How Often Should Macs Be Replaced?

It’s a question as old as the personal computer. When should you replace your current Mac with a new model that’s faster and more capable? If money were no object, the answer would be easy—whenever you feel like it. For the rest of us, and particularly for organizations with multiple Macs and limited budgets, [...]

By |2023-04-04T11:11:07-04:00May 26th, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on How Often Should Macs Be Replaced?

Reveal Your Desktop Quickly with a Keyboard Shortcut

The Mac’s Desktop is a remarkably useful place. It’s a good spot for in-progress documents, screenshots, images dragged out of Web pages, and more. However, app windows tend to obscure the Desktop, making it harder to use. There are two quick ways you can temporarily hide windows, making it easy to access icons on [...]

By |2023-04-04T11:09:38-04:00May 16th, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Reveal Your Desktop Quickly with a Keyboard Shortcut

Integrate Your Cloud Storage Service into the Finder

Many businesses, schools, and other organizations have adopted cloud storage services like Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive for excellent reasons. Cloud storage provides a centralized spot for shared data without the up-front cost or maintenance issues of a network-attached storage device. It also allows individuals to access the same files on multiple [...]

By |2023-04-04T11:08:08-04:00May 12th, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Integrate Your Cloud Storage Service into the Finder

Classical Music Fans Take Note: Apple Music Classical Is Now Available

Apple has at long last released the promised Apple Music Classical app. It’s a free iPhone app for Apple Music subscribers that looks and works much like the standard Music app. However, Apple has adjusted it extensively under the hood to work better with classical music, where there are many recordings of the same [...]

By |2023-04-04T11:06:14-04:00May 2nd, 2023|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on Classical Music Fans Take Note: Apple Music Classical Is Now Available

How to Turn Mail’s Rich Website Previews into Plain Links

Sometimes apps can be too helpful. Apple’s Mail on the Mac likes to turn pasted URLs into graphically rich previews, and sometimes that’s OK. But other times, the preview is confusing or takes up too much space. Or you may want to send a plain link so the recipient can see its text. There [...]

By |2023-04-04T10:59:53-04:00April 18th, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on How to Turn Mail’s Rich Website Previews into Plain Links

ChatGPT and Generative AI Will Be an Increasingly Large Part of Our Future

Have you heard of ChatGPT? It’s likely—the service was launched in November 2022 and gathered 1 million users in the first week. It now has over 100 million users. However, many people are still unaware of it. If you haven’t heard of ChatGPT—or have heard of it but are unclear on what it is [...]

By |2023-04-04T10:57:52-04:00April 14th, 2023|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on ChatGPT and Generative AI Will Be an Increasingly Large Part of Our Future

Need to Back Up or Export a Messages Conversation? Try PDF or iMazing

Occasionally, we hear from a client who needs to document a Messages conversation with timestamps, perhaps as part of a lawsuit. The only way to do that on an iPhone or iPad is to take a series of screenshots, but if you have a Mac, there are additional options. The easiest approach is to [...]

By |2023-03-01T18:26:32-04:00March 28th, 2023|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on Need to Back Up or Export a Messages Conversation? Try PDF or iMazing

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

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?
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