Lots of folks are working from home (WFH) during these surreal days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoom is a popular videoconferencing solution but is losing fans due to reports of security issues. What if there was an alternative? Well, there...
Catalina Quick Tip If your Mac is misbehaving, you may need to restart the Finder. But don’t confuse the Finder with the Desktop. The Finder is the first thing that you see when your Mac finishes starting up. It opens...
Catalina Quick Tip When you click a link for an email address, your Mac opens the app you've set for that kind of link. Mail is the default email app, and it works just fine for me. However, if you...
You can power off or shut down your Mac laptop, of course. Should you do it every night? Once a week? Never? Let’s consider it. Some people leave their Macs running 24/7, while others shut them down the minute they’re...
If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod you can use the Remote app — free at the Apple App Store — to control your Mac’s Music library from a distance. iTunes Remote lets you control Apple Music, iTunes, or...
You can do fun things with your Mac, such as typing accents, emojis, and symbols. macOS Catalina includes features that make it easy to find and type special characters and currency symbols. You can use the Character Viewer to insert...
