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Jan 4, 20234 min read
Security Questions Your Organization Should Be Asking Itself
We’re increasingly hearing from organizations that need to establish that they have sufficient security policies in place, either to meet...
Dec 31, 20225 min read
Two Ways to Manage Your Email So You Can Find It Later
We recently wrote about different ways to organize your files, which prompted some people to ask us about the best ways to manage email....
Dec 30, 20223 min read
Merge Duplicate Photos and Videos in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and Ventura
It’s all too easy to end up with duplicate photos and videos in your Photos library. The most common way is to use the Duplicate command,...
Dec 29, 20224 min read
These New Year’s Resolutions Will Improve Your Digital Security in 2023
Happy New Year! For many of us, starting a new year means reflecting on fresh habits we’d like to adopt. Although we certainly support...
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Need to Amuse Small Children During the Holidays? Try Slow Motion Video
If you find yourself at a family gathering with bored children over the holidays, allow us to recommend an activity that can keep kids...
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Share Airline Boarding Passes Using Wallet and AirDrop
It’s common for one person in a family to handle booking airline tickets and thus to be in charge of checking in for the flight online...
Jun 7, 20225 min read
11 Features to Look Forward to in Apple’s 2022 Operating Systems
It’s that time of year again. Apple CEO Tim Cook and numerous Apple employees took the virtual stage again at the company’s Worldwide...
Jun 7, 20224 min read
Apple Previews M2-Based MacBook Air and Updated 13-Inch MacBook Pro
During its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on June 6th, Apple took a brief break from showing off new features in upcoming...
May 29, 20224 min read
Universal Control Arrives in macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4
With the recent release of macOS 12.3 Monterey and iPadOS 15.4, Apple shipped Universal Control, the last major technology promised in...
May 25, 20224 min read
How Much Memory Do You Need in an M1-Based Mac?
If you’re thinking about buying a new Mac, you’re almost certainly planning to get one that uses a chip from Apple’s M1 family—the M1, M1...
May 23, 20222 min read
Understanding What “Vintage” and “Obsolete” Mean for Apple Products
Macs—and Apple products in general—tend to last a long time. It’s not unusual to see someone happily using an 8-year-old MacBook Pro. As...
May 19, 20223 min read
Did You Know That You Can Run iPhone and iPad Apps on an M1-based Mac?
Much has been written about the performance benefits of Apple’s M1 family of chips, but you may not have realized that M1-based Macs can...
May 18, 20221 min read
Put Files in the Mac’s Trash Using the Keyboard
You know that you can drag files or folders to the Trash icon in the Dock for later deletion. And you probably know that you can select...
May 17, 20224 min read
Block Malicious and Adult Web Sites with DNS Filtering
One of the best ways to keep malware from infecting your computers is to avoid visiting websites designed to do just that. No one...
Mar 10, 20224 min read
Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Red Badges (On Our iPhone Apps)
Quick quiz: what does a red number badge on the Phone icon on your iPhone mean? You’d be right if you said that it indicates the number...
Mar 9, 20226 min read
Apple Wows with Mac Studio and Studio Display, Updates iPhone SE and iPad Air
At its March 8th Peek Performance event, Apple freshened its iPhone and iPad product lines with a new third-generation iPhone SE and...
Mar 9, 20221 min read
In iOS 15, You Can Now Open an App from the Lock Screen
Most of the time, when you unlock your iPhone or iPad, you want to launch an app. In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, you no longer have to unlock...
Mar 8, 20224 min read
Looking for a New Email Provider? Try These Services
If you’re completely happy with your email provider, move on, there’s nothing to see here. But if you’re unhappy with your provider’s...
Mar 7, 20224 min read
The Hidden Controls in the iPhone’s Camera App
The beauty of the iPhone camera is that it combines the ease of use of a point-and-shoot camera with the image quality of a DSLR. To take...
Mar 6, 20221 min read
Delete or Position iOS Apps from Search
In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple added a feature that would have been even more welcome before the advent of the App Library: the...
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