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Multi-Factor Authentication

We saw many cybersecurity breaches during 2018. Some of them involved big companies in various sectors from health care to social media. In addition, hacking…

Mojave 10.14 is Ready to Install – Optional for Now

We have been testing Mojave for a few weeks now and we are now confident it will work well with our various systems at DA. …

Sophos Endpoint Protection is Coming Soon

Over the last few months we have noticed a growing number of risky applications installed on our Macbooks. Most of these security risks are in…

Microsoft Office 2019 Now Available

Earlier this year Microsoft announced Office 2019. Along with future support for Mojave (10.14), several new features have been added. Here is a list of…

Google Chrome Updates: Bug Fix

Today we will be updating Google Chrome on all DA computers. We have seen several issues where Google Chrome is consuming all of the CPU…

Software Updates Continued…

Continued from our last post… We have made some recent updates to the way your laptop manages Apple software updates. Yes – That is an…

Email Migration to Office 365

Over the next several weeks we will be migrating your email accounts from an on-premise hosted Exchange system to the new Office365. Our email system…

Are You Backed Up?

Lets face it – Laptops fail. They are often tossed around and take some abuse. Although I am sure everyone takes great care of their…

Keeping Passwords Safe

So every website you visit has different password requirements. One site requires an minimum of eight characters, while another is 15. Some require special characters,…

Reclaiming Disk Space on Your Mac

So your disk space is running low and you so desperately want to update your computer to High Sierra… Here are some quick tips for…