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Remember That You Can Search for Nearly Anything in Your Photos Library
Apple’s Photos app on the Mac can identify thousands of different objects in your photos, so it’s easy to find photos based on their...
Zvonimir Petric
Jul 9, 20181 min read


Did You Know You Can Customize the Columns in a Finder Window’s List View?
When a Mac folder contains a lot of files, the Finder’s List view often works best, since it lets you focus on a single folder and easily...
Zvonimir Petric
Jul 7, 20181 min read


Tired of Skewed Lines in Your Photos? Use the Camera App’s Hidden Level.
If you’ve ever photographed a sheet of paper or some other rectangular object, the image may have come out skewed because you...
Zvonimir Petric
Jul 6, 20181 min read


Have Your Online Passwords Been Stolen? Here’s How to Find Out.
Data breaches have become commonplace, with online thieves constantly breaking into corporate and government servers and making off with...
Zvonimir Petric
Jul 5, 20183 min read


All about Find My Friends
As iPhones have become ever more prevalent, one of Apple’s bundled apps—Find My Friends—has become significantly more useful. Although...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 30, 20183 min read


Did You Know Your EarPods Work as a Remote Shutter Button for Photos?
Have you ever composed the perfect photo in the iPhone’s Camera app and then been unable to tap the shutter button without jiggling the...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 25, 20181 min read


How to Recover Space by Offloading Unused Apps in iOS 11
Running low on space on your iPhone or iPad in iOS 11? This problem may be easier to deal with than you expect because Apple has added a...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 22, 20181 min read


Use Copy as Pathname to Help Someone Find a File on the Mac
Have you ever needed to write directions for where to find a file on the Mac? That’s easy if it’s in a well-traveled location, like the...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 20, 20181 min read


Taking Out the Garbage: Tips for Working with the Trash on the Mac
One of the great innovations of the Mac, way back when, was the concept of the Trash. Instead of deleting files immediately, you’d put...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 17, 20183 min read


Overloaded by Work Email? Give the Slack Messaging Tool a Try.
Don’t get us wrong—email is great. But sometimes there’s too much of it at work, as colleagues share information too broadly or chime in...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 15, 20183 min read


Fix a Frozen Finder with This Quick Tip
Finder freezes. They shouldn’t happen at all, and they don’t happen often, but it’s not unheard of for your Mac’s Finder to freeze, freak...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 13, 20181 min read


Here’s How to Hide All Windows on Your Mac So You Can Work on the Desktop
If your Mac is anything like ours, you end up with lots of apps open, each with one or more windows that obscure the Desktop. For those...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 11, 20181 min read


Enable Theater Mode to Prevent Your Apple Watch from Lighting Up at a Show
Attend any live theater presentation, and someone will ask the audience to silence their cell phones. But what about your Apple Watch?...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 9, 20181 min read


What OS Version Are You Running? Here’s How to Find Out.
In Troubleshooting 101, one of the first questions is always, “What version of the operating system are you running?” There’s a big...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 8, 20183 min read


Teach Siri How to Pronounce Names Properly
Siri is supposed to be a competent voice assistant, but sometimes Siri can’t even pronounce your own name correctly! Luckily, it’s easy...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 8, 20181 min read


Sneak Preview of What’s Coming from Apple This Fall
At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on June 4th, the company unveiled the first developer versions of all four of its...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 6, 20187 min read


Look Up All Sorts of Information with a Quick Click or Tap on the Mac
Apple makes it easy to look up information about any word you can see on your Mac, in nearly any app. To access this information,...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 6, 20181 min read


How to Deal with macOS Server Losing Many of Its Services
For many years, Apple has sold macOS Server (previously called OS X Server) for those who wanted to run various Unix-based Internet...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 5, 20183 min read


What Is The Best Hard Drive to Use for Your Backups?
Backing up your Mac is like flossing your teeth: everyone knows they should do it every night, but too many people never get around to...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 5, 20183 min read


Reach Out and 3D Touch Something
Apple first unveiled 3D Touch in iOS 9 with the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, giving users of those iPhones a new way of interacting with apps,...
Zvonimir Petric
Apr 23, 20183 min read
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