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How to Copy and Paste from One Apple Device to Another Using Universal Clipboard

The Universal Clipboard feature in macOS and iOS — and on the upcoming iPad OS — allows you to copy text, images, photos, and videos from one Apple device and paste it in another.  This is extremely convenient. For example, you can browse the online ads from Publix and Kroger grocery stores on your Mac and paste the to-buy items...

How to Use Apple Maps to Get from Here to There

The Apple Maps app has been included with the Mac OS since the release of OS X Mavericks. The Maps app provides mapping services that include directions, turn-by-turn navigation, transit time for car, public transit, and walking, 3D modeling of...

How to Record a Facetime Call on Your Mac

For a variety of reasons, you may wish to record a FaceTime call on your Mac. (I like to record the ones of me talking with my granddaughter!) Here’s how to do it: Open QuickTime on your Mac from your...

✍️ How to Sign a PDF Document on a Mac

Create and Store Your Signature Perhaps your lawyer sent you an important PDF document to sign, or you need to authorize an increase in the school lunch allocation for your suddenly growth-spurting teen-aged son. Whatever the reason may be, you...

How to Adjust the System Accent & Highlight Colors in macOS

macOS Mojave introduced six new accent and highlight colors (as far as I can tell from the beta version, no new colors will be introduced with macOS Catalina, coming this fall).  These colors affect various different parts of the operating...

Mount Pyramid and Pyramid Lake, Jasper National Park, Jasper, Alberta, Canada

Tips for Travelers 2019: Power Everywhere

Mount Pyramid and Pyramid Lake, Jasper National Park, Jasper, Alberta, Canada This is the last of our Tips for Travelers 2019 series, bringing you helpful hints on how to travel with confidence with your tech gadgets anywhere you go. Today...

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