There’s little more frustrating than running out of space, which always seems to happen at just the wrong time. Luckily, Apple makes it easy to check any time, before it becomes a problem. On the Mac, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu and click Storage. On an iPhone or iPad, navigate to Settings…
Most of the time, when you unlock your iPhone or iPad, you want to launch an app. In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, you no longer have to unlock the device, find the app on a Home screen page, and tap it. Instead, you can open an app directly from the Lock screen, assuming Settings…
It is unfortunate that the most recent iteration of the Magic Mouse has its Lightning charging port on the bottom, making it impossible to use while charging (unlike the Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad, which work fine when plugged in.) To check if your Magic Mouse needs charging before it starts to nag (and starts…
As pandemic-related restrictions ebb and flow, many people continue to work from home at least some of the time. A key requirement for successful remote work is a fast, solid Internet connection. Unfortunately, it is all too common for Internet connections to degrade over time as cables endure a variety of insults ranging from water…
If you are completely happy with your email provider, move on, there’s nothing to see here. But if you’re unhappy with your provider’s reliability, spam filtering, or stability as a business, or if you are tired of having a 1990s-style address from aol.com or hotmail.com, you can switch. There are innumerable email providers, and many…
Some people find it hard to find the mouse pointer at times, particularly on a large screen or when working in Dark Mode or in apps with dark interfaces. There is a solution for this. You have long been able to increase the size of the pointer generally and also zoom it temporarily by shaking…
Before macOS 12 Monterey, if you wanted to sell, trade in, or give away your Mac, you had to boot into Recovery, erase the internal drive with Disk Utility, and reinstall macOS to ensure that the new owner would get a fresh start and couldn’t see any of your data. In Monterey, Apple has made…
Have you heard the expression “expect the unexpected”? It is an attempt to inject a little levity into planning for the unthinkable event of dying without warning. No one expects to be hit by a bus, but these things do happen. This is always terrible, and it also adds another challenge for that person’s family;…
Quick quiz: what does a red number badge on the Phone icon on your iPhone mean? You are right if you said that it indicates the number of missed calls or voicemail messages. The Mail and Messages apps also use a red badge to display the number of unread messages; Settings uses one to indicate…
Apple’s Find My technology is a lifesaver when it works, enabling you to locate and potentially retrieve lost or stolen devices. It’s not perfect, even with the addition of the Find My Network, which drafts other nearby Apple devices to relay the location of a lost device, but it’s a heck of a lot better…