by Marilyn | Oct 27, 2021 | DND, Focus, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, Tip, Troubleshooting
In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple expanded the concept of Do Not Disturb to what it calls Focus. You can create a Focus for different types of activities, so only specific people and apps can break through your cone of silence at appropriate times. Focus subsumes the old... 
by Marilyn | Jun 17, 2021 | Apple Card, Family Sharing, Tip
Apple did a good job rethinking some aspects of credit card use with the Apple Card, but one omission was the inability to share it with other family members. With the new Apple Card Family, once everyone has upgraded to iOS 14.6, you can add members of your Family... 
by Marilyn | May 27, 2021 | File Sharing, iPad, iPhone, Mac, privacy, Security, Tip
Given their integration into the Mac’s Finder, it can be easy to forget that online file sharing services like Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive can be accessed using a Web browser by anyone with your username and password. Obviously, you... 
by Marilyn | May 24, 2021 | Mac, Security, Tip
If you’re using QuickBooks Online with the service’s Mac app to manage your business’s accounting, you may have seen a message like the one below announcing that Intuit has stopped updating the QuickBooks Online app. This doesn’t affect your QuickBooks Online account,... 
by Marilyn | May 21, 2021 | accessibility, Big Sur, customization, Mac, menu bar, Tip
In macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple went back to a design direction from the earliest days of Mac OS X: a translucent menu bar. Since its color changes depending on the desktop picture, many people aren’t enamored of it (left, below). Luckily, reverting to the traditional... 
by Marilyn | May 20, 2021 | iOS, Tip, Troubleshooting, updates
If you’ve turned on automatic App Updates in Settings > App Store on your iPhone or iPad, you might wonder how you’d know if an app was updated or what changed. To find that information, open the App Store app and tap your avatar icon in the upper-right corner....