The first edition of Mac Mondays was about System Preferences and at the end of last year, I started publishing about System Settings. However, the Settings app on iPhone and iPad has received very little of my attention. On these devices, the Settings app is designed in a particular way that might seem random, [...]
As often as Quick Look is among the tips I share with clients, I’m stunned that I haven’t written a post about it until now. In fact, in nearly six years, it got only a single mention: five years ago in Command Day. Quick Look is a feature of macOS that has been around [...]
Are you someone whose gaze doesn’t regularly notice that your battery charge is getting low? Do you tend to run your batteries down to zero, beyond when the device either warns you or stops responding and then abruptly turns off? I previously wrote about iPhone batteries in Battery Health & Repair and Maximize Battery [...]
In Are You a Finder or a Keeper?, I outlined several ways to manipulate, organize, and navigate among files in the Finder. How to rename a file only got a brief mention, though. Let’s dive in further. Rename a Single Item Select a single item in the Finder and press the Return or [...]
A couple weeks ago, Kimberley needed to wash a garment for the first time and asked me if I knew how to translate the icons on the tag. I did not, but I remembered that Photos can translate these as part of its Visual Look Up feature. Visual Look Up works to identify various [...]
In followup on iOS 17 Hot Tips #1, I recently discovered an even easier way to embed a link in text. Read on… Copy Link To begin, copy a link that you want to embed. For example, to copy the link of the page you’re viewing in Safari, tap Share and choose Copy. [...]
Clients frequently ask me to recommend products and services to support their computing experiences. To date, my short list of external displays, printers, online backup service, password manager, and others has mostly been in my head. However, I have just published the list on my website for anyone to view, with links to websites [...]
Some time after you’ve sent an email message, you may find you want to follow up. Perhaps you realize you need to add more details, or that you haven’t heard a response from your recipient. Is your default behavior to create another new email message? Or, do you view your sent email and issue [...]
Next time you drop your iPhone in the toilet, inadvertently take it swimming, expose it to a downpour, or otherwise trigger the liquid detection sensor, don’t reach for the nearest bag of rice. First, power it off. Then, find a local repair shop (if you’re in the Berkeley area, I recommend Apple & Mac [...]
Apple device operating systems are chock full of features that can increase user productivity and flexibility. Each new release adds yet more capabilities and rarely takes any away. Unless you intently follow release announcements, though, your acquisition of new skills may depend on your own discovery — or spending time learning from your technology [...]
