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May 26, 2025

Run a Business? Sign Up with Apple Business Connect

May 26, 2025/ Tom Puls
Run a Business? Sign Up with Apple Business Connect

Discover how Apple Business Connect helps businesses stand out in apps like Maps, Spotlight, Calendar, and Wallet. From custom Place Cards to branded email, Apple Business Connect can enhance your brand and help you reach your audience more effectively.

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May 26, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Misc
March 03, 2025

How (and Why) to Use iPhone Mirroring on Your Mac

March 03, 2025/ Tom Puls
How (and Why) to Use iPhone Mirroring on Your Mac

The new iPhone Mirroring app in macOS 15 Sequoia lets you use your iPhone running iOS 18 in a window on your Mac. It’s a welcome feature that offers the possibility of increased productivity and fewer distractions.

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March 03, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS, iOS, Mac, iPhone
February 24, 2025

When Purchasing a Fireproof Safe, Pay Attention to the Details

February 24, 2025/ Tom Puls
When Purchasing a Fireproof Safe, Pay Attention to the Details

If the wildfires in Los Angeles have you considering a fireproof safe to safeguard backups and important documents, make sure to research temperature ratings over time and be mindful of water and impact resistance.

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February 24, 2025/ Tom Puls/
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Misc
February 21, 2025

New iPhone 16e Redefines Budget iPhone Choices

February 21, 2025/ Tom Puls
New iPhone 16e Redefines Budget iPhone Choices

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 16e for $599 and discontinued the iPhone SE and iPhone 14. It’s much more capable than the models it replaces, but the iPhone 16 may be worth $200 more. Read our buying advice here:

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February 21, 2025/ Tom Puls/
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iPhone, iOS, iPhone 16e
February 17, 2025

Businesses, Don’t Overlook Email Backup

February 17, 2025/ Tom Puls
Businesses, Don’t Overlook Email Backup

Cloud-based email services like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 provide excellent uptime and availability. However, an independent email backup solution is essential to protect against accidental deletion, cyber threats, and other data loss concerns.

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February 17, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
backups, email, Microsoft365, Google, Google Workspace
February 11, 2025

Apple’s January 2025 Releases Enhance Apple Intelligence Features

February 11, 2025/ Tom Puls
Apple’s January 2025 Releases Enhance Apple Intelligence Features

Apple’s third update to Apple Intelligence introduces changes to notification summaries (including disabling controversial news headline summaries), enhancements to Visual Intelligence on the iPhone 16, and Genmoji creation on the Mac.

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February 11, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Apple Intelligence, AI, Siri, iOS, iPadOS, macOS
January 27, 2025

Website Owners: Identifying Copyright Infringement Link Insertion Scams

January 27, 2025/ Tom Puls
Website Owners: Identifying Copyright Infringement Link Insertion Scams

If you receive what looks like a copyright infringement message complaining about an image on your website, don’t panic—it might be a scam. We help you identify such scams and explain what to do if the message turns out to be real.

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January 27, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Security
January 20, 2025

The Importance of Properly Offboarding Employees

January 20, 2025/ Tom Puls
The Importance of Properly Offboarding Employees

Regardless of whether an employee is leaving voluntarily or being terminated, it’s essential to walk them through a systematic offboarding process to revoke their digital access, retrieve devices, and preserve organizational data. We have thoughts.

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January 20, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Apple Business Manager, Business, Human Resources
January 13, 2025

Feel Free to Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia When You’re Ready

January 13, 2025/ Tom Puls
Feel Free to Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia When You’re Ready

When should you upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia? There’s no need to install it today, but we think it’s safe for those who want to take advantage of the new features and integration with Apple’s other operating systems.

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January 13, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS, Sequoia
January 07, 2025

What You Can Do with the December Wave of Apple Intelligence Features

January 07, 2025/ Tom Puls
What You Can Do with the December Wave of Apple Intelligence Features

We look at the latest wave of Apple’s AI features and help you start using them for discussions with ChatGPT, creating images, making custom emoji, learning about your environment, and more.

