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 4, 2024 | iPhone, MagSafe, photo, Tip
iOS 17 offers a new mode for the iPhone: StandBy. All you have to do is connect your iPhone to a charger wirelessly or with a cable, position it on its side in landscape orientation, and press the side button to lock the screen. Standby works best with a MagSafe...
by Terry McAdams | Dec 28, 2023 | iPhone, Photos, Tip
iOS’s Photo Shuffle wallpaper does a great job of identifying attractive photos for your Lock Screen. However, if you’re like us, you’ll sometimes wonder when or where you took a Lock Screen photo. Here’s how to figure that out. Touch and hold the Lock Screen when...
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 19, 2023 | iPhone, Photos, productivity, Tip
Have you ever wanted to extract an object from a photo for use in another context? Starting with iOS 16 on a relatively recent iPhone, you can do that with many photos. In the Photos app, touch and hold the object, and if Photos can extract it, you’ll see a highlight...
