QWorks

QWorks Quick Q&A – Updates

Updates. They have never been more important; or more frequent. As hackers and malware authors target our computers, the software manufacturers are doing their best to keep up with these attacks. This is resulting in many more updates than usual.

Most update notifications are valid, some are not. It’s hard to know without each notice being seen by an expert. So no easy answers here. The important thing to know is that updates are necessary. Not optional.

Call me and I’ll be happy to help.

QWorks Quick Q&A – Email POP vs. IMAP

POP email is a method of retrieving your email from a server, usually internet based, and downloading that email into an email client such as Outlook or Thunderbird.

IMAP email is a method of synchronizing your email with a server, usually internet based. Therefore IMAP is the preferred method when you have multiple devices that are email capable. In this way, when you have read an email, it is marked as read on all devices. If you reply to an email, that populates to all your devices.

IMAP is the way to go.

And for you aspiring geeks:
POP – Post Office Protocol
IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol

QWorks Quick Q&A – Get your backups done now! Protect your valuable data.

How would you feel if all of the data on your computer were to suddenly disappear?  Never to return.  Do you have financial information on your computer?  Pictures of your spouse, your children, relatives?  Is any of this information important to you?

Most people never think of this until something happens.  And then it’s too late.

Here’s my rule for computer data;  it must exisit in 3 separate locations.
1)  The original data on your primary hard drive.
2)  A backup of that data on a local external hard drive.
3)  A backup of that data on the internet.

If you are not following these rules, your data is in danger.  External USB drives are relatively inexpensive.  Internet based backups for both home and business have become affordable.

Don’t wait until a disaster occurs.  Get your backups done now!

Copyright © 2013. All Rights Reserved.