by MacEdge | Sep 12, 2019 | Apple Tips, Blog, Mac
Do you have a document that you open regularly, perhaps from your Desktop? If you’d like to make it stand out from other documents, why not give it a custom icon? This was common practice on the Mac back in the day, and it’s still possible in modern versions of macOS....
by MacEdge | Sep 11, 2019 | Apple Tips, Blog, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mac, tips
If you have a friend whom you refer to only by his nickname, it can be annoying to feel like you should use his proper first name when adding him to Contacts. Worse, then he shows up in Messages with a name you don’t recognize as easily. Here’s how to convince iOS to...
by MacEdge | Sep 9, 2019 | Apple Tips, Blog
In a break from Apple’s pattern of alternating cycle of releases, macOS 10.15 Catalina is not a refinement of 10.14 Mojave like 10.13 High Sierra was for 10.12 Sierra. Instead, Catalina boasts significant changes, both obvious things like new apps and less-obvious...
by MacEdge | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog, iOS, Mac
I’m sure you have received a Spam phone call before. They have become a problem for many iPhone users in the United States who sometimes get a few of them a day. Apple has come up with a great feature in iOS 13 called Silence Unknown Callers. This feature will silence...
by MacEdge | Aug 21, 2019 | Apple Tips, Blog, Mac
If you’ve filled up your external hard drives or become frustrated by their limitations, it’s time to look into a network-attached storage (NAS) device. What’s a NAS? It’s an intelligent storage device that can accept one or more hard drives or SSDs and connects to...
by MacEdge | Aug 16, 2019 | Blog
Apple has put a lot of effort into Mail, providing lots of features you can employ to get through your email more quickly. But one of the most effective ways to improve your email productivity has nothing to do with an app. Instead, train yourself to write better...
