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 | Sep 4, 2026 | passwords, Security, Tip
The latest scam making the rounds preys on your trust and sociability. You receive what appears to be a party invite from a friend via an invitation service like Paperless Post or Punchbowl. The email legitimately comes from your friend’s account, which has been...
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 | How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Safari
Reading articles on the Web has become fraught with distraction. Ads are terrible, of course, but publications also inundate you with navigation links, pop-ups encouraging you to subscribe, popular article lists, and more. Even worse is when an article requires...
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...
