by Terry McAdams | May 2, 2023 | How-To, Mac, Photos
Photos we take today with our iPhones and other digital cameras automatically have metadata associated with them, information like time and date, camera type, lens and exposure information, and even location (with iPhones and newer cameras). Other metadata, like...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 18, 2023 | How-To, iPhone, troubleshooting
No one intends to drop their iPhone in a pool or fall off a boat with their iPhone in a pocket. But accidents happen. Happily, Apple has designed the iPhone with significant levels of splash and water resistance, so brief exposure to rain or even a quick dunk might...
by Terry McAdams | Mar 9, 2023 | Email, How-To, privacy, Security
Phishing is becoming an ever more common way for people to get in trouble when using the Internet. A phishing attack is some communication, usually an email, that tries to lure you into revealing login credentials, financial information, or other confidential details....
by Terry McAdams | Mar 2, 2023 | How-To, iPhone, privacy, Security
This is troubling. Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen of the Wall Street Journal have published an article (paywalled) and accompanying video that describes attacks on hundreds of iPhone users in major cities throughout the United States. Some attacks involve drugging...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 16, 2023 | How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac
On occasion, we all need to scan a document—an invoice, a recipe, instructions from a book—but far more people have an iPhone or iPad than a hardware scanner. Luckily, Apple has built a scanning capability into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS for some years now. The next time...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 9, 2023 | How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Safari
Everyone—or at least everyone reading this article—knows how to use a Web browser. But just because you can click links, search for websites, and type URLs doesn’t mean that you’re surfing the Web as smoothly and effectively as you could. We all have sites that we...