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January 07, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Apple Intelligence, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Image Playground, Genmoji
November 11, 2024

First Wave of Apple Intelligence Features Appear in macOS 15.1 Sequoia, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1

November 11, 2024/ Tom Puls
First Wave of Apple Intelligence Features Appear in macOS 15.1 Sequoia, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1

Apple Intelligence is here! These initial features won’t upend your Apple experience, but welcome additions include notification summaries in Messages, message list summaries in Mail, Clean Up in Photos, and audio transcripts and summaries in Notes.

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November 11, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Apple Intelligence, iOS, iPadOS, macOS
November 04, 2024

Apple Brings the M4 Chip Family to the iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro

November 04, 2024/ Tom Puls
Apple Brings the M4 Chip Family to the iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro

Apple has started moving the Mac lineup to the M4 family of chips with the updated iMac, redesigned Mac mini, and enhanced MacBook Pro. They’re great machines, particularly for those who need to upgrade from an Intel-based Mac.

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November 04, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Mac, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini
September 23, 2024

NPD Breach Reveals Data on Hundreds of Millions, Here’s How to Respond

September 23, 2024/ Tom Puls
NPD Breach Reveals Data on Hundreds of Millions, Here’s How to Respond

Hundreds of millions of people had their names, addresses, and Social Security numbers revealed in the massive NPD breach. There isn’t much you can do to protect yourself, but we explain the one thing everyone should do.

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September 23, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Security
September 16, 2024

What You Need to Know Before Switching to a New iPhone

September 16, 2024/ Tom Puls
What You Need to Know Before Switching to a New iPhone

It’s exciting to get a new iPhone, but take a few minutes to read our advice on what you need to do before—and after—transferring your data from your old iPhone.

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September 16, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
iOS, iPhone
September 11, 2024

Apple Announces iPhone 16 Lineup, Apple Watch Series 10, and AirPods 4

September 11, 2024/ Tom Puls
Apple Announces iPhone 16 Lineup, Apple Watch Series 10, and AirPods 4

Apple has introduced the iPhone 16 lineup, the Apple Watch Series 10, and two models of the AirPods 4, plus smaller changes. The upgrades are welcome but incremental, making them most compelling to those upgrading from much older devices.

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September 11, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods, iOS, watchOS
September 04, 2024

When Should You Should Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and visionOS 2?

September 04, 2024/ Tom Puls
When Should You Should Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and visionOS 2?

Apple is gearing up to release macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and visionOS 2. We briefly examine the features worth upgrading for and suggest when to upgrade each of your Apple devices.

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September 04, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, visionOS, tvOS
August 26, 2024

Use High-Quality Cables for Optimal Performance and Safety

August 26, 2024/ Tom Puls
Use High-Quality Cables for Optimal Performance and Safety

It’s tempting to buy cheap USB-C and Lightning cables, but non-compliant, counterfeit, and defective cables can damage your hardware or even cause fires. Read on for more about keeping your cables working in the long run.

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August 26, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Hardware, thunderbolt, usb, lightning
August 19, 2024

When Should You “Ignore Ownership” on an External Drive?

August 19, 2024/ Tom Puls
When Should You “Ignore Ownership” on an External Drive?

Permissions are an essential aspect of the Unix underpinnings in macOS, but on some external drives, they can be problematic. Learn when you should and should not enable “Ignore ownership on this volume.”

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August 19, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS
August 12, 2024

Make the Most of the Mac’s Videoconferencing Capabilities

August 12, 2024/ Tom Puls
Make the Most of the Mac’s Videoconferencing Capabilities

Although videoconferencing has become a part of everyday life for lots of us, many people don’t realize that macOS provides helpful options for improving our video, audio, and presentations.

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August 12, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS, Mac
August 05, 2024

Understanding the Key Differences Between Personal and Managed Apple IDs

August 05, 2024/ Tom Puls
Understanding the Key Differences Between Personal and Managed Apple IDs

There are actually two types of Apple IDs: personal and managed. Regular users have personal Apple IDs; those who use employer-provided devices are often required to use managed Apple IDs. Learn more about both.

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August 05, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Apple Business Manager, Apple School Manager, Apple ID, Apple Account
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