by Marilyn | Nov 17, 2020 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, battery, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip, Troubleshooting
Starting with macOS 10.15.5 Catalina, Apple introduced a battery health management feature that improves your battery’s lifespan by adjusting charging patterns to reduce the rate at which the battery chemically ages. (Find it in System Preferences > Energy Saver... 
by Marilyn | Nov 2, 2020 | Article, business, Explainer, iPad, iPhone, Mac, managed services, MDM
For those who work in organizations, regardless of size, you know how much effort is involved with coordinating a group’s technology. It can take quite some time to set up a new Mac, iPad, or iPhone with all the right apps, settings, and logins. And that’s just to get... 
by Marilyn | Oct 30, 2020 | iPad, iPhone, Mac, text messaging, Tip, Troubleshooting
You’ve long had text messages forwarding from your iPhone to your Mac and iPad, but after you get a new device, it might be a while before you realize that it’s not receiving texts sent to your iPhone. It turns out that, when you get a new Apple device, you must... 
by Marilyn | Oct 30, 2020 | customization, Finder, Mac, Tip
We’re big fans of column view in Finder windows (choose View > as Columns). You never have to worry about missing icons that are outside the window, everything is sorted alphabetically, and selecting a file shows a preview. But the column widths can be too thin,... 
by Marilyn | Oct 23, 2020 | Article, Catalina, Explainer, Mac, Mojave, privacy, Troubleshooting
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... 
by Marilyn | Oct 12, 2020 | Article, Chrome, Explainer, Firefox, Mac, privacy, Safari
With so many of us working at home these days, it’s worth remembering that spouses, children, and housemates may have easy physical access to your Mac. And, particularly if you share a Mac with them, you might want to consider how you protect your browsing privacy.... 