You may have heard the term NFC (Near-Field Communications) used when describing iPhone features. NFC has been in each iPhone since iPhone 6. NFC is used for the setup of Apple devices by placing them near each other, as well...
This poor MacBook Air is experiencing the "white screen of death" From time to time, you may experience one of the more frustrating Mac glitches – a white screen during boot. Usually, this rare bug happens after updating macOS to...
I have a very embarrassing admission to make: after 33 years of being a Mac user, I was completely stumped when I recently tried to force quit and restart my 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Fortunately, I was able...
A detailed look at the various types of RAID configurations and determining which one is best suited for you.
Do you wonder if your Apple Watch is accurately counting the number of steps you take each day? A friend of mine was complaining that her new Apple Watch was consistently showing fewer steps than her old “manual” pedometer, so...
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...
Exploring the features of a new OS release is like visiting a part of the world you’ve never seen before. One feature I recently discovered in iOS 14 is Back Tap. It’s an accessibility tool but surprisingly useful in many ways....
After you work from home for a while, you build up a collection of apps and utilities that become a toolkit for your at-home workflow. Everyone's toolkit will be different, with some specialized tools for the type of work they do, but there will likely be some core products found in everyone's toolkit for working at home. In this Rocket Yard guide, we will take a look at apps and tricks to help you manage your work-from-home environment. This is by no means an exhaustive look at available apps and utilities, but it should provide an inkling of the type of workflow utilities and tricks you may need.
Smart Folders have been around in one form or another since OS X Tiger. For a while, the Finder’s sidebar included a dedicated Search For section, with predefined Smart Folders that displayed apps and documents you used "Today," "Yesterday," or "Past Week." There were also Search For entries for "All Images," "All Movies," and "All Documents." These smart searches were a popular feature and served as an introduction to what Smart Folders could do. Now it's time to dig a little deeper and discover some of our favorite saved searches.
