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After switching from our Treos to iPhones last Fall, we found ourselves needing to re-do our field billing system. After considering all the alternatives we settled on a web based billing system from Freshbooks. Our new web based system has been up and running for about 3 months now. Check out my latest post for the details. Anyone in need of a field billing system may want to consider Freshbooks. They are a good bunch!
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Joe Scarpa
Case Study: Mac House Calls and Freshbooks! About 3 months ago we implemented our new online invoicing system using a service called Freshbooks, operated by a small company in Canada. We are delighted with the outcome! Background: Mac House Calls is an IT Services Company. We serve businesses and residences throughout Orange County,... Read more
The Power Users guide to what you will and won't like about the iPhone. So... OK, I broke down and did it. I switched from my Treo 650 to an 8GB iPhone about a month ago. Now that I've been using it for about 30 days I wanted to share with... Read more
We've been advising customers for some time now to run Firefox as their main browser. IE5 for Mac has been dead for some time, and it is an increasing liability. It crashes on numerous sites, including ironically msn.com... Safari is fast, stable and secure, but it has a history of... Read more
Will iPhone will make Palm Irrellevant? These days, each and every day, friends and customers ask me about Apple's ultra-cool iPhone (out June 29th), and when I'm getting mine. Frankly, my take on the iPhone is equal parts WOW! and WAIT!. In our practice we've come to depend on our trusty... Read more
Check these out. As I think of them I'll share my favorite Mac keyboard shortcuts here: Option-Command-Drag - I love this one! The utility of Aliases in the Mac OS never cease to amaze me, but the way it creates aliases in the same folder as the original, and with... Read more
Way back in August of Last Year when Windows on Mac was hot and new I discussed BootCamp, Parallels and WINE. Fast forward to now, and we have a few updates. Very, VERY high on the cool scale is Crossover Mac, from Codeweavers. Crossover is a commercial implementation of WINE. It... Read more
Note: This was entry was originally posted at our web site at www.mac-house-calls.com on August 6, 2006. At the time of the original posting running windows on your Mac was pretty much brand new. After re-reading this posting I decided the information on it is still largely relevant, so I'm... Read more
Joe is the founder of Mac House Calls, an Orange County, CA Macintosh Consulting Company. He is an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist and Apple Certified Technical Coordinator.
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