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June 2025

What platform to start my growing business?


I am wondering what is the best cloud storage for moving forward with my businessInitiative (non-profit) that will develop into an organization and have employees. I will have 2 independent contractors, a few volunteers to start with now. Eventually, emails and website and etc - so is that something you can point me to now so I can start creating workbook material and documents, etc??
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Great question. There are several ways to go about this of course. Each offers pros and cons. Big picture options:

Dropbox for simple file sharing, collaboration
Google Admin/Workspace for a more encompassing approach including file share, multiple emails, space allocation,
Exchange business plan through a third party reseller such as godaddy that would include domain name, web space, email hosting, etc…

You’ll probably end up with a combination of services. Just depends on where you want to start and how much you want to grow.

Laptop won't power on

My laptop just has a black screen and won't turn on.
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1. (Obviously) Try charging it for a few hours.
2. Check the caps lock key to see if it is actually on but the screen is off. If you see the caps lock light, then the computer is powered up but the screen is dimmed.
3. Hold down the power button for about 10 seconds then release. Then try to power on as usual.
4. Reseting the SMC chip depends on the year and model. Most of the time you can do this by holding down shift+command+option on the left side and power button on the right. Usually only takes about 3 seconds of hold down. Sometimes that will trigger the computer to come back on.

Where are my playlists after restoring my phone from my computer?

I restored my broken phone using a computer but none of my playlists came back. Where are my playlists?
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The backup was a clone of whatever was physically on the phone. There are two places music can live: physically on the phone which would have required you to download each song at some point either directly from the phone or transferred from iTunes (now called Music) from a computer. OR to keep all your music in the cloud. So two things to consider. Was the music originally transferred from a computer? If so, that music would still be on the original computer OR were you paying for Apple Music in which case the music, along with playlists, would still be in the cloud. Also, any previously purchased music will always be available to be redownloaded for the rest of your life. If the music was not download but instead, imported from CDs then that would have required a computer. Therefore you could return to the original computer and re-sync the music.

How do I stop getting asked to save passwords?

How do I get Safari to stop asking me to save my passwords?
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To prevent Safari from asking if you’d like to save passwords is to disable iCloud Keychain go to System settings: click the name in the top left corner: iCloud: Passwords: turn off “Sync this Mac”


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