by Marilyn | May 17, 2021 | privacy, Tip
So you’ve gotten your COVID-19 vaccination. Congratulations, and thank you for nudging the planet closer to the herd immunity needed for life to return to normal! It’s a good idea to take a photo of your card as a backup before filing it with your other important... 
by Marilyn | May 5, 2021 | Article, Desktop, Do Not Disturb, How-To, Notification Center, privacy, videoconferencing
Along with the now-ubiquitous videoconferencing, screen sharing and online presentations have become vastly more common during the pandemic. This isn’t yet another article about how to give a better presentation or feel more confident. (Although those might happen... 
by Marilyn | Jan 29, 2021 | AirPods Pro, App Clips, Apple Fitness+, audio, battery, Explainer, Intercom, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, privacy, Safari
We’ve published overviews of the major features in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, along with detailed looks at our favorite features. But Apple keeps releasing updates with new features, and we wanted to take a moment to catch you up on what Apple has added in versions 14.1,... 
by Marilyn | Jan 12, 2021 | privacy, Security, Tip
Our iPhones are the keys to our digital lives, holding our most private photos, conversations, and financial data, among much else. That’s why Apple goes to such lengths to help us protect our privacy and security. But we all have people with whom we share some level... 
by Marilyn | Dec 4, 2020 | Article, FaceBook, How-To, iOS, Mac, privacy
Even beyond its often controversial behavior in the 2020 US presidential election, Facebook continually makes news headlines for its numerous privacy and security problems. Most notable, of course, were the 50 million Facebook profiles gathered for Cambridge Analytica... 
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...