Feel Free to Upgrade to macOS 14 Sonoma When You’re Ready

Although we’re cautious about recommending that people upgrade to the latest major release of macOS, we think Apple has done a good enough job with macOS 14 Sonoma that anyone who wants to upgrade can do so now. That doesn’t mean you have to upgrade immediately, but there’s no major reason most people need [...]

By |2023-12-18T14:14:37-04:00March 1st, 2024|Mac Tips, News|Comments Off on Feel Free to Upgrade to macOS 14 Sonoma When You’re Ready

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?

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

You Can Now Upgrade to macOS 13 Ventura When You’re Ready

When upgrading to a new version of macOS, we err on the side of caution, at least in our recommendations. (We’ve been using macOS 13 Ventura for some time now and often install beta releases on secondary machines for testing purposes.) Upgrading is easy, but if you upgrade too soon, the new macOS version [...]

By |2023-02-01T17:48:42-04:00February 10th, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on You Can Now Upgrade to macOS 13 Ventura When You’re Ready

What Is Advanced Data Protection for iCloud? Should You Enable It?

In early December, Apple made a surprise announcement: Advanced Data Protection for iCloud. It’s not as though iCloud’s standard data protection is problematic, but it hinges on one architectural decision that makes some iCloud data theoretically vulnerable: Apple holds the encryption keys necessary to decrypt iCloud data. Because Apple controls those encryption keys, an [...]

By |2023-01-06T17:34:00-04:00January 27th, 2023|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on What Is Advanced Data Protection for iCloud? Should You Enable It?

Protect Your Hidden and Recently Deleted Albums in Photos

Photos has long provided a hidden album you could use to hold images you wanted to keep a little more private. Until this year, however, it was security through obscurity: anyone who knew to reveal the album in Settings > Photos on an iPhone or iPad or by choosing View > Show Hidden Album [...]

By |2023-01-06T17:26:34-04:00January 24th, 2023|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on Protect Your Hidden and Recently Deleted Albums in Photos

AutoFill in Safari Not Working? Set “My Card” in Contacts

We heard from a client that AutoFill in Safari suddenly stopped entering her name and address in Web forms when she chose Edit > AutoFill Form or pressed Command-Shift-A, forcing her to enter her contact information manually, like an animal. (And yes, the “Using information from my contacts” checkbox was selected in Safari’s AutoFill [...]

By |2023-01-06T17:23:45-04:00January 17th, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on AutoFill in Safari Not Working? Set “My Card” in Contacts

Copy Gigabytes of Data Between Macs with Target Disk Mode

Apple makes it easy to move data between Macs. You can send files via AirDrop, attach them to an email message, put them in a Messages conversation, turn on and connect via File Sharing, or use a file-sharing service like iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or Google Drive as an intermediary, to name just a few [...]

By |2023-01-06T17:30:11-04:00January 13th, 2023|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Copy Gigabytes of Data Between Macs with Target Disk Mode
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