A friend of mine recently lost a sibling. This was incredibly difficult for the family. But adding to the pain was that many of the precious memories and other important…
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Creating and using text shortcuts
There a lot of things I find myself retyping over and over. Things like my address so I can have items delivered to me, or a quick “Thanks but I’m…
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Five useful Terminal commands for macOS
While everyone is preparing for Apple to release macOS 26 Tahoe and give their Mac a shiny new Liquid Glass look, there’s an under appreciated way to use your Mac….
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Apple Watch mirroring lets you control your Apple Watch from your iPhone
Apple’s accessibility features extend right across all its software platforms. And while the Apple Watch is a great tool, its small display and reliance on sight and touch can make…
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Do you need to install endpoint protection software on a Mac?
Today’s world is filled with digital threats. Barely a week passes when there isn’t a story in the news about some company suffering a data breach. But behind those big…
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4 easy to build iPhone Shortcuts that will save you time and taps
Apple’s Shortcuts app is a tool that enables you to string together a sequence of commands so you can execute them all with just one tap. With all the focus…
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Apple’s beta software program – what you need to know
The developer beta versions of Apple’s next generation software are now at their third release. Usually, when the developer betas are at this stage, the public beta versions are imminent….
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How to back up your Mac using the 3-2-1-0 method
While modern computers are quite reliable, they are not infallible. Hardware failures can happen and then there’s gravity – a dropped laptop can mean lots of pain with inaccessible data…
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Cheap Macs may end up obsolete faster than you think
Apple has stated that macOS 26 Tahoe will be the last version of macOS to support Intel processors. On the back of that, I’m seeing lots of ads for Intel-powered…
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Your Mac can talk to you
Apple’s text-to-speech and speech-to-text capabilities have been around for some time. You’ll find Dictation under the Keyboard settings in System Settings and the ability to have your Mac read things…
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