by Garret Cleversley | Dec 28, 2021 | Apple Pros, Apple Watch, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip
The Apple Watch has a lot to offer older people, including heart rate monitoring, atrial fibrillation detection, fall detection, and electrocardiogram recording. But if you are—or are helping someone who is—of the generation where watches once did nothing beyond...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 26, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, Mac, Photos, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
Have you ever wanted to identify a plant, flower, or pet breed, or find out what that famous painting is called? Us too. In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple added a new AI-driven feature called Visual Look Up that provides more information about photos of plants, flowers,...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 22, 2021 | 1Password, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, LastPass, Mac, Monterey, password manager, passwords, productivity, Restricted Content, Solution
We continually recommend that every Apple user rely on a password manager like 1Password or LastPass for creating, managing, and entering passwords securely. What we haven’t encouraged as heavily is relying on Apple’s built-in password management features. Although...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 20, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Do Not Disturb, Do Not Disturb While Driving, Explainer, Focus, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, Mac, Monterey, productivity, Restricted Content
Between texts, alarms, reminders, calls, and myriad other notifications on our iPhones, iPads, and Macs, it’s a miracle we get anything done at all. To free us from this onslaught, Apple previously provided Do Not Disturb, which let you set times during which you...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 18, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, audio, FaceTime, How-To, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, Mac, Monterey, productivity, Restricted Content, screen sharing, video, videoconferencing
It’s no exaggeration to say that videoconferencing went mainstream during the pandemic. However, Apple’s FaceTime didn’t stack up well against Zoom and others due to its emulation of the telephone call experience, questionable interface decisions, and lack of...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 16, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Mac, Monterey, Restricted Content, Tip
Do you like using full-screen mode on your new M1-based MacBook Pro but hate having the menu bar disappear unless you move the pointer to the top of the screen? Happily, in macOS 12 Monterey, Apple has at long last added a setting to keep the menu bar visible at all...
