Two Important Tips for External Storage Devices
It’s tempting to think that most external storage devices—whether simple hard drives or more complicated network-attached storage (NAS) units—are relatively similar because they all do roughly the same thing. However, a recent problem with older Western Digital My Book Live ...
Now’s a Great Time to Evaluate Your IT Infrastructure
Many businesses are starting to think about reopening their offices and bringing back employees who have been working from home. That’s a big decision that will undoubtedly vary from company to company, but we’d like to suggest a few things ...
Reduce Email in Apple Mail: Mute, Block, and Unsubscribe
Complaining about getting too much email is like complaining about bad traffic—we brought it upon ourselves, and while it’s impossible to escape entirely, it’s worth knowing how to reduce it. Apple is fully cognizant of the issue, too, and has ...
Share Your Apple Card with Your Family Sharing Group
Apple did a good job rethinking some aspects of credit card use with the Apple Card, but one omission was the inability to share it with other family members. With the new Apple Card Family, once everyone has upgraded to ...
Be Sure to Launch Seldom-Used Apps for More iOS 14 Widgets
Home screen widgets are one of the coolest features of iOS 14. They enable apps to offer quick access to features or at-a-glance previews of changing information, such as the Weather app’s widget providing a quick look at upcoming weather. ...
How to Digitize Your Signature for Online Document Signing
Over the last decade, and particularly during the last year of pandemic life, documents have become more likely to arrive in email or as downloads than on paper. If you need to return a signed document on paper, it’s easy ...
AirTag Basics and How to Protect Yourself from Stalking
Apple’s new AirTag tracking device is an amazing bit of technology—it’s an elegant disc about the size of a stack of four US quarters that communicates its location with other Apple devices using Bluetooth and Ultra Wideband. Pair an AirTag with your ...
Ten Upcoming Mac/iPhone/iPad Features We Think You’ll Like
At its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on June 7th, Apple shared details about what we can expect to see later this year in macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and HomePod Software 15. It was ...
Pin Your Chats in Messages for Faster Access
One feature of Messages starting with iOS 14 and macOS 11 Big Sur is the option to pin up to nine conversations at the top of the conversation list for easy access. No longer do you have to worry about ...
What Is the Cloud? What Are The Pros And Cons?
People talk about “the cloud” all the time these days, but what do they really mean? There’s no agreed-on definition, which can render some conversations nearly inscrutable. We can’t pretend to have the final answer—if there will ever be such ...
