by Terry McAdams | Nov 6, 2024 | Bluetooth, How-To, iPhone, privacy, Security
Recent news reports have revealed that a little-known company called Babel Street can track iPhone and Android user locations. Babel Street does this by leveraging data from mobile advertising data brokers. Investigators from data removal firm Atlas Privacy discovered...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 8, 2022 | Battery, Bluetooth, Mac, Tip, troubleshooting
It’s unfortunate that the most recent iteration of the Magic Mouse has its Lightning charging port on the bottom, making it impossible to use while charging, unlike the Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad, which work fine when plugged in. To check if your Magic Mouse...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 22, 2021 | Bluetooth, iPhone
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. Pair an AirTag with your iPhone and put it...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 23, 2020 | Bluetooth, Mac, Tip
It’s all too easy to end up with a boatload of Bluetooth devices connected to your Mac. Apple devices will likely have sensible names, like Magic Mouse 2, but what if someone has given you a device with their name in it? Or you’ve ended up with a device called...
by Lucy McAdams | May 15, 2019 | Bluetooth, Mac, Tip
Those of you who use a Mac laptop—a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro—probably know you can connect it to a large external display for more screen space. But sometimes it’s not convenient to have your Mac open on your desk next to the big screen. If you’d like to...