Safari for iPhone and iPad can close your tabs automatically
Whenever you tap a link to open a Web page on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. Having hundreds of tabs open isn’t a technical problem …
How to Back Up an iPhone or iPad with Your Mac Running Catalina
One of the most significant changes in macOS 10.15 Catalina was the breakup of the long-standing iTunes app into separate Music, Podcasts, and TV apps. But what about backing up …
Yesterday’s Apple announcements, the extra-concise edition
As I often do with big Apple announcements I will try to break it down to the basics: what, when, how much? Other bloggers will go into much more detail …
Here’s How to Set a Default Printer on the Mac
If you have access to multiple printers, you probably know that you can choose one from the Printer pop-up menu at the top of the Print dialog. But macOS has …
Got a Mac Laptop? Here’s What You Need to Know about Battery Health Management in Catalina 10.15.5
We all want Mac laptops that can run for days on a single charge and never need their batteries serviced. Sadly, we’re always going to be disappointed. Battery and power …
Find Files in the Finder Better by Specifying a Search Scope
This isn’t about periscopes or mouthwash—when it comes to searching, a scope is the area in which a search takes place. When you use the Search field in a Finder …
How to Ask for Tech Support So You Get Good Answers Quickly
Need help with something? On occasion, we all need tech support. Even me. Speaking as the person who is often on the other end of those requests for help, I …
Approve App Authentication Requests with Your Apple Watch in Catalina
Tired of typing your admin account password whenever you try to install software or change security settings on your Mac? A new feature in macOS 10.15 Catalina removes that requirement …
What’s the best printer for Mac?
Printers are terrible. Actually, to be fair they are marvels of modern engineering. It’s just a difficult problem for them to solve, converting our digital abstractions into concrete sheets of …
Stop Group FaceTime Video Tiles from Bouncing with Recent Apple OS Updates
Since iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple has supported Group FaceTime, which lets you have a video call with up to 32 people. However, as has become painfully obvious …