPhone 3GS 16GB with ATT that we just put up on eBay. It comes with a case and a 90 day warranty with Apple. [...]

I just found this video on YouTube. Apparently Skype uploaded it to their YouTube channel, but didn’t realize that it was public, and quickly privatized it. But not before a fan recorded the video (unfortunately, without audio) and threw it back up on YouTube. So I figured I would let you guys get a sneak [...]

Ever have a need to know if a phone number is a land line or a cell phone number? Or maybe you want to know it’s location? Well, there’s an app for that. Kidding. I’m sure there is, but there’s a website for that as well. Here it is: www.reversenumberdatabase.com Los Angeles Computer Repair | [...]

I thought I would start sharing my passion for exotic sports cars, AKA supercars. I know this is a tech blog, but it’s MY tech blog. ;p I’m sure you’ll enjoy them. If you’re not into supercars (at least not yet), then you should know that Lamborghini just came out with a new model called [...]

I just had a client who reformatted his drive and reinstalled Windows XP Pro on it. After he did that, when he reattached the 2 other SATA internal hard drives that he has for his data, one showed up fine, and the other showed up as a “Foreign Domestic Drive” and had a yellow question [...]

If you have a jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch and you bought some apps via Cydia that you forgot to backup before you upgraded to the latest version of iOS, then have no fear. Your Cydia purchases are intact! All you have to do after you jailbreak your iOS device again is log into Cydia, download and [...]

Did you get a “bad value” error while uploading a video to YouTube? Want to know what the deal is? It’s simply that there is a symbol in the description of your video that you typed that YouTube doesn’t like. The one that gave me the error was the “>” symbol. So if you used [...]

Want to know how to burn an .ISO file with your Mac? Here’s a quick video that I made that walks you through the entire process. If you’re not sure what an .ISO file is, it’s simply a disk image file that, when you burn it to a CD, it creates an exact duplicate of [...]

I am helping my parents sell some real estate they own in Nova Scotia, Canada. It’s in a town that’s 8 miles from Baddeck called Nyanza, on the island of Cape Breton, to be exact. A portion of the property is right on the water…Bras d’Or Lake. Beautiful. The land is very versatile, and if [...]

If you’re getting the message, “iTunes requires a computer with a G4, G5 or Intel processor”, then that means you’re dealing with an older Mac that has a G3 processor or earlier that is not compatible with the latest version of iTunes. What’s the fix? Well, you have to dig around the Internet to find [...]

I was sitting in Starbucks doing some work when I saw a girl going over her notes on her Mac in MS Word, but with a very cool layout…a layout that not only looked like a real notebook, but that also had tabs! Just having the notebook layout may be cool for students, but it’s [...]

I’m helping a client find someone to take over the lease of his BMW 335i hardtop convertible or buy it outright. It is in a 5 year lease, and only has 22 months left. The owner is offering a GREAT incentive by paying the first month for you! He will even reimburse you for the [...]

I have a client who bought MS Office Home and Business 2010 for the list price of $279.99 from Best Buy. We installed it, and she ended up not liking it because it was too different from MS Office 2003, which is what she was used to. So I uninstalled it for her and put [...]

I recently bought Pages ’09 (for only $19.99, btw) for a client via the Mac App Store on my Mac, because you need at least Mac OS X 10.6 to get the Mac App Store on your computer, which he did not have. And my client wanted to buy Pages separately. He did not want [...]