Disable Unused Sharing Options on Your Mac
Many security breaches—even high-profile ones—stem from simple oversight. There’s one spot in macOS that has long been particularly susceptible to such lapse: the Sharing pane of System Preferences. In it, you can enable a wide …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
