by Marilyn | Jan 15, 2019 | Activity Monitor, Explainer, Mac, performance, RAM
No matter how fast your Mac was when it was new, the time will come when apps launch slowly, the spinning beachball appears more often, and everything responds sluggishly. Such problems won’t happen all the time, and you can often fix them by quitting a piggy app or...
by Marilyn | Jan 15, 2019 | iOS, Mac, password, Security, Tip, Wi-Fi
You know the drill—a friend comes to visit and wants to get on your Wi-Fi network. You’ve written the password down somewhere, but where? Even if you have it handy, it’s a pain for your friend to type in. Since macOS 10.13 High Sierra and iOS 11, Apple’s operating...
by Marilyn | Jan 14, 2019 | Mac, Mail, Tip, Troubleshooting
It’s helpful to unplug occasionally and ignore email while on vacation or otherwise away from your work routine. And it’s a good idea to set up a vacation auto-responder to tell correspondents what to do in your absence. It might be tempting to create such an...
by Marilyn | Jan 13, 2019 | Find My iPhone, HomeKit, Mac, Mojave, productivity, Siri, Tip
Siri on the Mac hasn’t been as useful as on iOS devices, but with macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple enhanced the Mac version of Siri in a variety of ways. Apple says that Siri now knows about food, celebrities, and motorsports, but more interesting is how you can ask Siri to...
by Marilyn | Jan 10, 2019 | Bluetooth, Disk Utility, How-To, iCloud, iMessage, iTunes, Mac
If a new Mac has recently arrived in your life, it may be time to hand your old Mac down to a friend or family member, pass it on to a coworker, or send it back to Apple for recycling. Here’s what to do. Backup Before anything else, make a backup, just in case. Do...
by Marilyn | Dec 18, 2018 | iOS, Mac, productivity, Safari, tabs, Tip
Browser tabs. They breed like bunnies, and if you’re like us, you have oodles of tabs open on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. But you may not know that Safari has a great tab-management feature that lets you access all the open tabs on all your devices. (Make sure to...
