by Marilyn | Nov 12, 2018 | Apple Pros, Mac, maintenance, Mojave, Software Update, Tip
For years, you’ve used the App Store app to install operating system and app updates on your Mac. That’s still true for apps, but with macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple moved operating system updates to the new Software Update preference pane, which replaces the old App Store...
by Marilyn | Nov 9, 2018 | Article, Mac, Mojave, privacy, Tip
With macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple has beefed up the Mac’s privacy so it more closely resembles privacy in iOS. You’ve noticed that when you launch a new app on your iPhone or iPad, it often prompts for access to your photos or contacts, the camera or microphone, and...
by Marilyn | Nov 4, 2018 | How-To, Mac, Mojave, productivity, screen recording, screenshot, Troubleshooting
You probably fall into one of two camps: people who haven’t the foggiest idea what pressing Command-Shift-3 or Command-Shift-4 do on the Mac, and those who use those keyboard shortcuts regularly to take screenshots. Either way, macOS 10.14 Mojave makes it easier than...
by Marilyn | Nov 3, 2018 | Apple Pencil, Apple Pros, iPad, iPad Pro, Mac, Mac mini, MacBook Air, Smart Keyboard
At a special event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Apple threw back the curtains on significant updates to the long-ignored MacBook Air and even longer-ignored Mac mini. Then Tim Cook and company followed up with revamped 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros, complete...
by Marilyn | Oct 17, 2018 | customization, Finder, Mac, productivity, Tip
When you double-click a document, macOS uses the document’s file extension to figure out which app should open the file. So, by default, a PDF file called laser-squid.pdf opens in Preview because the Finder knows that everything with a .pdf extension should open in...
by Marilyn | Oct 17, 2018 | customization, Dock, Mac, productivity, Tip
By default, Apple locates the Dock at the bottom of the Mac’s screen. If that location interferes with you seeing as much of your document windows as you’d like, you can set it to appear only when you move the pointer to the bottom edge of the screen. But there’s a...
