by Terry McAdams | Mar 5, 2025 | Control Center, Mac, menu bar, Tip
With severe weather season about to get underway, this is a great feature to utilize, especially here in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. In macOS 15.2 Sequoia, Apple added the option to display the current weather conditions in the menu bar but hid the switch deep...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 13, 2025 | How-To, iPhone, Mac, productivity
One of the flashiest features of macOS 15 Sequoia and iOS 18 is iPhone Mirroring, which allows you to use your iPhone in a window on your Mac. You might think, “But I can just pull my iPhone out of my pocket if I need to use it!” While that may be true, not everyone...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 2, 2025 | Mac, Tip, troubleshooting
By default, Microsoft Office apps—Word, Excel, and PowerPoint—try to save files on Microsoft OneDrive as a way of promoting the company’s cloud storage. If that’s undesirable, you can easily keep your files locally on your Mac or in a different cloud storage location....
by Terry McAdams | Jan 31, 2025 | iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Safari
Alongside this year’s crop of operating systems comes Safari 18, the latest version of Apple’s Web browser. Most of what you do in Safari depends on the websites you use, of course, but Apple has added a handful of features aimed at improving your overall browsing...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 3, 2025 | How-To, Mac, Upgrade
While we typically advise caution when considering upgrades to the latest major macOS release, we believe Apple has sufficiently refined macOS 15 Sequoia to warrant an upgrade for those interested. You don’t need to upgrade immediately, but there are no significant...
by Terry McAdams | Dec 13, 2024 | How-To, Mac, productivity
Finder icons sometimes hint at their file’s contents, but if you find yourself opening file after file to look at the contents quickly, the Mac has a little-known feature just for you: Quick Look. To give it a spin, select a file in the Finder and press the Space bar...
