by Terry McAdams | Jul 3, 2026 | 1Password, How-To, password manager, privacy, Security
At some point, most of our communications shifted from analog to digital: letters and phone calls became emails, texts, and video calls. With analog methods, we could generally assume that our private communications would remain private. Few people were going to steam...
by Terry McAdams | Jul 3, 2026 | AI, privacy, Security
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, using it was simple: you typed a prompt, and it generated text in response. That text came from a statistical model trained on data available at the time. If you asked ChatGPT about anything that had happened more recently, it...
by Terry McAdams | May 1, 2026 | How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity
Silicon Valley thinks everyone wants to delegate writing to AI, which is why Apple Intelligence constantly suggests replies for you in Messages and Mail. But there’s an excellent way to supercharge your typing speed without sounding like a chirpy chatbot or resorting...
by Terry McAdams | Apr 3, 2025 | Firefox, Mac, productivity, Tip
If you have Control- or right-clicked on text in a Web browser in the last year or two, you may have seen an oddly named command: Copy Link to Highlight. When you choose it, it puts a URL on your clipboard, not just to that page, as Copy Link Address would, but also...
by Terry McAdams | Mar 10, 2025 | iPad, iPhone, keyboard shortcut, Mac, productivity, Tip
Apple provides a handy ecosystem-wide feature that replaces a typed abbreviation—say “eml”—with text you specify, like your email address. (Seriously, copy that one so you don’t have to type your email address repeatedly.) These automatic text replacements sync via...
