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.... 
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 | Oct 16, 2019 | Article, How-To, iPad, iPadOS 13, multitasking, Notes, Safari, Slide Over, Split View
With this year’s operating system updates, Apple has formally acknowledged that the iPhone and iPad have different uses and different needs. To that end, Apple has given the iPad version of iOS 13 its own name—iPadOS 13. The big changes include a desktop-class version... 
by Marilyn | Sep 3, 2019 | How-To, iOS 12, Messages, Mojave, productivity, Safari, two-factor authentication
An ever-increasing number of Web sites boost their security via two-factor authentication (2FA), which requires you to type in a short numeric code to complete a login after entering your username and password. It’s a big win because that code is generated on the fly... 
by Marilyn | Jul 10, 2019 | Mac, Safari, Security, Tip, URL
By default, Safari on the Mac hides full Web addresses—technically known as URLs—from you, showing just the site name in the Smart Search field at the top of the window. If you click in the field or press Command-L, the full URL appears, which is good for checking... 
by Marilyn | May 14, 2019 | iOS, productivity, Safari, tabs, Tip
Every time you tap a link to open a Web page in Safari on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. That’s fine until you realize that you have oodles of old tabs open, making it difficult to find any particular tab. To close all your old tabs in one fell... 