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“Sign in with Apple” is available on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and the web. It’s designed to make it easy for users to sign in to their apps and websites using their Apple ID. Instead of filling out forms, verifying email addresses, and choosing new passwords, you can use it to set up an account and start using your app right...
Back in the good old low-tech days, my wife taught me a trick for always getting to appointments on time. She’d set her watch, alarm clock, and car clock ahead by a few minutes, which meant that she always left...
There are times when you may wish to use Safe Mode on your Mac. For instance, it can help you resolve or isolate problems that you’re having. When you start up in Safe Mode, your Mac prevents some software, such...
You can customize lots of icons on your Mac, including the ones for your Mac’s built-in drive, external hard drives, and external SSDs. There are several ways to do this, but here is a simple one that I like to use whenever I want to change the icon of a drive on my Desktop.
We're coming up on the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many of us have become very accustomed to using Zoom for everything from online work meetings to virtual exercise classes, we might not be using the tool to...
A useful but very overlooked tool in macOS is the Dictionary app, which allows you to look up word definitions and phrases from a variety of sources. How to look up a word in the macOS dictionary To look up...
