by Terry McAdams | Jun 8, 2021 | FaceTime, iPad, iPhone, Mac, privacy, productivity, Siri
At its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on June 7th, Apple shared details about what we can expect to see later this year in macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and HomePod Software 15. It was a firehose of announcements, but one thing...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 7, 2021 | Apple Pencil, How-To, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity
Over the last decade, and particularly during the last year of pandemic life, documents have become more likely to arrive in email or as downloads than on paper. If you need to return a signed document on paper, it’s easy to print and sign it before popping it in the...
by Terry McAdams | May 18, 2021 | How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity
After a long day of video calls, you might feel like your brain has been wrung out like a wet washcloth—we certainly do. It’s exhausting to stare into a computer for hours every day while participating in meetings or classes. This condition is called Zoom fatigue, and...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 13, 2021 | How-To, iCloud, iCloud Drive, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity
Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive all have their place, but as of March 2020, Apple users no longer have to venture outside the Apple ecosystem for online folder sharing. Before then, you could share a single file in iCloud with another iCloud user,...
by Terry McAdams | Mar 2, 2021 | App Store, How-To, iPad, iPhone, iTunes Store, Mac, troubleshooting
Last quarter, Apple’s Services segment generated a whopping $15.8 billion in revenue, 14% of the company’s total—sales of apps, media, and subscriptions are a big deal to Apple. And if you’re like us, you’re probably now paying Apple for services like Apple Music,...
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...
