by John | Nov 7, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, battery, Hardware, Mac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Restricted Content, Tip, Troubleshooting
If you lose or break the power adapter that came with your MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, make sure to replace it with a charger that meets or exceeds the machine’s required wattage. A charger with too low a wattage may result in little or no charging (or even battery... 
by John | Nov 7, 2025 | Adobe, Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Creative Cloud, Illustrator, InDesign, iPad, Mac, Photoshop, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip, Windows
Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps—Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign—are best-in-class, and for many people, they’re essential. But if you’re paying $70 per month for a Creative Cloud subscription even though you don’t need the full power of Adobe’s apps, consider Canva’s... 
by John | Nov 7, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, privacy, Restricted Content, Security, Tip
Phishing scams have entered a new, AI-powered phase and can now convincingly mimic real people. Attackers can generate fake voice or video deepfakes to impersonate CEOs authorizing urgent payments, IT staff requesting access, or family members needing help. If you... 
by John | Nov 7, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Mac, Restricted Content, Time Machine, Tip, Troubleshooting
It’s easy to assume your backup app—whether it’s Time Machine, Carbon Copy Cloner, Backblaze, Retrospect, or something else—is quietly doing its job. But it’s possible for a bug to corrupt backups or for a destination disk to fail silently, such that you can’t restore... 
by John | Nov 7, 2025 | AirPods, AirPods Pro, alarm, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, camera, iPhone, Music, News, Restricted Content, Security, Timer, Tip
The first feature update to iOS 26 is now available—go to Settings > General > Software Update to install iOS 26.1. It doesn’t introduce any game-changers, but there are a few new options and tweaks worth knowing about. Tinted Option for Liquid Glass For many... by John | Nov 7, 2025 | AirPods, AirPods Pro, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, battery, hard drive, Hardware, keyboard, MagSafe, Mouse, Resource, Restricted Content, screen, Studio Display, trackpad, USB
The holidays may be just around the corner, but we field requests for tech gear recommendations year-round. Below you’ll find our suggestions, whether you’re shopping for an Apple tech enthusiast or simply looking to upgrade your own devices and accessories. Plenty of... 
by John | Nov 7, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Explainer, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Messages, phone, Restricted Content
Spam is one of the many banes of modern existence. While we receive more email spam than anything else, interruptions from unwanted phone calls and text messages are even more annoying. Apple has added various features over the years to help control spam calls and... 
by John | Nov 7, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Explainer, iPad, multitasking, productivity, Restricted Content, window
When the iPad debuted, it was essentially a large iPhone. But classic productivity tools rapidly made their way to the iPad, and over the years, Apple has introduced multitasking features, such as Slide Over and Split View, to make it easier to work back-and-forth... 
by John | Oct 16, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iPad, iPad Pro, Mac, MacBook Pro, News, Restricted Content, Vision Pro
Apple’s fall harvest has yielded the new M5 chip, leading to updates for the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, the iPad Pro lineup, and the Vision Pro. All three benefit from the M5’s significant performance boosts, but remain mostly unchanged otherwise. Availability... 
by John | Oct 3, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Home screen, iPad, iPhone, Restricted Content, Tip
When describing its new Liquid Glass design language, Apple spoke only generally about how users could change the look of icons and widgets on their iPhone and iPad home screens to be dark, clear, or tinted, without specifying how to do that. The trick is to touch and... 
by John | Oct 3, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip, Troubleshooting
If a Mac running macOS 26 Tahoe experiences certain kinds of problems, it might automatically restart and launch a new Recovery Assistant. It will prompt you to unlock your disk if needed and to connect to a Wi-Fi network—an Internet connection is required. Apple... 
by John | Oct 3, 2025 | accessibility, App Store, Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip
Apple does a good job providing accessibility options for users who experience issues with vision, hearing, motor control, and other accessibility needs. Nearly everyone will benefit from these features at some point in their lives. To encourage support for Apple’s... 
by John | Oct 3, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, passwords, Restricted Content, Security, Tip
One small way Apple’s Passwords app lagged behind top password managers like 1Password was in its lack of a password history. It’s sometimes helpful—such as when trying to figure out why a seemingly correct password isn’t being accepted—to see previous passwords for a... 
by John | Oct 3, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, How-To, iPhone, phone, productivity, Restricted Content
Although it’s easy to joke about how little we use our iPhones for actual phone calls, telephony remains a core feature that everyone depends on to some degree. In iOS 26, Apple put significant effort into improving the phone experience, delivering the most notable... 
by John | Oct 3, 2025 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Control Center, customization, Explainer, Restricted Content, Safari, Spotlight, Terminal, widget
macOS 26 Tahoe is a larger visual leap than any recent upgrade. Although we don’t yet recommend that everyone upgrade, we want to show you some of the user interface changes that will impact your everyday experience of using the Mac. Liquid Glass Changes Many of these... 