Put A Secure Password On Your iPad or iPhone – Profile Built With Apple iPhone Configuration Utility

Have you ever wished that the iPad, iPhone or Touch had better security than the four digit security code? A secure solution begins with a minimum six character alpa-numeric passcode.

With the Apple iPhone Configuration Utility we’ve built a profile that allows alphanumeric passcodes. All you have to do is open this link (on your iPad, iPhone or iTouch) and you will be prompted to pick a new passcode. Your passcode can be a mix of letters and numbers, with a minimum of six characters. The only restriction is you cannot use a consecutive order like “joe123″. You would have to do something such as “joe132.”

To remove this profile feature for longer passwords, go to your iPad, iPhone or iTouch Settings/General/Profiles/macworks/ then click remove and confirm. Next, change your passcode back to something numeric.

Of course, use at your own risk since it is possible to forget your password. If you do, you would need to reset your device. Happy security!

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Pogoplug is a small box that essentially lets you turn any USB hard drive into a network device. Not only does the Pogoplug make your drive available to your Mac or PC, it can be reached in a web browser like Firefox or even on your iPhone!

Setup is extremely easy, you just plug it in, visit my.pogoplug.com to set up an account, and that’s about it.

The Pogoplug shines and is standout because it is the easiest way to get web access to your data – bar none. Sign in to your password protected my.pogoplug.com account and you’re looking at a clean and simple interface through which you can navigate the entire contents of the attached drive. Document, picture, music and movie files are directly accessible and just a click away. If you have write access, you can also do basic management like deleting, renaming, or moving files

If you have an iPhone, a free PogoPlug application lets you browse the entire drive right from the phone via either WiFi or its 3G connection. iPhone-compatible documents open right on your screen when tapped. Tap an MP3 or a movie file, and it starts streaming live from your hard drive anywhere in the world! If you need to save a file, tap a button and it’s downloaded into the phone.

On a personal note, my music library is over 200MB and could not be loaded on even the largest iPod available. No worries with PogoPlug, all my music is instantly available anywhere I have my iPhone.

In the months to come, we here at MacWorks, LLC will be recommending this product as a “must have’ device. It can be very flexible and fit in to many of our clients “workflows”.

This product is just amazing and will literally change the way you organize your life if you are a professional on the go. The best part of all is that this incredible device cost only $99 an is available from PogoPlug.com and at the PogoPlug Store.

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Bento Customer Stories | FileMaker: “Donovan Krebs
Organizing Inspiration”

Donovan Krebs
Donovan Krebs, Artist

Local artist, Mac user and friend Donovan Krebs , is featured on the Filemaker website because he uses the great database product Bento 2.
Check out the whole story here- Bento Customer Stories | FileMaker
You can also find out more about Donovan’s art at his website – http://www.donovankrebs.com

“Donovan Krebs has thoughts to organize. Lots of them. The artist’s mind can be filled with a maelstrom of ideas, inspirations, concepts, and tasks. Without a way to manage it all, he’d be swamped. That’s why he turned to Bento 2.”

TUAW Review: Quickoffice for iPhone: “”

Quickoffice consists of three components in one app; Quickword, Quicksheet, and Quickoffice Files. Quickword creates, edits, and views Microsoft Word, Quicksheet does the same for Excel spreadsheets, and Quickoffice Files (US$1.99, click opens iTunes) is the piece that moves files to and from the iPhone as well as serving as a file viewer.

(Via http://www.tuaw.com/2009/04/29/tuaw-review-quickoffice-for-iphone/.)

GV Mobile brings the power of Google Voice to your iPhone. GV Mobile allows users of Google Voice to:

+dial numbers via the iPhone address book or typing on the keypad +send SMS +retrieve and delete recent call history +playback and delete voicemails +take calls from different phones other than your iPhone +enable or disable the phones that Google Voice forwards calls to +add or delete phones that Google Voice forwards call to GrandDialer users, this is your replacement app! You must already have a Google Voice account in order for this application to work. Grand Central users that have converted their account to Google Voice will also be able to use this.

How does GV Mobile work? GV Mobile initiates a secure connection with Google Voice and sends a command to do various tasks(call, send sms, etc). GV Mobile communicates only with Google Voice, no one else. Please note that GV Mobile relies heavily on the use of an internet connection (3G, EDGE, Wifi, etc). “

This application comes from a developer named Sean Kovacs who actually had this ready to purchase weeks ago. It somehow got delayed in approval but is now finally available.

GV Mobile is $2.99 and is available at the iTunes Store.

Whether you are using an Apple iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm, and Symbian.

MacWorks, LLC in conjunction with it’s mobile email workspace partners can help you get the latest information anytime, anywhere. Using push email technology, new email, meeting invitations, and event changes are immediately pushed over-the-air to the mobile device without having to wait for a manual or scheduled sync.

Give us a call to help you come up with a “game plan” to get your Mobile office connected and synchronized. Whether you are a recent “switcher” to the Mac or run a business that has Windows and Mac users, we have a plan that’s right for you.

Call MacWorks, LLC today – 203.285.6405 or toll free 800.700.1673

A great application is about to hit the iPhone Application store any day now – GV Mobile. This brings full functionality to the iPhone to run Google Voice, the new service rolled out by Google a few weeks ago. You can see how GV Mobile works in this video:

GV Mobile brings the power of Google Voice to your iPhone.
GV Mobile allows users of Google Voice to:

+dial numbers (domestic for free and international at a variable rate) via the iPhone address book or typing on the keypad
+send SMS
+retrieve and delete recent call history
+playback and delete voicemails
+take calls from different phones other than your iPhone
+enable or disable the phones that Google Voice forwards calls to
+add or delete phones that Google Voice forwards call to

We will be one of the first to let you know when this application hits the street. It will be available in a premium version for $2.99 or a free version. Stay tuned!

Skype the well known voice-over-internet application that allows users to make phone calls over the internet has released their free iPhone application. As with Skype for the computer, calls can be made to other Skype users or over regular landline phones.

You can get your Skype for the iPhone Application at the iPhone Store for free.