Continuing this series of desk cleaning, how often do you dust your desk and clean accumulated grime off your devices? Many of my clients who own an iMac other desktop computer only dust off their desks thoroughly when replacing their computer. Depending on how dirty one’s space is, this can lead to other unexpected [...]
In Desktop Reflection, I shared some tips for making your Mac desktop mimic your physical desk. If the place you work is clean and uncluttered, do you attempt the same feat with your digital experience? A Clean Desk I spent most of yesterday cleaning my desk and very little time sitting there. I [...]
How much attention do you pay to junk mail? In my accounts, I find the volume runs in waves. For example, I've seen Russian spam on various channels come in droves for a short while and then not for a long time. I’ve briefly mentioned spam email in the context of your awareness of [...]
Did you know that any application capable of printing can generate a PDF instead? You don’t even need a printer. The Mac’s underlying ability to display still graphics on the screen has always been based on the Adobe PDF standard. Thanks to Apple’s design ingenuity, macOS has included PDF functions in the Print dialog [...]
Did you know you can copy the path to a file on your Mac and link to it from a document? You can do this anywhere that supports embedding a link in text or simply makes a URL clickable. This way, you can internally reference a file and sometimes open it directly from the [...]
With a fancy bit of integration, iOS can take a full-page, scrolling screenshot. Using a Mac’s built-in screenshot tool, still images are limited to what’s visible on the screen at time of capture, whether the whole desktop, a selected portion, or a particular window. Using Safari on iPhone and iPad, you can take a screenshot of [...]
Do you know the difference between Wi-Fi and Cellular Data? Both are technologies your iPhone uses to connect to the Internet. However, depending on your location and access, you may be able to use a faster, less expensive, and more reliable connection most of the time and reduce overall usage costs. Wi-Fi Wi-Fi, [...]
Do you use an app to play white noise on your iPhone? Did you know iPhone has this functionality built in as Background Sounds? This was added in iOS 15, so not available yet when I published Eyes & Ears. Apple’s first-party solution is pretty basic. You can choose among six white noise sounds [...]
Several years ago, in helping clients recover Google storage space, I learned of a way to delete Google Photos en masse. For some, there was an underlying issue where after installing the associated iPhone app, the entirety of one’s Photos library would get uploaded to Google. As a result, a number of folks unexpectedly filled [...]
If you have autocorrect active in iOS 17 or iPadOS 17, you may have noticed that it’s difficult to place the cursor next to a word that was corrected. For some reason, the system insists on highlighting the word and showing you what you originally typed. Bypass Autocorrect Feedback As I wrote in [...]
