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Keep Your Mac Quiet at Night and During Presentations with Do Not Disturb

Keep Your Mac Quiet at Night and During Presentations with Do Not Disturb

by Terry McAdams | Feb 25, 2021 | Control Center, Do Not Disturb, Mac, Notification Center, productivity, Tip

We’re all accustomed to the Do Not Disturb feature on our iPhones since they’re with us for most of the day and often spend the night next to the bed. But Apple long ago added Do Not Disturb to the Mac as well, and it’s useful for muting your Mac at night to eliminate...
Forget Adobe Acrobat: Preview May Be All You Need to Work with PDFs

Forget Adobe Acrobat: Preview May Be All You Need to Work with PDFs

by Terry McAdams | Feb 23, 2021 | Mac, productivity

We regularly hear from people who think they need Adobe Acrobat DC to manipulate PDFs. Don’t misunderstand: Adobe Acrobat is the gold standard, but it’s complicated and expensive—$14.99 per month or as part of Creative Cloud for $52.99 per month. In contrast, Apple’s...
Keep iPhone 12 and MagSafe Accessories Away from Pacemakers

Keep iPhone 12 and MagSafe Accessories Away from Pacemakers

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...
Getting Started with 1Password

Getting Started with 1Password

by Terry McAdams | Feb 16, 2021 | 1Password, password manager, passwords, Security

We’ve long recommended that everyone use a password manager like 1Password instead of attempting to memorize or write down passwords. Although there are other password managers, 1Password is the leading solution for Apple users, thanks to a focus on macOS and iOS from...
What Are Those Orange and Green Dots in Your iPhone’s Status Bar?

What Are Those Orange and Green Dots in Your iPhone’s Status Bar?

by Terry McAdams | Feb 11, 2021 | Camera, iPad, iPhone, Security, Tip

In iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, Apple added two new status indicators to the right side of the status bar at the top of the screen. They’re designed to give you feedback about what an app is doing. An orange dot indicates that an app is using the microphone, and a green dot...
Home Sharing Lets You Access Media on Your Mac from Other Local Apple Devices

Home Sharing Lets You Access Media on Your Mac from Other Local Apple Devices

by Terry McAdams | Feb 9, 2021 | How-To, iOS, Mac, Music, productivity, Video

In the heyday of iTunes, Apple users stored their music, movies, and TV shows on their Macs and shared them with other Macs in their homes, as well as their iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs. Of late, however, streaming has become Apple’s preferred media consumption...
Reclaim Local Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads

Reclaim Local Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads

by Terry McAdams | Feb 4, 2021 | Backup, iCloud Drive

With iCloud Drive, Apple provides an Optimize Mac Storage checkbox that, when checked, stores the full contents of iCloud Drive on the Mac only if there’s enough space. However, you may wish to recover local storage space without selecting that option—luckily, that’s...
Want an Early Warning System for COVID-19 Infections? Install NOVID

Want an Early Warning System for COVID-19 Infections? Install NOVID

by Terry McAdams | Feb 2, 2021 | iPhone

With vaccinations underway, there’s light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel. But given the enormity of the task and the unknowns surrounding coronavirus variants, we’ll likely still be in this tunnel for a while. Happily, there’s a new app called NOVID that,...
8 Ways Apple Improved the Camera App in iOS 14

8 Ways Apple Improved the Camera App in iOS 14

by Terry McAdams | Jan 28, 2021 | iPhone, productivity

It’s difficult for most of us to imagine that a camera—something that still feels like it’s a standalone object—could be improved significantly with a software update. But now that cameras are part of our phones, code is king. With iOS 14, the camera in your iPhone...
Need to Save Bandwidth on Your iPhone? Try Low Data Mode

Need to Save Bandwidth on Your iPhone? Try Low Data Mode

by Terry McAdams | Jan 26, 2021 | iPad, iPhone, Tip, Wi-Fi

Even as we get 5G cellular connectivity and high-speed Wi-Fi networks, there are plenty of times when you might want to reduce your data usage. Perhaps you’re trying to avoid running over a data cap while traveling, or maybe you’re sharing a Wi-Fi network with a very...
New Features You May Have Missed in the iOS 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3 Updates

New Features You May Have Missed in the iOS 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3 Updates

by Terry McAdams | Jan 21, 2021 | Battery, iOS, privacy, Safari

We’ve published overviews of the major features in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, along with detailed looks at our favorite features. But Apple keeps releasing updates with new features, and we wanted to take a moment to catch you up on what Apple has added in versions 14.1,...
Apple Provides Sensible Device and Data Access Safety Advice

Apple Provides Sensible Device and Data Access Safety Advice

by Terry McAdams | Jan 19, 2021 | privacy, Security, Tip

Our iPhones are the keys to our digital lives, holding our most private photos, conversations, and financial data, among much else. That’s why Apple goes to such lengths to help us protect our privacy and security. But we all have people with whom we share some level...
Apple Expands the AirPods Line with AirPods Max Headphones

Apple Expands the AirPods Line with AirPods Max Headphones

by Terry McAdams | Jan 5, 2021 | Tip

If you think of AirPods as earbuds, you’re not alone. But just as Apple has given us larger iPhone Max models, the company has now introduced the AirPods Max, which expand the traditional earbuds to full-sized headphones. The AirPods Max offer top-notch Apple design,...
Not Enough Space to Install iOS 14 or iPadOS 14? Try This Approach

Not Enough Space to Install iOS 14 or iPadOS 14? Try This Approach

by Terry McAdams | Jan 5, 2021 | iOS, iPad, iPhone, Tip, troubleshooting

Suppose you have an older iPhone or iPad, especially one with only 16 GB of storage. In that case, it’s possible that you won’t have enough space to upgrade to iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 through Settings > General > Software Update. That’s often true due to an...
5 New Year’s Resolutions That Will Improve Your Digital Security

5 New Year’s Resolutions That Will Improve Your Digital Security

by Terry McAdams | Jan 5, 2021 | 1Password, password manager, Security

Happy New Year! For many of us, the start of a new year is an opportunity to reflect on fresh habits we’d like to adopt. Although we certainly support any resolutions you may have made to get enough sleep, eat healthy, and exercise, could we suggest a few more that...
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