I have 2 rather elderly Macs (a sapphire iMac and a gray eMac) that are taking up valuable space in my apartment, and that I would love to donate to anyone who can find a good use for them; problem is, I need to wipe the hard drives, and have neither the knowledge of how nor the time in which to do such a thing. Would anyone be willing to help me ( Read more... )

Sorry to be so vague, but this is a third-hand request from a potential client for computer "help" in Cambridge. It seems the person in question is looking for some paid tutoring/consulting/setup services. In addition to computer expertise, she's looking for someone comfortable with one-on-one teaching and with good interpersonal skills ( Read more... )

I've been struggling for months to connect my computer to my receiver via audio cable without picking up an intermittent AM station or three. Different cables (laboriously routed) and various arrangements of ferrite cores have not addressed the problem. I need a local sound engineer to do a house call. How could I locate such a person, and not ( Read more... )

My Epson CX4200 ink-jet printer/scanner/copier is intermittently failing with all red lights flashing and an "E" in the LED numeric display.

Can anyone here recommend a place or person who can fix it? Micro Center doesn't fix printers. The nearest authorized Epson service center is in Weymouth, which would not be an enjoyable trip on public ( Read more... )

I just broke the screen on my shiny new Nexus 5, and I'm embarrassingly heartbroken about it. I've never had to repair a smartphone before--any recommendations? I'm sorry if there's been prior discussion of the question--I browsed through the tags looking for anything that might be relevant, but nothing jumped out at me.

I don't want to overrun the community with lots of separate posts today, so I'll roll a bunch of unrelated topics into this one:

• Pinkberry opened Thursday night at 263 Elm Street. As lbmango said elsewhere, "Davis square has officially reached froyo saturation."
  
  
• Utzsav: A Fest of Punjabi & Sikh Culture in Union Square plaza, today from 4 to 8 pm.
  
  
• Sunday ( Read more... )

Its the older, non-portable model. it charges my iPod Classic - and says its playing - but no sound ( Read more... )

Anyone have a recommendation for someone (preferably local) to do hard drive recovery? I've got an external hard drive - Western Digital "My Book World" - that's b0rked, and I'd love to see if it's possible to get (any of) the data off of it.

Thanks!

I have to get a new power cable/adapter thing for my iBook G4 (it's the cable thing with the white square adapter and a round plug). I emailed the Mac repair person recommended a couple of years ago in this community, but never got a response. Any other suggestions for where to get used computer parts (especially Mac) in the Somerville area ( Read more... )

FYI Angeltronics, the computer repair store that was in Davis and is currently in Ball Square, is moving to Malden.   I was in there today and was pleased with the service.   The owner doesn't know if the landlord has a replacement.