It isn’t easy to make sure you are safe and secure while using your Mac online. There are a lot of basic security techniques you need to implement. Here is a checklist to help. Download it and print it out. Hopefully, you are already doing many of these things. But if you are missing some, […]
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Using and Customizing iPhone iCloud B...
By default your iPhone will be backed up wirelessly to iCloud using iCloud Backup. Most iPhone users probably don’t even know they have this turned on, but it will save them if they lose their iPhone. You can see how much space your iPhone backups are using and customize your backup. You can remove data […]
View Movie Trailers Ad-Free From Appl...
When you view movie trailers on YouTube or other sites, you often have to sit through advertisements to see the trailer. This means you are watching an ad before you get to the trailer, which is essentially an ad itself. Apple gives you a site where you can watch high-definition trailers without ads. In addition, […]
FaceTime Group Fix
Apple has released an update to iOS bringing it up to 12.1.4, and a supplemental update to macOS Mojave with both updates re-enabling Group FaceTime by fixing a security hole that potentially allowed others to listen in to private conversations without the user’s permission. Read more
Mojave “App Is Not Optimized” Message...
After updating to Mojave, many Mac users see a message saying that an app they are trying to use needs to be updated and won’t work with future versions of macOS. By future versions, that means the next major update of macOS, probably coming in late 2019, not minor updates. Before then, you can update […]
Data Detectors and Look Up
You can create contacts, set up calendar events, and get intel on pieces of text in incoming email, web pages and other documents using Data Detectors and Look Up. This feature of macOS will figure out what information represents, such as a location or appointment time, or business name or person, and allow you to […]
