by Garret Cleversley | Jan 14, 2020 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip
The next time you buy and set up a new Mac, make sure to migrate data and apps from your previous Mac to it right away during the initial setup. It can be tempting to see what it’s like to use it fresh from the factory or to delay migrating because doing so would...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 9, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, How-To, iOS, iPhone, Mac, Restricted Content
Accidents, particularly those involving automobiles, are all too common, and while no one plans to be in one, you can prepare for the eventuality. If you end up in a state where you can’t speak with emergency responders or are too shaken up to share your details...
by Garret Cleversley | Oct 3, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, iTunes, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip
“Winter Wonderland” may be a great song to listen to when the snow flies, but if you’re sweltering in the summer heat, having it pop up while iTunes is shuffling through your music feels wrong. Happily, there’s a way to prevent holiday music from playing out of...
by Garret Cleversley | Sep 25, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, iOS, Mac, Mail, notifications, Restricted Content, Tip
Few people get so little email that they want an iPhone notification for every message that rolls in. But many of us have just a couple of people—our personal VIPs—whose messages are important enough to warrant an alert. If that’s true for you, and you want to know...
by Garret Cleversley | Sep 23, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, customization, Finder, Mac, Restricted Content, Tip
Do you have a document that you open regularly, perhaps from your Desktop? If you’d like to make it stand out from other documents, why not give it a custom icon? This was common practice on the Mac back in the day, and it’s still possible in modern versions of macOS....
by Garret Cleversley | Sep 20, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Contacts, customization, iOS, Mac, Mail, Messages, Restricted Content, Tip
If you have a friend whom you refer to only by his nickname, it can be annoying to feel like you should use his proper first name when adding him to Contacts. Worse, then he shows up in Messages with a name you don’t recognize as easily. Here’s how to convince iOS to...
