by Marilyn | May 19, 2021 | Article, business, Explainer, Hardware, maintenance, upgrade
Have you heard the term technical debt? It’s what you incur whenever you delay upgrading software and hardware for too long. It’s like forgetting to brush your teeth regularly and putting off dental checkups. There may be no immediate downside, but the ongoing... 
by Marilyn | Jul 8, 2020 | iOS, maintenance, Safari, tabs, Tip
Whenever you tap a link to open a Web page on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. Having hundreds of tabs open won’t cause any problems but can make working with tabs clumsy. You can close all tabs—touch and hold the tab button and then tap Close... 
by Marilyn | Jul 22, 2019 | cable, iPad, iPhone, Lightning, Mac, maintenance, Solution, USB-C
Apple’s prices for Lightning, USB-C, and Thunderbolt 3 cables often seem high—$19 for a USB-C to Lightning cable or $29 if you want a 2-meter version? Unfortunately, when it comes to cables, you often get what you pay for. Happily, other reputable hardware... 
by Marilyn | Jul 9, 2019 | battery, Explainer, heat, iPhone, Mac, maintenance, Troubleshooting
When summer brings sunny days and rising temperatures, you may have ditched your business suit for shorts or skirts to stay comfortable, but your technological gear can’t do the same. And keeping your tech cool is about more than comfort—as temperatures rise,... 
by Marilyn | Jun 17, 2019 | AirPods, battery, iOS, iPad, iPhone, maintenance, Tip
Apple’s Batteries widget is a little known but highly useful tool for quickly assessing which of your small Apple devices is lowest on power—something you may wish to do when traveling with only one charging cable. To access it, switch to Today view on the iPhone,... 
by Marilyn | May 21, 2019 | How-To, Mac, maintenance, Storage Management
SSDs are great—they’re fast, durable, and reliable—but they’re also expensive, which results in many of us not having as much storage built into our Macs as we’d like. Particularly for those who watch videos in iTunes or take a lot of photos, it’s all too easy to run...