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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 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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Keyboard Shortcuts Featuring the Windows Key

Keyboard Shortcuts Featuring the Windows Key

Keyboard shortcuts have been utilized for a long time to move things along faster. In 1994, around the time that Windows 95 was released, Microsoft created the new keyboard layout that incorporated the brand-new Windows key (or Win Key). When pressed, the Windows Key would instantly open the start menu, which debuted in the software.

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3 Probable Reasons Your Internet is Slow

3 Probable Reasons Your Internet is Slow

Slow Internet may be an inconvenience in any case, but it has an especially negative impact on the workplace. Technology should enhance your operational efficiency, but if your solutions depend on a connection to the Internet, any problem there can effectively bring your productivity to a halt. Let's go over a few of the most common problems that might be slowing down your connection, and perhaps tip you off to the issue.

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The Most Simple Computer Tip: Turn It Off, Then Turn It Back On

The Most Simple Computer Tip: Turn It Off, Then Turn It Back On

The people that support a business’ information systems are widely renowned as nerds sitting in a basement office waiting for someone that matters to call them upstairs. Naturally, we think this characterization is at the very least inaccurate, but since our jobs are so technical, it can be hard to relate with clients all the time. Luckily for us, the most helpful tool we have in our repertoire is excruciatingly simple. To fix your computer problem, have you tried rebooting it? Turning it off and then back on again?

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How to Restore Your Android Applications

How to Restore Your Android Applications

There probably aren’t many reasons for you to want to restore your existing Android applications, but the reasons that do factor in are compelling. Below is a review of the process of doing just that.

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Tips to Better Secure Personal Information

Tips to Better Secure Personal Information

Personal information is very, very valuable, especially in this increasingly digital modern day and age. This makes it incredibly imperative that you are doing everything you can to protect it in your business, whether it is your own or belongs to somebody else. Listed below are a few tips to help you better protect the data you’re responsible for.

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One of the Reasons They're Called "Managed Service Providers"

One of the Reasons They're Called "Managed Service Providers"

When was the last time your routers were updated? Not sure? How about your servers? What about other pieces of technology in your office?

Maintaining a business’ IT requires more than just running a virus scan every once and a while, or updating a critical program on each workstation. It requires an in-depth comprehension of each component and its history, assisted by the use of specialized tools and extensive record-keeping.

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Tips on How to Best Utilize PDFs

Tips on How to Best Utilize PDFs

One of the most common file types you probably come across is the Portable Document Format file, simply known as a PDF. PDFs are so popular because they are the best way to save a document so that, regardless of the device it is viewed on, the file will always appear the same. Did you know that you can do more than just look at a PDF? Below are some tips on how you can make your PDFs work for you.

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Tips on How to Manage Your Email

Tips on How to Manage Your Email

Email is one of the most important tools that a business has at its disposal; however, its true value can easily be wasted if it isn’t utilized to its fullest potential. To avoid this, we’ve put together a few ways to streamline your business emails, and maybe correct a few bad habits along the way.

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How to Enhance Your Password Practices

How to Enhance Your Password Practices

Passwords can be irritating. However, they are also incredibly imperative to your organization's overall security strategy. We’ve all heard the suggestions on how to create secure passwords; as it turns out, there is more to modern security then that. Let’s explore a few options to help you create useful passwords, and take a look why passwords are only the beginning. 

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3 Practices Every Project Should Utilize

3 Practices Every Project Should Utilize

Any project that your business tackles will have its success defined by the specific goals you have set for it. This means that each project will be unique, its own concerns and considerations coming into play. On the other hand, when it comes to managing these projects, most of them benefit from largely the same practices. Let's review three practices that every project should incorporate.

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Four Policies to Boost Business Security

Four Policies to Boost Business Security

Are you aware that, of all the vulnerabilities your business has to cyberthreats, your workers are one of the riskiest, simply due to their exposure to your business technology? If your business isn’t secure, it will become very difficult to serve your clientele. Let's take a look at four policies that can help you and your employees positively contribute to your business’ security.

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How to Identify Phishing Attacks

How to Identify Phishing Attacks

Phishing has swiftly become the most popular form of cyberattack due to the method’s simplicity; it solely relies on a user’s gullibility. The weakest link to any business is usually the employees. In order to protect your business, you and your team need to recognize these social engineering cyberattack attempts. Below are a few tips on how to identify a phishing attempt.

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How to Spot a Phishing Attack

How to Spot a Phishing Attack

Despite its eccentric name, phishing is a very significant threat to everyone, especially modern businesses. Thus, you must be prepared to identify its warning signs and circumvent risky situations. Listed below are a few tips to prevent you from becoming a phishing victim; make sure you share them with your employees as well!

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Android Work Profiles can Improve Productivity

Android Work Profiles can Improve Productivity

Many users want to utilize personal devices in a business setting, but some businesses do not support Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) because of the risk of data loss. There are a couple options to separate work data, but not restrict users from their own personal apps or data. Below is a look at how your business can take advantage of employees that already having a capable device, and how you can keep them from compromising security.

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Tips on Organizing Your PC's Files

Tips on Organizing Your PC's Files

If you don’t take care of your PC’s files, you will soon discover that it’s easy to lose track of where exactly everything is. You have many, many file types, folders, and applications sitting around without any real sense of organization or continuity. Below we'll focus on how to help you better organize your files in a way that is simple to comprehend. You should be able to do so in either your operating system file explorer or in your cloud-based file storage.

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Four Tips to Enhance Office Work

Four Tips to Enhance Office Work

Working in an office is the modern reality for many people, but it doesn’t need to be a distressing one. There are numerous ways to make life easier while working in an office. Let's go over review four simple adjustments you can make to streamline your time throughout the workday.

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Tips on How to Properly Upgrade Your Organization's Hardware

Tips on How to Properly Upgrade Your Organization's Hardware

Sadly, your organization's technology is not immortal. At some point down the road you will have to upgrade away from your current hardware, which, unfortunately, is not as simple as it sounds. Listed below are some pointers to help you out during this difficult process.

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A Server Maintenance Plan for your Business is Critical

A Server Maintenance Plan for your Business is Critical

If there's anything you must know about business computing, it's that server maintenance is absolutely critical. This isn’t exactly a shocking realization, and if it is, you need to call 703-359-9211 as soon as possible. You have to know that you are not alone; you'd be surprised how many business owners don’t actively have a business server maintenance plan. 

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