It’s easy to take lots of photos on vacation these days, and while a slideshow of all of them is a bit much, friends and relatives might like to see a Best Of collection. Or you might wish to share baby photos with your family or pictures of your new city with friends back home….
Not immediately obvious, but you can change your iPhone or iPad signature. Under Settings —> Mail —> Signature you can set you Mail signature. If you have more then one email account, you’ll see two options; All Accounts & Per Account. All accounts will place the same signature on every email you send no matter which email account you send it from. Per…
Not only can iCloud sync (i.e. keep the same copy of) your contacts and calendars, it can sync pictures and videos between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Now, here are a few items to take into consideration if you’d like to sync photos and videos: How big is your photo library? How much space do…
Not only can iCloud sync (i.e. keep the same copy of) your contacts and calendars, it can sync pictures and videos between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Now, here are a few items to take into consideration if you’d like to sync photos and videos: How big is your photo library? How much space do…
Did you know you can forward a text message or picture from your iPhone or iPad? It’s easy if you know the steps Touch and hold a message or picture. You’ll then see a pop up with “More” as a choice, touch it. Then use the Share icon to create a new messages you can…
First off, if you don’t know what Pages.app is, you’re in for a treat! Pages is part of what used to be known as the iWork suite. Pages is an easy to use Word Processor. Similar to Microsoft Word (only in that it is also a word processor) it delivers a great word processor at little to…
Did you know there is a powerful Unix computer sitting right in front of you? That’s right, your Mac is based upon Unix. What your looking at is an interface developed by Apple which hides the text based Unix world. There is no reason to be fearful of Unix and the command line. In fact…
When I’m asked what I do when my Mac has problems, I usually say “It doesn’t”. Which for the most part they don’t. I have a few rituals I perform to help my Macs stay healthy. About once a month I run Cocktail or Onyx. This general purpose utility cleans up cache files and runs maintenance scripts, with…
When you make that jump from Windows to a Mac you may feel a little disorientation. This could be due to euphoria you may have never experienced before, or because it looks different. This month isn’t about moving documents, emails, photos, and videos from your PC to your new Mac, it’s about how to actually use your…
One of the main troubleshooting steps for iPhone and iPad problems is to use the Reset All Settings option located under Settings —> General —> Reset. Do not confuse with Erase All Content and Settings, which will completely erase EVERYTHING on your iDevice. Reset All Settings will place all setting changes you’ve made back to the defaults but keep all of your data…