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Time Machine, a utility included in the Mac OS starting with version 10.5, has made it a no-brainer to back up a Mac compter to an external hard drive or Apple Time Capsule.  However, a frequent complaint from users is that the automatic backups occur every hour, which for someone who stores a large number of files on their computer can be disruptive since it affects computer processing speed and available network bandwidth.

Although Apple has not offered a solution built into the operating system, there are two utilities available that allow users to easily adjust the back up frequency:

 

 

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Apple Keychain Access UtilityIt happens all the time: you've connected to a WiFi network or a website and saved your password on your Mac, but now you're using another computer or web browser and you don't remember the password.  Here's a really easy way to look up passwords stored on your Mac using the Keychain Access utility:

 

 

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