by Terry McAdams | Sep 4, 2026 | Mac, Tip, troubleshooting
Apple’s wireless Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Keyboard are the norm for desktop Macs, but they aren’t infallible. Batteries die, pairing can fail, and worst of all, if you need to boot into macOS Recovery, that’s a bad time to discover that your wireless...
by Terry McAdams | Aug 27, 2026 | Mac, Mac mini, News
In a move designed to clear the decks in advance of the company’s September 9th iPhone and Apple Watch unveiling, Apple has refreshed its compact desktop Mac lineup with new chips, faster connectivity, and—unsurprisingly given the ongoing memory shortage—higher...
by Terry McAdams | Aug 7, 2026 | AI, How-To, Security
Generative AI is transforming software development. Large language models are good at human languages, but they’re even better at programming languages, which have much smaller vocabularies and fewer ways to combine words. Most importantly, code does something, so...
by Terry McAdams | Mar 20, 2025 | Email, iCloud Drive, Mac, Security, troubleshooting
In every job that involves interaction with the public, amusing “Can you believe…” stories about customers abound. They’re often triggered by seemingly reasonable behaviors that experts recognize as problematic. A well-known example from the early days of personal...
