by Terry McAdams | Nov 7, 2025 | Mac, Time Machine, Tip, troubleshooting
It’s easy to assume your backup app—whether it’s Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, Backblaze, Retrospect, or something else—is quietly doing its job. But it’s possible for a bug to corrupt backups or for a destination disk to fail silently, such that you can’t restore...
by Terry McAdams | Nov 7, 2025 | iPad, Mac, productivity, Tip
Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps—Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign—are best-in-class, and for many people, they’re essential. But if you’re paying $70 per month for a Creative Cloud subscription even though you don’t need the full power of Adobe’s apps, consider Canva’s...
by Terry McAdams | Nov 7, 2025 | Battery, Mac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Tip, troubleshooting
If you lose or break the power adapter that came with your MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, make sure to replace it with a charger that meets or exceeds the machine’s required wattage. A charger with too low a wattage may result in little or no charging (or even battery...
by Terry McAdams | Oct 16, 2025 | iPad, iPad Pro, Mac, MacBook Pro, News
Apple’s fall harvest has yielded the new M5 chip, leading to updates for the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, the iPad Pro lineup, and the Vision Pro. All three benefit from the M5’s significant performance boosts, but remain mostly unchanged otherwise. Availability...
by Terry McAdams | Oct 3, 2025 | Accessibility, App Store, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Tip
Apple does a good job providing accessibility options for users who experience issues with vision, hearing, motor control, and other accessibility needs. Nearly everyone will benefit from these features at some point in their lives. To encourage support for Apple’s...
by Terry McAdams | Oct 3, 2025 | Mac, Tip, troubleshooting
If a Mac running macOS 26 Tahoe experiences certain kinds of problems, it might automatically restart and launch a new Recovery Assistant. It will prompt you to unlock your disk if needed and to connect to a Wi-Fi network—an Internet connection is required. Apple...
