Nothing is free when it comes to Apple, and the Upgrade to Big Sur is no different. If you are wondering if you should upgrade
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Category: Beach Street Tech
At Beach Street News, we love tech. We are owned by the same company that produces KühlToys so we are always looking for gadgets to make life better. Everything we find that can make life better at the beach or anywhere else for that matter we’ll share here. If you find something, tell us about it. If it makes it down the hall to KühlToys, you might get a free shirt!
M1 Mac Mini Daily Crashes and Bluetooth Fun
We have a new M1 Mac Mini that crashes daily. Sometimes when you are the first to buy a new Apple product you get burned.
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Are Digital License Plates a Good Deal?
Digital License plates are here and only one company makes them. Living in a world where everything is tracked and no one pay attention to
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Thinking of buying a LaView NVR or DVR?
Buying a LaView NVR and expecting any support from LaView is a mistake. If you have a LaView NVR and a Mac, you are probably
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HyperDrive GEN2: USB-C Hub with 2X Speed/Power of Current USB-C Hubs
4K60Hz HDR Video, 10Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2, 300MB/s UHS-II MicroSD/SD 4.0, and 100W USB-C Power Delivery FREMONT, California: Sanho Corporation, owners of Hyper, the creators
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T-Mobile Has Massive Outage – FCC to Spend Money
As cellular companies merge and get bigger, the risks of a major outage get bigger. Maybe the FCC Chairman should have considered that before allowing Sprint and T-Mobile to merge?
Read moreTech Talk – Laptop Dock
In this Tech Talk Scott covers another great convenience for your home or office because today it is a different story. There are tons of “port replicators” or “docking stations” out there. The problem is how do you know which one to choose?
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Tech Talk – USB vs NAS vs Server
Recently a client sent me a bid for a new server. The cost was nearly $50,000.
Read moreHP and Epson Printer Shift
It really is silly that you have to do this. Draft should be slightly less ink, or maybe 100 dpi instead of 300 or 600. But is isn’t, instead it for some reason is the lazy mode where the printer just prints sort of where it wants.
Read moreTransfer Photos from iPhone – No Apps No Wires
When Apple changed iTunes from a complete solution to music only, the ability to sync photos between your iPhone and mac went away. That wasn’t a bad thing because if you are like me you have thousands of photos on your phone you don’t really need and don’t want to sort through on your mac.
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