by Marilyn | Oct 7, 2020 | Article, education, iPad, Mac, Solution
In a normal year, most kids would be back in school by now. But the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many schools to offer online instruction, and many families are now settling into a remote back-to-school arrangement. We’ve provided some advice on working from home in... 
by Marilyn | Sep 29, 2020 | App Library, Home screen, iOS 14, Messages, Siri, Solution, widget
Harvest season is here again, and Apple has deemed iOS 14 (along with iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14) ready for the picking. Although the betas have been pretty stable and no major problems have appeared in the first few days, we still recommend waiting at least a... 
by Marilyn | Aug 21, 2020 | Apple Pros, Apple Watch, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, iPhone, Restricted Content, screen, Solution, zoom
If you have 20/20 vision or are still wondering why your parents have reading glasses, count yourself lucky. But if you’re like many people—over 60 percent of the population by some estimates, including most people over 45—reading the tiny text on your iPhone or Apple... 
by Marilyn | Jul 8, 2020 | Internet, networking, Solution, Troubleshooting, VPN, Wi-Fi
The pandemic has forced large numbers of those who are still employed—nearly half the American workforce, by some estimates—to work from home. And while that has actually improved productivity for many people, partly due to eliminating time-consuming commutes, remote... 
by Marilyn | May 5, 2020 | Mac, Photos, productivity, Solution
Digital cameras have been around long enough that people have stopped making snarky comments about how hard it is to find anything in a shoebox filled with hundreds of unorganized photos. But given the tens of thousands of photos many of us now have, it’s hard to be... 
by Marilyn | Nov 7, 2019 | Article, Hardware, Mac, Solution, Troubleshooting
We assume you have a backup strategy. Hopefully, it includes a bootable duplicate to minimize downtime in the event of a drive failure, a Time Machine or other versioned backup to address the problem of a deleted or corrupted file, and offsite backup to ensure that... 