David hired me to upgrade his aging MacBook Pro. Its performance was so slow due to its lack of sufficient memory to adequately support the latest MacOS. It also had the original hard disk drive, which by today’s standards performs woefully slow. I upgraded the computer’s memory to 16GB and replaced the spinning hard drive with a fast solid state drive (SSD). All of his programs, settings and documents were migrated to the new SSD. The result? This 2011 computer …
The Geekiest Credit Card Ever!
Apple is rolling out its new credit card and I’m so excited to have received mine! It is a white titanium card with only my name on it, nothing else except the Mastercard, Apple and Goldman Sachs logos. Yep, a METAL credit card…so cool! The process for getting one is simple, as long as you have an iPhone. Request the card by entering your Apple ID email address on the Apple Card page of Apple’s website (near the bottom of …
Avoiding Digital Disaster
This week a friend approached me to see if I might be able to help her recover photos from her computer. Her husband died about 6 months ago and all of the photos she had of him for the past several years were on this machine. The computer was vintage 2011 and there were likely hundreds of precious memories stored on the machine. The computer would not start up and she had no backup of the photos. There is not …
Mac Tip: What Are All These New Privacy Request Dialogs in Mojave?
With macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple has beefed up the Mac’s privacy so it more closely resembles privacy in iOS. You’ve noticed that when you launch a new app on your iPhone or iPad, it often prompts for access to your photos or contacts, the camera or microphone, and more. The idea behind those prompts is that you should always be aware of how a particular app can access your personal data or features of your device. You might not want …
iPhone Tip: Did You Know iOS 12 Lets You Add a Second Person to Face ID?
Do you own an iPhone X, XS, XS Max, Xr? If so, you know why Face ID is so amazing. Now you can add a second face to unlock your device! Touch ID lets users register up to five fingers that can unlock an iPhone, which has long been a boon for those who share access to their iPhone with trusted family members. However, users of the iPhone X haven’t been able to give a second person Face ID-based access, …
Mac Tip: Here’s How to Make Screenshots and Screen Recordings with Mojave’s New Interface
You probably fall into one of two camps: people who haven’t the foggiest idea what pressing Command-Shift-3 or Command-Shift-4 do on the Mac, and those who use those keyboard shortcuts regularly to take screenshots. Either way, macOS 10.14 Mojave makes it easier than ever to create a still image of what’s on your Mac’s screen and to record a video of actions you take on the screen. (And don’t worry, the old shortcuts still work just as they always have.) …