The customizable menu bar in macOS Big Sur features an all-new Control Center. Apple says it’s designed just for the Mac, but it’s certainly intended to offer a familiar experience for iOS and iPadOS users.
This last week has been like Christmas for me — a new iPhone 12 Pro Max, an M1-powered MacBook Air, and a HomePod mini. While I've owned iPhones and MacBooks before, the HomePod mini is an entirely new Apple product for me.
There’s a lot to love about the PDF (Portable Digital Document) format, especially the fact that is so “portable.” It doesn’t matter what device or operating system you’re using – the original layout, including fonts and pictures will look the same to you, on-screen and printed on paper with a PDF.
As a person who has used Macs since December of 1984, I found the "One more thing" event to be one of the most exciting Mac events since the original Mac introduced itself to the world on January 24, 1984. Let's take a look at the announcements made on November 10, 2020, and what they mean to Mac users.
I recently showed you how to use a used Mac mini as a media server for your home. Today, I continue the theme of recycling and reusing older Mac minis by turning one into a Linux server.
The macOS has a Summarize Service that provides you with the gist of an article or web page. And it’s customizable. You can pick paragraphs or sentences, and adjust the length of the summary. The length can range from a simple outline to a CliffsNotes-like version (you remember CliffsNotes from high school, right?) of selected text.
Old Macs never die, they just get reused. An old MacBook becomes a school laptop for one of the kids. The old 21.5-inch iMac becomes a FaceTime "videophone" for Grandma. Macs have good longevity and older units are usable for a variety of purposes other than day-to-day work. Read along to see how we were able to transform a 2014 Mac mini into a home media server.
Apple takes your data security and protecting your privacy very seriously. Unlike other tech giants who are in the business of selling your data, Apple is in the business of protecting it – seemingly at all costs.
On October 13, the iPhone line received a significant refresh with the 5G-capable iPhone 12 and the HomePod received a smaller companion. Let's take a look at the announcements and why they're important.
