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June 24, 2024

Tame the Tangle! Quick Cable Management Tips

June 24, 2024/ Tom Puls
Tame the Tangle! Quick Cable Management Tips

Do you have a rat’s nest of random cables behind your Mac? Follow our quick tips to bring order to the mess, reduce the chance of accidents, and avoid degraded data signals.

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June 24, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Misc
June 19, 2024

Quickly Catalog Books or Other Named Items on Shelves

June 19, 2024/ Tom Puls
Quickly Catalog Books or Other Named Items on Shelves

You can take advantage of Apple’s Live Text feature in Photos to catalog books, boxes, or any other items with text names. Think of it as a lazy person’s ad hoc database.

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June 19, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
Photos, ios, macos, iPad
June 17, 2024

How to Make Productive Use of Generative AI Chatbots and Artbots

June 17, 2024/ Tom Puls
How to Make Productive Use of Generative AI Chatbots and Artbots

Generative AI is all the rage, but what if you want to use it to create more than bad essays and surreal images? We explain how to make the most of AI chatbots and artbots, and how to benefit from AI-powered search engines.

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June 17, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
ai
June 12, 2024

Working Late on Your Mac? Turn on Night Shift to Help Your Sleep

June 12, 2024/ Tom Puls
Working Late on Your Mac? Turn on Night Shift to Help Your Sleep

If you regularly work at your Mac late at night and have trouble falling asleep, consider turning on Night Shift to reduce your blue light exposure. By default, it makes the colors of your Mac warmer from sunset to sunrise.

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June 12, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
macOS
June 11, 2024

At WWDC, Apple Unveils Apple Intelligence and Previews New OS Features

June 11, 2024/ Tom Puls
At WWDC, Apple Unveils Apple Intelligence and Previews New OS Features

At yesterday’s Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced a treasure trove of new features in its upcoming operating system upgrades, including practical, everyday improvements and impressive AI-based capabilities.

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June 11, 2024/ Tom Puls/
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macOS, iOS, visionOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Apple Intelligence, AI
June 05, 2024

Share 2FA Setup for Team Access to a Single Account

June 05, 2024/ Tom Puls
Share 2FA Setup for Team Access to a Single Account

For better results when a team or family group needs to share 2FA codes to log in to a website, try to use an authentication app instead of SMS, or better yet, use a password manager that can both generate 2FA codes and share logins with a group.

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June 05, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Security
June 04, 2024

Sorry, Apple Isn’t Going to Update the 27-inch iMac with Apple Silicon

June 04, 2024/ Tom Puls
Sorry, Apple Isn’t Going to Update the 27-inch iMac with Apple Silicon

Sorry, 27-inch iMac lovers, but Apple isn’t going to release a 27-inch iMac with Apple silicon chips. We explain why and run down the upgrade options for those who need to move on.

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June 04, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
iMac
May 29, 2024

Select Non-Contiguous Text in Pages, Keynote, and Numbers 14

May 29, 2024/ Tom Puls
Select Non-Contiguous Text in Pages, Keynote, and Numbers 14

A new feature in Pages, Keynote, and Numbers lets you select bits of text that aren’t next to each other so that you can, for example, format them or copy them all at once.

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May 29, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
macOS
May 27, 2024

Did You Know Most Mac Apps Keep Versions of Your Documents as You Work?

May 27, 2024/ Tom Puls
Did You Know Most Mac Apps Keep Versions of Your Documents as You Work?

If you ever regret making a change too long ago to revert using Undo, try the versioning capabilities in many macOS apps that let you view, copy data from, and revert to previous versions of a document.

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May 27, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS
May 22, 2024

Display an Album of Photos on Your iPhone or iPad Lock Screen

May 22, 2024/ Tom Puls
Display an Album of Photos on Your iPhone or iPad Lock Screen

If you like how the Lock Screen’s Photo Shuffle wallpaper rotates through photos but would prefer that it worked from an album you specified, you’re in luck! That’s now possible in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17.

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May 22, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS
May 20, 2024

Audit Your Trusted Device Lists for Greater Security

May 20, 2024/ Tom Puls
Audit Your Trusted Device Lists for Greater Security

We all accumulate “trusted devices” in our Apple, Google, and password manager accounts, but it’s important to remove devices you no longer use because they could be security risks.

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May 20, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS, iOS, iPadOS
May 15, 2024

Where Can You Control Automatic Smart Quotes and Dashes in macOS?

May 15, 2024/ Tom Puls
Where Can You Control Automatic Smart Quotes and Dashes in macOS?

Smart quotes and dashes usually make your text look more professional. But if they’re problematic, you can turn off the feature that inserts them automatically or revert them on a one-off basis.

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May 15, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
macOS
May 09, 2024

Apple Introduces New iPad Air, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, and Magic Keyboard

May 09, 2024/ Tom Puls
Apple Introduces New iPad Air, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, and Magic Keyboard

Apple has released new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air and iPad Pro models, plus a new Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro. We round up the new features and provide advice on what to consider for your next iPad.

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May 09, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
iPad
May 08, 2024

How to Display the Battery Percentage in Your Mac’s Menu Bar

May 08, 2024/ Tom Puls
How to Display the Battery Percentage in Your Mac’s Menu Bar

If you’re tired of trying to interpret how full your MacBook’s battery is from its menu bar icon, here’s how to get it to display a percentage as well.

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May 08, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
macOS
May 06, 2024

Apple’s iCloud Keychain Password Management Is All Many People Need

May 06, 2024/ Tom Puls
Apple’s iCloud Keychain Password Management Is All Many People Need

Apple’s iCloud Keychain password manager keeps improving, and we now recommend it, especially for those not already using a third-party password manager. Here’s how to use iCloud Keychain to store and enter secure passwords.

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May 06, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS, iOS, iPadOS
May 01, 2024

Tips for Working with Mac Display Resolutions

May 01, 2024/ Tom Puls
Tips for Working with Mac Display Resolutions

You can adjust your Mac’s screen resolution to make text and graphics larger so they’re easier to see, or if you have good vision, you can make them smaller so more content fits on the screen. Our tips will help.

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May 01, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
macOS
April 29, 2024

How to Sync Your Text Messages across All Your Apple Devices

April 29, 2024/ Tom Puls
How to Sync Your Text Messages across All Your Apple Devices

One of the best parts of Apple’s tight platform integration is that you can view your text messages on all your devices. Or at least you can if you get everything set correctly.

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April 29, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
iOS, iPadOS, macOS
April 24, 2024

Apple Podcasts Adds Transcripts

April 24, 2024/ Tom Puls
Apple Podcasts Adds Transcripts

Did you know Apple’s Podcasts app now includes written transcripts? Our tip helps you view the text while you listen, use it to navigate within the audio, search for specific bits, and more.

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April 24, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS, iPadOS, macOS
April 22, 2024

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: What They Are and Why You Need Them

April 22, 2024/ Tom Puls
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: What They Are and Why You Need Them

To ensure phishers don’t forge email from your domain to use in their attacks on your organization and others, you must implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. We explain the basics, and we’re happy to help with the setup.

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April 22, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Misc, email, dns
April 17, 2024

Want an Event List in Apple’s Calendar App? Try This Trick

April 17, 2024/ Tom Puls
Want an Event List in Apple’s Calendar App? Try This Trick

Want to see all your upcoming events in a list in Apple’s Calendar app on the Mac? It doesn’t have a built-in list view, but there’s a workaround.

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April 17, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
macOS
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