Month: February 2021

Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO, will become executive chairman

CompuScoop Staff February 2, 2021 0

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of the e-commerce giant, the company said in a surprise announcement on Tuesday.

Bezos will transition to a role as Amazon’s executive chairman of the board during the company’s third fiscal quarter. The company did not provide an exact date for the change.

Andy Jassy, currently the CEO of Amazon’s cloud computing wing, will replace Bezos as CEO. Bezos touted Amazon’s innovations in a statement detailing the reason for his exit.

“Amazon is what it is because of invention. We do crazy things together and then make them normal. We pioneered customer reviews, 1-Click, personalized recommendations, Prime’s insanely-fast shipping, Just Walk Out shopping, the Climate Pledge, Kindle, Alexa, marketplace, infrastructure cloud computing, Career Choice, and much more,” Bezos said.

“If you do it right, a few years after a surprising invention, the new thing has become normal. People yawn,” he added. “That yawn is the greatest compliment an inventor can receive. When you look at our financial results, what you’re actually seeing are the long-run cumulative results of invention. Right now I see Amazon at its most inventive ever, making it an optimal time for this transition.”

Amazon offering special a special deal on the Apple Watch Series 6

Dan Uff February 2, 2021 0

Not to be outdone by Apple, Amazon.com is also offering special deals on the Apple Watch Series 6. Normally $429.00, the company has slashed the price down to $379.98.

For more information, click here.

Apple offering special deals on Apple Watch for February

Dan Uff February 2, 2021 0

If you're considering trading your Apple Watch in for a new one now is the time as February is Heart Month and Apple is offering special savings on its Apple Watch.

Get extra trade‑in savings on Apple Watch during Heart Month. Shop Series 6 from $239 or SE from $199. Hurry! This is a limited time offer.

For more information, click here, and than scroll down for the offer.

How to setup and use Time Machine on MacOS

Dan Uff February 2, 2021 0

One of the most under utilized features of the Mac is something called Time Machine. Time Machine was introduced in the early to mid 2000's as a way for users to recover lost or damaged data at any time. It works in the background without any interactions from the user once the initial setup is complete.

Once setup, the feature first takes a full snapshot of a user's hard drive. Then, it will take additional snap shots of data each time a user uses a particular file. When a user wants to retrieve a file on a particular date and time, he or she would use the Time Machine app to "go back in time" to find a version of the file that they wish to retrieve.

In order for Time Machine to work properly, it needs an external hard drive connected via Firewire or USB. The disk should be equal too, or higher than the hard drive that's on your computer (for example, if you have a 1TB SSDD drive, then the external Time Machine drive should be at least 1TB or higher in size).

The setup is easy and straight forward.

Here's how:

Plug in the external drive to the computer.
You may have to use Disk Utility to prep the drive to have data on it.
Go to  > System Preferences > Time Machine.
Select the external disk as the Time Machine Drive.
Put a check mark in the Back up Automatically option.
This will ensure that Time Machine makes frequent backups of your data.
Once that's done, it will count down to its first backup.
This can take several hours to complete. DO NOT unplug the Time Machine drive during this time.
That's it.