Author: Red Piston

Summer 2015 Impact Award Profile for Ahmed Kufaishi

July 25, 2015 by Red Piston | Leave a Comment

Ahmed Kufaishi completed the Ontario Self Employment Benefit program in November 2013 with Group 49. His vision was to be the best Apple Information Technology (IT) service provider for businesses and residents in the Durham region. Ahmed recalls, “I wanted to start a computer service company whose focus was on Apple products.” He felt this […]

Phishing Emails: Know How To Identify It With The Help Of Example

May 14, 2015 by Red Piston | Leave a Comment

Phishing emails are usually a way to get your login credentials for a service you subscribe to, it could be your bank account, your iCloud account or gmail . Apart from the bank account details a lot of people are very relaxed about their other account details, saying that they don’t have any secrets or, […]

Time billing vs. Project billing

April 29, 2015 by Red Piston | Leave a Comment

Time is one of the hardest things to put a price tag on especially for the information age worker. Here is the dilemma; the better I am at reaching a satisfying solution the less I will get paid, whether this is because I am smarter, more efficient or simply have more experience. And vice versa, when I am less […]

How To Speed Up Your Mac Device

April 21, 2015 by Red Piston | Leave a Comment

The more RAM you have the faster and better your computing will be. If your system is low on RAM it will experience slowdowns at practically every turn from launching programs to loading documents. The best way to speed up an old Mac, dramatically, is to replace its old hard drive with a new solid state […]

How To Improve The Life And Performance Of Mac Device With SSD?

April 2, 2015 by Red Piston | Leave a Comment

Why You should Upgrade Your Mac’s Hard Drive for Maximum Life and Performance Once you have verified that merely upgrading your RAM is not enough for you, and that your machine is older than 3 to 5 years (manufactured 2009 to mid-2012); as opposed to spending $2,499 for the new iMac with a 5K Retina […]

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Mac Tech Support Scams: Know How To Deal With It

February 3, 2015 by Red Piston | Leave a Comment

The Apple computer is still one of the most secure system around but the humble pop up is making its way to the system in ever increasing ways via your web browser. The pop ups in themselves don’t harm you but your reaction can. If you have the option to click any button apart from […]

How To Backup Mac Device With Time Machine

February 3, 2015 by Red Piston | Leave a Comment

We all know we should back up but how many of us actually do, should we bother. Short answer is if you value your digital life then YES and often. Why!! The device your currently looking at and reading this on is purely that, an electronic device, a device that can fail at […]

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday

December 23, 2014 by Red Piston | Leave a Comment

Our first year in business has been successful & exciting with all your support and encouragement. Thank You! We wish you & your loved ones an enjoyable holiday season & a very happy New Year from your friends at Alary Technologies. Holiday Office Hours We will be closed from December 25th – January 4th. […]

Yosemite Upgrade

October 29, 2014 by Red Piston

Introducing the new Apple Yosemite update The Yosemite upgrade is finally with us! here’s a list of which machines you can use it on: iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) Xserve […]

Spilled Water On Your MacBook Pro? Here’s What To Do

July 4, 2014 by Red Piston

Liquid spills on Macbook Pro are one of the most common accidental damages that occurs to a Mac. Unfortunately your Mac is not water proof and liquid will damage it when/if got inside. The damage is regularly is caused in two ways: • Through corrosion of the conducting parts by the liquid, the corrosion intensity […]