by Terry McAdams | Mar 25, 2024 | iPhone, Mac, MagSafe, productivity
The near-ubiquity of videoconferencing is a lasting effect of the pandemic. The ease of gathering a group virtually usually more than makes up for the downsides. Despite that, many people still appear in video calls with low-resolution, poorly lit video that makes the...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 4, 2024 | iPhone, MagSafe, photo, Tip
iOS 17 offers a new mode for the iPhone: StandBy. All you have to do is connect your iPhone to a charger wirelessly or with a cable, position it on its side in landscape orientation, and press the side button to lock the screen. Standby works best with a MagSafe...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 18, 2021 | iPhone, MagSafe, Tip
Remember when we had to keep magnets away from floppy disks to avoid scrambling them? Modern storage is no longer vulnerable, but magnets and electromagnetic fields from consumer electronics can interfere with medical devices, like implanted pacemakers and...
by Lucy McAdams | Apr 24, 2017 | Mac, MagSafe, power adapter, Tip
For many years, Apple has shipped MagSafe power adapters with Mac laptops (although the 12-inch MacBook and 2016 MacBook Pro laptops have different adapters with USB-C ports). Many people have never realized that the MagSafe adapter has two “wings” on the corners on...