Take a Few Minutes to Lock Down Your Facebook Privacy Settings
December 2, 2020 iOS, Mac, NewsEven beyond its often controversial behavior in the 2020 US presidential election, Facebook continually makes news headlines for its numerous privacy and security problems. Most notable, of course,...
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So, Are Apple’s New M1-Based Macs Any Good?
December 2, 2020 Mac, NewsIn November, Apple unveiled its new M1 chip and three new Macs that use it: the MacBook Air, Read More
A Quick Shortcut to Create an Instant Slideshow from a Folder of Images
December 2, 2020 Mac, NewsYou probably know that you can select an image in the Finder and press the Space bar to preview it in a Quick Look window. And you may know that you can use the arrow keys to preview other files in...
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Did You Know That Your iPhone Can “Name That Tune”?
December 1, 2020 NewsSeveral years ago, Apple bought a company called Shazam, which made an app that identified songs by listening to the music playing nearby. Since then, Apple has built Shazam into Siri in iOS, iPadO...
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Apple Unveils New M1-Powered MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini
November 11, 2020 Mac, NewsContinuing its pandemic-driven approach of short, focused announcements, Apple once again took to the Internet to stream its “One More Thing” event. On center stage this time was the Mac, or sp...
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Home Screen Widgets Take Center Stage in iOS 14
November 3, 2020 NewsA significant new feature in iOS 14 is Home screen widgets, information-rich tiles that share space on a Home screen with app icons. iPhone users familiar with Google’s Android smartphone operating ...
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New Back Tap Feature in iOS 14 Provides Two Customizable Shortcuts
November 3, 2020 NewsWe all have things we do regularly on our iPhones, whether it’s checking the weather, searching Google, or invoking the magnifier. Apple has long provided ways of making your most common actions eas...
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Stop Snoops with Private Browsing and by Clearing Your Web Browsing History
October 3, 2020 Mac, NewsWith so many of us working at home these days, it’s worth remembering that spouses, children, and housemates may have easy physical access to your Mac. And, particularly if you share a Mac with them...
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Want Better Goals? Customize Your Move, Exercise, and Stand Rings in watchOS 7
October 1, 2020 NewsEver since Apple introduced the Activity app to watchOS, you’ve been able to adjust your Move goal, which is measured in kilocalories, but your Exercise goal was locked at 30 minutes and the Stand g...
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Advice for Successful Online Schooling
September 3, 2020 Mac, NewsIn a normal year, most kids would be back in school by now. But the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many schools to offer online instruction, and many families are now settling into a remote back-to-s...
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