Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Make Money: Your Computer + The Internet

Affiliate Marketing is one of the many ways you can make money on your computer working from home.

Of all the tools you can use to make money, your computer is probably one of the most important.

There are 6 ways to make money with a blog.

Learning how to use Internet Marketing to sell is one of your best first steps right now. Once you've learned that, you'll be able to select the best, most lucrative products to sell.

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Finding the "Best Buy" — Apple Computers Sale

I'm on a budget, so I went digging for the best buy. Apple Computers sales seem hard to come by. However, I found a few tricks to make sure I could get a good price.

1. Buy Online — but NOT from Apple

Apple has an online store, but there are a number of discount stores that specialize in Apple, and they are often about $100 cheaper. Apple ships their new computers directly to these stores for sale, so the product is exactly the same.

(I guess Apple wants to maintain a reputation with their prices? I don't know.)

Buy from a discount Apple store like MacMall.com, and use the money you save on some cool software, or a backup drive or something.

2. Buy an Older Model

Once Apple starts selling a new model/version of the MacBook or iMac, last year's model drops significantly in price. And it's only a year "old", so you won't be missing out on too many features. After all, just the day before it was the latest and greatest!

I recently found this search on Amazon.com turns up some good, cheap options for older iMacs.

3. Buy "Pre-Owned" or "Refurbished"

As long as you buy from an Authorized Apple reseller, you can get a perfectly good used computer or refurbished one for about half the price of a brand new one. And it will be fully tested and good as new. It might take some shopping around to find one, but it's a huge payoff when you do!

Sometimes you can even find an "open box" deal at your local retailer. That's when someone buys the computer, takes it home, and returns it within the store's return policy period. They can't resell it as "new", so they take a bit off the top. Could be anywhere from $50 to $150 depending on the time.

Finding a Mac computers sale just takes a little time researching online. But if you take the time, you might find the best buy on Apple computers.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

How DO You Right Click? Mac Conundrum…

It's a common question from people new to the Mac: How do you right click? Mac mice made by Apple only have one physical button. Actually, they don't have any visible buttons.

Well it is possible to right-click, or to fudge it. Here are the quick tricks:

1) Control-Click

By holding down the "control" key on your keyboard while clicking your mouse or trackpad normally, you'll get the equivalent of a "right-click". The little menu will pop up.

2) Two-Finger Click

This one is for those of you with a trackpad on your laptop, or the Apple Magic Trackpad on your desktop. By pressing down on the trackpad with two fingers next to each other simultaneously, you'll get the same functionality of a "right click".

This also works if your trackpad has a separate button. Simply touch two fingers to the trackpad while clicking the button normally.

This trick only works, however, if you have the "Secondary Click" feature turned on in the System Preferences for your trackpad

3) Right-Click

Yeah. Just click on the right side of your mouse!

The Apple Mouse and Magic Mouse both have the ability to detect which side of the mouse you're pressing down on. But the "Secondary Button" feature has to be turned on in theSystem Preferences for your mouse.

If you want more detailed information about how to set it up, check out how to right click on a mac.

You'll now be able to answer when anyone asks you, "How do I right click on a Mac?"