Apple releases macOS 11.6, iOS 14.8, iPadOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2
Today Apple released some small updates across most of their devices. These updates do not add any new features, but they are important to install as soon as you can …
How long can I expect a Mac to last?
It’s hard to predict when your computer might become obsolete or when it might start breaking down. And sometimes you just get lucky or unlucky. But in general: MacBook Air …
Disable Unused Sharing Options on Your Mac If You’re Not Using Them
Many security breaches—even high-profile ones—stem from simple oversight. There’s one spot in macOS that has long been particularly susceptible to such lapse: the Sharing pane of System Preferences. In it, …
Apple releases macOS 11.5, iPadOS 14.7
Shortly after releasing updates for most of their mobile OSes on Monday, Apple released updates for macOS Big Sur and iPadOS today. Normally they release all of these updates at …
Reduce Your Email Load with Three Features in Apple’s Mail: Mute, Block, and Unsubscribe
Complaining about getting too much email is like complaining about bad traffic—we (collectively) brought it upon ourselves, and while it’s impossible to escape entirely, it’s worth knowing how to reduce …
Pin Your Chats in Messages for Faster Access, or, why are some of my text message conversations in giant circles at the top?
A new feature of Messages in both iOS 14 and macOS 11 Big Sur is the option to pin up to nine conversations at the top of the conversation list …
Apple releases iOS 14.6, macOS 11.4, and other OSes
Today Apple released updates across all of their operating systems. This includes: iOS 14.6 iPadOS 14.6 watchOS 7.5 tvOS 14.6 HomePod 14.6 macOS 11.4 While this is mostly a maintenance, …
Make Better Documents and Edit More Easily with “Show Invisibles”
Some of the trickiest editing and proofreading problems are related to characters you can’t typically see on the screen: spaces, tabs, returns, etc. Just because they’re invisible doesn’t mean they …
How to swap Paste with “Paste and Match Style”
Most computer users are already familiar with the copy and paste commands: select some content such as text, copy it (⌘-C or use the Edit menu), and then paste (⌘-V) …
Apple releases iOS 14.5.1, iPadOS 14.5.1, watchOS 7.4.1, macOS 11.3.1
Today Apple released some small but important updates for several of their OSes. There are no changes with these updates, just security fixes and a bug fix that was preventing …