Will Troshynski

Will lives in Fairbanks, Alaska with his spouse Shawn, too many projects, and a lot of dogs who sometimes pull him around on a sled.

I can’t view a website: how to make blocked content work in Chrome

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In order to keep you and your computer safe, modern browsers, like Chrome, include a variety of protective settings enabled by default. These include blocking pop-ups, ads, and “intrusive content” (often a catch all for everything else!). Particularly on macOS, Chrome will not allow things like screen capture, auto-play, or automatic downloads without your express … Read more

How to create an auto-reply for an alias in Gmail

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Aliases allow users to send and receive under another email address without needing to set up an entire second account. Aliases are used in the workspace often so that employees can receive email both under a personalized address (like jdoe@fancyworkplace.com) as well as under a job title address (accountant@fancyworkplace.com). Some people use aliases to wear … Read more

How to Make Sure my Time Machine Backup is Working

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Time Machine Toggle Switch

Time Machine is a great and wonderful tool, but only if it’s functioning properly. You know this, because you’ve already set up your Time Machine backup. In a twist of fate, however, you may see (as you go about your daily computer-related business) a notification that you haven’t had a backup in 22 days… Which, considering that Time Machine is supposed to create a backup every hour for the past 24 hours, is concerning. How can you tell if your backup is, in fact, working? Where can you see the latest backup? How can you make sure all of the information you want to save is there?

Not to worry: there are many tools available to check and double check your backup is running properly— and if it’s not, to reconfigure the backup service to be back on its feet.

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