Restore From Time Machine

How would you realize that one or more of your Internet accounts—email, social media, financial—have been hacked? (Techs may also use the terms “compromised” or “breached.” Unfortunately, there’s no telltale warning sign because “hacked” could mean many things. Here are some possible indications: People you trust report receiving email that you didn’t send. Social media…

Struggling to read a tiny serial number or fine print can be incredibly frustrating. Thankfully, Apple introduced a magnifier mode in its accessibility options and later turned it into a standalone app with iOS 14. How to Access and Use the Magnifier App Find the Magnifier App: Locate it in the Utilities folder within your…

If you use Siri, particularly on a HomePod, you’re probably accustomed to saying “Hey Siri” as the trigger phrase before your requests. In Apple’s new operating systems for 2023, you can now choose to invoke Siri using the traditional “Hey Siri” or just “Siri” (at least in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US). You…

Many of us have been using iPhones for years, and apps we bought or downloaded long ago molder in corners of our Home screens. Even if you haven’t played Flappy Bird in years, its pixelated icon still stares glumly at you every time you peer at its Home screen, and it’s far from alone. To…

Over the last few releases of macOS, Apple has been beefing up the Mac’s privacy controls so they more closely resemble what the company has done in iOS. You’ve undoubtedly noticed that when you first launch a new app on your iPhone or iPad, it often prompts for access to your contacts or your photos,…

There is an annoying limitation in iPhoto, and you may have run into it yourself: When iPhone photos and videos have been imported into iPhoto on the Mac, you can easily share photos by email through iPhoto. However, this is not the case with video a a customer of mine found out. He wanted to…