When a client wants to learn how to make better use of their Mac, one of the first topics of discussion is preferences. As a user, you have a unique set of needs, preferences, and expectations about how your Mac should work for you. Permission to Have Preferences The designers of your Mac took [...]
How do you organize your files? Are your contacts syncing with your iPhone and are there duplicates? How are you creating, managing, and remembering passwords? These are some of the conversations we will have in 2017. This year, I want to have regular conversations with clients about popular issues that I think most people are [...]
I’ve been into technology for over 30 years, primarily for its usefulness in producing content or achieving a goal. At the time, though, I didn’t realize it would be my business, too. I remember using the wired remote control of our VCR to program it when I was about 8. Around the same time, I [...]
When was the last time you looked in your Downloads folder? In the last six months, I’ve met with many clients whose Downloads folders were chock full of files that had accumulated over several years. Sometimes this resulted in system slowdowns and always frustration about not having enough space. Short on storage, Julie called me [...]
Passwords. How do we remember them? Where do we store them? And do we really have to change them so often? In this post, I share some wisdom on password security. I offer tips on how to keep track of your passwords and look them up when you forget. And, I suggest some alternative approaches [...]
This past Wednesday afternoon, my friend Carrie and I went on an adventure in Tilden Park. Even knowing a forecast for rain, I opted to go in socks and my Keen sandals, my feet’s normal winter attire. I figured I might take my socks off and my feet would get wet. Little did I know [...]
Last July, I wrote about discovering 2Do. The developer previewed a significant redesign of the app during the summer and announced that 2Do version 3 would launch alongside iOS 8, set for release on September 17. Also in July, I reviewed time-tracking apps including Hours, which I said I might start using. Well, I did [...]
Three weeks ago was a sad day. My Mac’s fans were grinding on something, so I opened it up to clean them out. I removed some recognizable dust bunnies! Then, I put it all back together. Power… Nothing. I tried every troubleshooting tactic I knew and even researched one or two new ones I did [...]
iOS 8 was released this week. As Ted Landau tweeted yesterday, “iOS 8 may not look different from iOS 7 at first. But…good grief…the more you explore, the more you see change is gargantuan…in a good way.“ Two new features are already improving my productivity: Today widgets in Notification Center Continuity for phone calls Today [...]
On Tuesday, Apple hosted its annual late summer media event at The Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino. This is where Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh in 1984 as well as the first iMac in 1998. Rumors were flying for the past weeks about what was next to come from Apple. Many [...]
