by Terry McAdams | Oct 7, 2021 | iPhone, Messages, Tip, troubleshooting
Here’s a tricky situation that threw one of our clients for a loop recently. Texts they sent in Messages via iMessage (indicated by blue bubbles) to their son, letting him know they were stopping by weren’t being delivered, making their visits a surprise. But other...
by Terry McAdams | Oct 5, 2021 | iOS, Mac, Tip, troubleshooting, Wi-Fi
It’s easy, particularly when traveling, to end up connecting to a Wi-Fi network that doesn’t provide Internet access, requires credentials you don’t have, or lacks access to the network’s printer. Unfortunately, once your iPhone, iPad, or Mac has connected to such a...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 15, 2021 | Battery, iPhone, Tip
In 2017, Apple added support for Qi wireless charging to the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, and with the iPhone 12 lineup, it introduced its own MagSafe wireless charging technology. There’s no denying the convenience of wireless charging, but keep in mind that it’s extremely...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 7, 2021 | productivity, Reminders, Tip
For many years, Apple’s Reminders app let you sort your lists, but in just one way that applied to all lists equally. That was a problem if you had a to-do list that you wanted to sort by Due Date and a list of foods in your freezer that you wanted to sort by Creation...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 1, 2021 | Mac, Tip, troubleshooting
Although spam remains as much of a scourge as ever, spam filters have improved enough that most people see relatively little spam and lose relatively few legitimate messages (known as “ham”) to spam filters. However, good email messages are still sometimes caught by...
by Terry McAdams | Aug 31, 2021 | iOS, Mac, Photos, productivity, Tip
You know you can make albums and smart albums in Photos, and do searches to find photos that contain particular objects. But what if you want to separate photos from videos, identify which images in an album have been edited, or pick out just the ones you’ve...