During the past few months I’ve had the pleasure of working with Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac, the latest in a line of virtualization tools from Parallels. With every release, Parallels seems to make it easier to run Windows and other...
(The iPhone X (right) during setup from an iPad Pro.) A little over ten years ago on June 29, 2007, I spent the day sitting in front of the Aspen Grove Apple store in Littleton, Colorado to pick up my...
Monday is the least favorite day of the week for a number of people, but yesterday’s news that the heart of Wi-Fi security — Wireless Protected Access II (WPA2) — had been compromised through a vulnerability called KRACK really made...
(This mid-2012 MacBook Pro is a deal at $749.) The new school year is coming up before you know it, and computers are a part of the life of every student now. Being Mac fans, we'd like to make sure...
One of the great features of iPhones and cellular-equipped iPads is the ability to use the device as a Personal Hotspot. Your iOS device, using its cellular modem, connects to the Internet and then uses its built-in Wi-Fi to become...
Even with the bigger hard drives, SSDs, and Fusion drives in modern Macs, it's still possible to run low on storage space. Especially on the MacBook and MacBook Air with 128GB of SSD storage, storing a lot of video, photographs,...
We're in the middle of summer here in the northern hemisphere, which means that for most of those in the temperate zones, it's hot. Humans don't do well in extended hot conditions, nor do our favorite consumer electronics. In this post,...
This is the sixth in an ongoing series on The Rocket Yard describing how to use Apple’s macOS Server to provide services to users both inside a local network and over the Internet. Previous articles include: Part 1: Background and...
Every summer, Apple announces a new version of the Mac OS (now called macOS) at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Along with highlighting what's new and improved in the operating system, Apple provides its developers with a beta version of...
