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 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 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...
by Garret Cleversley | Jul 22, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Big Sur, customization, iOS, iOS 14, Mac, Messages, Restricted Content, Tip
A new feature of Messages in both iOS 14 and macOS 11 Big Sur is the option to pin up to nine conversations at the top of the conversation list for easy access. No longer do you have to worry about them scrolling out of sight. On an iPhone or iPad, touch and hold a...
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 20, 2021 | AirPods Pro, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, FaceTime, iOS 15, iPad, iPadOS 15, iPhone, Mac, Monterey, News, privacy, productivity, Restricted Content, Siri, watchOS 8, widget
At its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on June 7th, Apple shared details about what we can expect to see later this year in macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and HomePod Software 15. It was a firehose of announcements, but one thing...
by Garret Cleversley | Apr 26, 2021 | accessibility, Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Big Sur, customization, Mac, menu bar, Restricted Content, 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...
