Don’t Trust an App Fully? Hide Your Precise Location from It
Most of the time, having your iPhone know precisely where you are is good. You want Maps to tell you exactly when to turn, not after you’ve passed an intersection. But too many apps abuse their users’ privacy. We strongly ...
Cyber Security Best Practices For Businesses
Smaller companies often struggle to develop and invest in robust IT security systems, which can leave them relatively more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. If that's the situation you're in and you're trying to ...
Are You On A Bad Date And Don’t Even Know It?
They don’t call you back, they don’t text back, and when you get time with them, they are disheveled, rude, and uninterested, doing barely enough to keep things going. This sounds like ...
Apple’s 2022 Harvest: Four iPhones, Three Apple Watches, and New AirPods Pro
Apple’s September crop has ripened, and the company has once again picked a basket of new and updated hardware for us. At its Far Out event on September 7th, Apple unveiled four iPhone 14 models, three new or updated Apple ...
Most Pantone Color Books for Adobe Creative Cloud to Require Pantone Connect License
Adobe says that Pantone Color Books will be phased out of Adobe Creative Cloud apps, starting with updates to Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop released after August 16, 2022. After November 2022, only three Pantone Color Books will remain: Pantone + ...
How To Find Your Passwords (And Never Need To Reset Them Again)
There are two types of people…which one are you? 1.The frustrated, constant updater: You find yourself having to constantly click on “Forgot My Password” and verify your account, check your texts, scan ...
Photos Library Showing Blank Thumbnails or Having Other Issues? Try This Trick to Repair It
The Photos app is usually a solid performer, but it does rely on a database behind the scenes, and corruption is a possibility. If you find that your Photos library is showing blank thumbnails or otherwise acting oddly, see if ...
iCloud, Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange: Choosing a Personal Calendar Service
We Mac, iPhone, and iPad users have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to calendaring flexibility. Apple provides free calendar services via iCloud, and the Calendar app lets you add calendar accounts from a wide variety of providers. Most ...
How to Restore Missing SMS Two-Factor Authentication Codes
Many websites, from Adobe to Zendesk, let you receive two-factor authentication codes via SMS text messages. That’s good—any form of two-factor authentication is better than none—but you’re often effectively locked out of your accounts if those text messages don’t arrive. ...
What’s That Little Orange Dot by Control Center in macOS 12 Monterey?
Have you noticed a little orange dot next to the icon for Control Center on the menu bar in macOS 12 Monterey? (And if not, you can’t miss it now.) Apple added that dot to alert you that something is ...
