Mac Tips and Tricks: 1Password Can to Enter Your Mac Login Password
1Password is tremendously helpful for entering website passwords, but a little-known feature also enables it to enter your Mac login password for changing system settings, installing apps, and more.
Mac Tips & Tricks: Expand Text Entry Boxes in Web Browsers.
If you ever noticed the shading in the corner of text area fields in Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and most other Mac Web browsers, you might know this 'Mac tip and trick'. These “handles” let you resize the field—always vertically and sometimes horizontally. That’s handy...
Best Mac Webcam? Use Your iPhone with Continuity Camera
Putting Your Best Face Forward The near-ubiquity of videoconferencing is a lasting effect of the pandemic. The ease of gathering a group virtually often more than makes up for the downsides. Despite that, many people still appear in video calls with low-resolution,...
The Importance of Installing OS Updates
Why is it important to run OS updates? Security and features!
Send Photos in Messages Faster with This Hidden Shortcut
Sending a photo in messages has a great shortcut on the iPhone and iPad. To send a photo to a Messages chat, tap the ⊕ button and then tap Photos in the list that appears to reveal the photo picker. That’s not difficult, but it requires an extra step you can...
Use the Command Key to Rearrange and Remove Menu Bar Icons
Is your Mac’s menu bar overwhelmed with icons that you don't use? They’re helpful little critters, but finding one can be difficult when you have too many and they’re in no particular order. The hidden trick to cleaning up your menu bar relies on the Command key....
Apple Announces New MacBook Air Lineup with M3 Chip
MacBook Air Updated with M3 Chip In November 2023, Apple unveiled the M3 chip in new versions of the 24-inch iMac and MacBook Pro. If you’ve been longing for a MacBook Air with an M3 chip, your wait is over. (And we expect Apple to update the Mac mini soon.) Apple has...
Loose Lips Sink Chips: Beware What You Say to AI Chatbots
How Much Do You Trust an AI Conversation? Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Bing/CoPilot, and Google’s Gemini are the vanguard of a significant advance in computing. AI chatbots can be compelling tools. Whether you need to find just the right word,...
After “Mother of All Breaches,” Update Passwords on Compromised Sites
January’s big security news was the Mother of All Breaches, the release of a massive database containing 26 billion records built from previous breaches across numerous websites. Such websites include including Adobe, Dropbox, LinkedIn, and Twitter. It’s unclear how...
Help! My Account Has Been Hacked (or Not)—What Should I Do? (Don’t Panic)
What should you do if you think one of your accounts is compromised?