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October 29, 2019 Mac

How To Restore Mac OS From Internet Recovery

Over the past few years I have Restored the macOS on my iMac a few times using the Internet Recovery Mode. It is easy to do, very reliable, but a little time consuming.

October 28, 2019 Mac

Magic Trackpad Three Finger Drag

I alternate between using my Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse. One of the things, at least for me, is to activate using Three Finger Drag on the Trackpad.

October 23, 2019 Mac

Control Which Apps Use The Mac Camera

Computer security and privacy is a really big deal these days as it should be. More people are aware of the various security risks involving computer use. People’s computer security measures take various paths.

October 14, 2019 iOS

iOS 13 Dark Mode Toggle

Using Dark Mode in macOS or iOS 13 takes some getting used to. However, once I used it for a while there is not turning back.

October 7, 2019 Mac

How To Create Automator Quick Actions

MacOS Mojave and Catalina have a very handy feature called Quick Actions. I have covered how to create a Quick Action in a previous article.

October 3, 2019 Mac

How To Handle Swollen Batteries?

Unfortunately, Apple devices get the dreaded swollen battery on the iPhone, iPad, iWatch or Mac on occasion. Swollen batteries can be dangerous

October 1, 2019 iOS

Slide Over & Split View On iPad

I have had some type of iPad since they were introduced. It is not a Mac replacement for me, but I use my iPad Pro 10.5 quite extensively. However, there are two iOS features I do not use much