by Terry McAdams | Jan 23, 2024 | Contacts, Mac, productivity, Siri, Tip
Remembering to update your contacts with new email addresses, phone numbers, and postal addresses can sometimes be difficult. But if you’ve received that information in Mail or Messages, Siri’s data detection capabilities can help. Open Contacts on the Mac and press...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 18, 2024 | Finder, Mac, productivity, Tip
You’ve ended up with two folders whose contents—hundreds of files or more—are similar but not exactly identical. Perhaps you’re recovering from a sync failure, or maybe you pulled an old version of the folder from a backup and aren’t sure what’s different. Regardless,...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 11, 2024 | Backup, Mac, Time Machine, Tip
Since its inception, Time Machine has backed up on an hourly schedule. It then keeps hourly backups for the previous 24 hours, daily backups for the last month, and weekly backups back to the start of the backup. When free space on the backup drive gets low, Time...
by Terry McAdams | Jan 8, 2024 | How-To, Mac, productivity
Many of our customers use screenshots to clip portions of their Mac screen for later reference. For example, you could save a screenshot of an error dialog to show tech support, store a confirmation number from a Web page, or keep a chat from social media. You can...
by Terry McAdams | Dec 26, 2023 | Mac, Tip
There’s little more annoying than accidentally hitting the Caps Lock key while typing and having your text suddenly TURN INTO CAPITAL LETTERS, which we all know is seen as shouting. Unless you have some reason to regularly type in capital letters, you can prevent this...
by Terry McAdams | Dec 21, 2023 | Email, iCloud Drive, Mac, Messages
You have a file on one Mac and want to copy it to another Mac, either yours or someone else’s. Sounds easy, and it is, but the best way to go about it varies widely depending on circumstances, and your go-to method may not be the best choice, depending on the size of...
