Annoyance: “google.com” would like to use your current location.
In the past few months, Google seems to have gotten a lot more aggressive about wanting to know your current location any time you search. On one hand, many see …
Find Devices and People from Your HomePod
If you have a HomePod or HomePod Mini I’m sure you have found how easy it is to ask Siri some simple questions. The recently released HomePod Software 16.3 now …
What’s the Difference between Removing and Deleting an App?
There are many reasons you might want to get rid of apps from your iPhone or iPad. To begin you can either: You will see the question about whether to …
Accidentally playing media in icon thumbnails on Mac? Here’s how to turn it off
Years ago Finder on Mac added a really nifty little feature where the icon thumbnail for audio and video files offers a teensy tiny player right in the icon. While …
See content on your Apple devices more easily with “Increase Contrast”
Sometimes it seems as though the user interface on Mac and iPhone is made for people with exceptionally good vision. By default, many elements on the screen are light-on-light or …
Update Immediately! Apple patches actively used exploits with macOS 13.2.1, iOS 16.3.1, more
Today Apple released software updates across nearly all of their OSes. I recommend everyone install these updates immediately, as they patch a security bug that has been actively exploited. This …
Disappearing scroll bars on Mac driving you crazy? You can turn them on permanently!
For many years now, the default behavior on macOS has been to completely hide scroll bars unless you are actively scrolling. This drives me crazy because you cannot tell what …
Save Mac screen space with Safari’s compact tabs
Safari for Mac has a “compact tab layout” option that saves you a small amount of screen space. Instead of having the address bar at the top with your tabs …
Does your Mac keep switching to the camera and mic in your iPhone? Here’s where to disable it
In macOS Ventura and iOS 16, Apple added a really cool new feature called Continuity Camera. Basically, it allows you to use the camera and mic in your iPhone XR …
My monitor recommendations
The photo at the top of this post is not my current recommendation. It is the Dell Z27 that I own myself and was my recommendation until it got discontinued. …