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Macro Systems has been serving the Metro Washington, DC area since 1997, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

How to Maximize the Signal Strength of Your Router

How to Maximize the Signal Strength of Your Router

You’re probably still spending a lot of time at home, on the Internet. With so many still working remotely, and many educational institutions continuing remote learning, the strength of a household’s Wi-Fi signal is going to be imperative. Listed below are some tips to help you maximize the signal strength of your router.

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Make the Most of Your Wireless Network Setup

Make the Most of Your Wireless Network Setup

When building an office’s network, wireless functionality has become a required element to include. Naturally, this is usually easier said than done, as wireless signals can be notoriously difficult. Listed below are some tips to help you make the most of your business’ wireless network setup.

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How to Adjust Your Android's Power Settings so it Runs Longer

How to Adjust Your Android's Power Settings so it Runs Longer

As a smartphone grows older, it’s battery starts to degrade. For years it was as simple as replacing the battery on the device, but over the past several years, no major smartphone manufacturer builds devices with removable batteries. Luckily for users, the Android OS has made it a point to build power settings into the software that offers them the ability to manipulate how power is used on the phone. Below is a look at some of the settings you can use to keep your device running longer.

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How to Enhance the Security of Your Printers

How to Enhance the Security of Your Printers

Of all your technology in the office, your printers may not be at the top of your list of security concerns. This could be a costly mistake; an unprotected printer could easily serve as an access point to someone with malicious motives. To help fix this, Macro Systems is dedicating this week’s tip to enhancing the security of your printing solutions.

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3 Time Management Tips

3 Time Management Tips

You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. Making the most of your time at work isn’t necessarily easy. There are all kinds of unanticipated distractions that take up a lot of time, so you should know what works to help you get the most out of the time you do have. Listed below are three tips that will help you manage your time more effectively.

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Tips on Inspiring Remote Collaboration

Tips on Inspiring Remote Collaboration

Recent events have illustrated how helpful a remote workforce can be, but this method of maintaining productivity isn’t without its challenges. For example, a staff that is used to working side-by-side in an office may have difficulties adjusting to this new work paradigm. Luckily, there are a few company activities that can help make better remote habits stick. 

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A Minor Change That Can Increase Productivity

A Minor Change That Can Increase Productivity

If you were to look at any businesses' list of priorities, “productivity” could probably be found somewhere at the top. Current circumstances being what they are and many processes shifting as a result, this productivity is probably more of a challenge than usual. Any bit of saved time can enhance productivity, so this week’s tip focuses on a minor change you can make to accomplish this goal.

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Practices for Effectively Assigning Team Tasks

Practices for Effectively Assigning Team Tasks

With so many tasks to be accomplished each day, it helps to have all the information required to complete these tasks. If a task has no context assigned to it or no insight into how to approach it, productivity and morale are going to suffer. To circumvent this, you need to properly task out your team’s goals. Listed below are some practices to help.

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2 Scenarios That Illustrate Why Your Business Needs a Backup Solution

2 Scenarios That Illustrate Why Your Business Needs a Backup Solution

Listed below are two potential scenarios that your business could encounter: one with a backup solution, and one without. This exercise will show and the benefit of protecting your organization with a backup solution.

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How to Remotely Collaborate More Efficiently

How to Remotely Collaborate More Efficiently

Collaboration is imperative for a business’ success, but with more teams than ever divided up amongst their homes, it is arguably even more imperative to their operations. Listed below are three ways that your team can collaborate more effectively while maintaining remote operations. 

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Is Your Network Being Properly Managed?

Is Your Network Being Properly Managed?

Businesses rely on their networks to successfully complete the tasks they need to accomplish; it's imperative that the networks you rely on are properly managed. Listed below are a few tips and best practices that can help you ensure that your network is being properly maintained. 

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How to Monitor Your IT While Out of the Office

How to Monitor Your IT While Out of the Office

Businesses are beginning to reopen as stay-at-home orders are lapsing. Remote solutions have gotten many of those businesses through this ordeal and for many others they continue to deploy a remote workforce. For businesses still promoting telework, monitoring your local IT environment is something that you need a solution for. Listed below are some of the best practices you can use to monitor your IT while out of the office.

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Tips on Staying Positive During a Business Crisis

Tips on Staying Positive During a Business Crisis

Disasters happen. Although this may not be the kind of thing you want to consider in terms of your business’ operations, it is something that must be done if you want to be prepared for the moment when a disaster occurs (as so many businesses are now learning firsthand). Listed below are a few best practices and tips to help you stay positive during this, and other, serious crises.

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How Cloud Solutions Can Support Your (Remote) Office Productivity

How Cloud Solutions Can Support Your (Remote) Office Productivity

Cloud solutions can help support your office’s productivity; especially now, when it isn’t recommended that anyone congregate in the office. Thus, we wanted to go over how you can help even your remote workforce be more productive by utilizing cloud technology.

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How to Create and Edit PDF Files

How to Create and Edit PDF Files

PDFs (Portable Document Format files) are a common enough thing to encounter these days. Nevertheless, many people may not comprehend the extent of what can be done with them… like editing them. Listed below are a few of the ways you can create and edit a PDF file.

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What You Need To Know About Working From Home

What You Need To Know About Working From Home

Because of the coronavirus, many office workers are working remotely. For many, this can feel like a nice change of scenery, while others might have additional anxiety from it. Regardless of where you stand, working remotely can be both effective and productive, if done properly.

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How to Enhance Your Access Control

How to Enhance Your Access Control

There is no denying that a companies' security--specifically, its access control--is absolutely imperative to consider. Listed below are a few tips to help you enhance your business’ security via improvements to your access controls and their policies.

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How To Stop Google From Changing Words It Considers 'Wrong'

How To Stop Google From Changing Words It Considers 'Wrong'

Believe it or not, Google doesn’t know everything. For example, you may be trying to write up a document in Google Docs that Google doesn’t recognize. Maybe it’s one of your services that you’ve created a name for, or even the name of your company. The issue is that Google likes changing words it deems “wrong”. Listed below are tips on how to stop it from changing words you meant to use.

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How to be More Productive with Your Smartphone

How to be More Productive with Your Smartphone

Today's smartphone has a ton of computing power, enough to be a dynamic tool for modern workers. However, it can also be a major distraction. Listed below are a couple tips that will help you be more productive with your smartphone. 

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Steer Clear of These Types of Android Apps

Steer Clear of These Types of Android Apps

The Google Play Store has an expansive selection of applications available for users to download. Alas, just because they’re available to be downloaded doesn’t necessarily mean that they should be downloaded; in fact, many of these apps should be avoided. Listed below are a few categories of application that you shouldn’t download in the first place.

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