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Protect Your iPhone Passcode by Using Face ID or Touch ID

This is troubling. Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen of the Wall Street Journal have published an article (paywalled) and accompanying video that describes attacks on hundreds of iPhone users in major cities throughout the United States. Some attacks involve drugging people in bars or even violence, but the most avoidable involve the thief or [...]

By |2023-03-01T18:32:56-04:00March 24th, 2023|iOS Tips|Comments Off on Protect Your iPhone Passcode by Using Face ID or Touch ID

Find Devices and People from Your HomePod

This feature evokes one of those “living in the future” moments for us. The recently released HomePod Software 16.3 now supports Find My, which means you can ask Siri to locate one of your devices or a friend or family member who shares their location with you. If you have a HomePod, ask Siri, [...]

By |2023-03-01T18:25:09-04:00March 21st, 2023|iOS Tips|Comments Off on Find Devices and People from Your HomePod

A Practical Guide to Identifying Phishing Emails

Phishing is becoming an ever more common way for people to get in trouble when using the Internet. A phishing attack is some communication, usually an email, that tries to lure you into revealing login credentials, financial information, or other confidential details. A State of Phishing report from security firm SlashNext claims that there [...]

By |2023-03-01T18:31:15-04:00March 17th, 2023|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on A Practical Guide to Identifying Phishing Emails

Quickly Put Lots of Files in a Folder with One Command

Imagine that you’re working with a bunch of files, and you want to put a set of them in a new folder. You could stop what you’re doing, make a new folder, select all the files, and drag them into the folder, like an animal. Or you could take advantage of a slick Finder [...]

By |2023-03-01T18:23:28-04:00March 14th, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Quickly Put Lots of Files in a Folder with One Command

What’s the Difference between Removing and Deleting an App?

There are many reasons you might want to get rid of apps from your iPhone or iPad. To begin, touch and hold on a blank spot on a Home Screen to enter “jiggle mode.” Then tap the ⊝ icon for any app to see the question about whether to delete the app entirely or [...]

By |2023-03-01T18:21:55-04:00March 7th, 2023|iOS Tips|Comments Off on What’s the Difference between Removing and Deleting an App?

Is Your Wi-Fi Network a Security Risk?

With Wi-Fi security, it’s easy to fall into the “out of sight, out of mind” trap. Your Wi-Fi router probably lives in a corner or closet, and of course, Wi-Fi’s radio waves are invisible. But the ease of connecting your devices to your Wi-Fi network means it’s equally as easy for a hacker to [...]

By |2023-03-01T18:27:53-04:00March 3rd, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Is Your Wi-Fi Network a Security Risk?

Six Ways of Making It Easier to Browse Your Favorite Websites

Everyone—or at least everyone reading this article—knows how to use a Web browser. But just because you can click links, search for websites, and type URLs doesn’t mean that you’re surfing the Web as smoothly and effectively as you could. We all have sites that we visit regularly—a local newspaper, perhaps, or a social [...]

By |2023-02-01T18:01:22-04:00March 3rd, 2023|iOS Tips|Comments Off on Six Ways of Making It Easier to Browse Your Favorite Websites

It’s Time to Try Dictation in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

Apple has long provided a microphone button in the keyboard to invoke dictation on the iPhone and iPad. But, it wasn’t always easy to hit, and you had to switch back to the keyboard to fix the inevitable mistakes. (Apple’s dictation is a huge timesaver but far from perfect, particularly with homonyms and proper [...]

By |2023-02-01T17:46:55-04:00February 28th, 2023|iOS Tips|Comments Off on It’s Time to Try Dictation in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

The Amazingly Convenient Way to Scan Documents Using Your iPhone or iPad

On occasion, we all need to scan a document—an invoice, a recipe, instructions from a book—but far more people have an iPhone or iPad than a hardware scanner. Luckily, Apple has built a scanning capability into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS for some years now. The next time you’re faced with a piece of paper [...]

By |2023-02-01T17:57:42-04:00February 24th, 2023|iOS Tips|Comments Off on The Amazingly Convenient Way to Scan Documents Using Your iPhone or iPad

Use Quick Look to Preview Spotlight Results in Ventura

When you search using Spotlight on the Mac, it provides a decent amount of information about each result, including name and other metadata. But what if you want to see what’s behind the search result? In macOS 13 Ventura, Apple added Quick Look support to Spotlight so you can easily preview the search results. [...]

By |2023-02-01T17:43:43-04:00February 21st, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Use Quick Look to Preview Spotlight Results in Ventura
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