There’s a new extension in town, and its goal is to make your web browser (and you) a little smarter when it comes to shopping online. If you’re anything like me, the occasional “impulse buy” or “I’m too tired to...
For many of us, the Mac's Mail app is the most often used app in our collection. It has so many features that for most of us, we only touch the surface of what it can do. In this Rocket...
Yesterday was World Password Day, and we reminded readers of The Rocket Yard of several important things to remember about creating and maintaining passwords. One of the key points of our post was to use multiple passwords -- in other...
It’s still April, which means it is still Backup Month. Today we’re going to look at a backup strategy that might be important to you: backing up Apple Mail on macOS. A Bit of Background on Apple Mail Apple Mail (commonly...
iCloud is a fantastic way to share calendars, contacts, reminders, bookmarks, and files, including photos, among your devices. The macOS and iOS take care of keeping all of this important information in sync, ensuring that what you see on one device...
I ❤️ emoji! It's always fun to send or to friends that describe how you feel. Perhaps you're , or maybe you're feeling ☹️, or maybe it's time to go ⛳. Emoji originated on mobile phones in Japan in 1997,...
iOS 12 and macOS Mojave have a feature that can make your life easier and keep you protected online. The feature, known as Security Code Autofill, makes it much easier to use two-factor authentication (2FA) on your devices. In this...
Do you know what a "file association" is? Although it sounds like a club for people who like to use steel tools for smoothing or shaping hard materials, it's actually an information technology term referring to applications that can open...
One feature of macOS that many new Mac users might not be familiar with is the Application Switcher or "App Switcher". In its most simple form, the App Switcher uses the Command - Tab keyboard shortcut to show a list...
