When you open an app like Safari or the Finder on your Mac, a window opens on the Desktop. Sometimes you end up with lots of open windows that you may wish to merge. Note: Don’t confuse the Finder with...
To call Apple a "trailblazing company" would be an understatement. Much of the brand's history is practically folklore in the tech world. You probably already know of Steve Jobs and his iconic black turtleneck. You may even be familiar with...
Recently, Dennis Sellers published a great article on How to Start Your M1 Mac in Safe Mode. Safe Mode is just one of many Mac startup modes. In this post I'll list those modes for the M1 Macs, what they're...
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...
It isn't installed on your phone by default, but with a simple download, you can have all 1,000+ pages of the iPhone User Guide in the palm of your hand – whether you're holding a Max or a mini. But it lives in a place most users don't naturally gravitate towards (at least not on their phones).
The beginning of a new year means one thing... it’s time to start getting ready for tax season again. Many of us are good at scanning and organizing documents into various folders. Scanning and organizing makes it difficult to find...
Today, I am going to write about trends in Mac threats. But first, I want to provide some data. Mac malware detections are gaining on Windows. In 2019, Macs were infected almost two times more than Windows. Mac malware detections...
Today I'm going to talk about an accessibility feature in macOS Big Sur and Catalina that can make it very easy to see the text on your screen – especially if it's in tiny letters that are hard to read. This feature is called Hover Text, and it's not just for those who are sight-impaired.
