by Garret Cleversley | May 16, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Explainer, hardware, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, repair, Restricted Content
Macs—and Apple products in general—tend to last a long time. It’s not unusual to see someone happily using an 8-year-old MacBook Pro. As much as it’s environmentally responsible to use electronics as long as possible, doing so may reduce your productivity or leave...
by Garret Cleversley | Dec 2, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, hardware, Mac, MacBook Pro, News, Restricted Content
Responding to customer complaints and media mocking, Apple has introduced a new 16-inch MacBook Pro that features improves on its predecessor in several ways, most notably with a scissor-switch keyboard in place of the flaky butterfly-key keyboard. The 16-inch MacBook...
by Garret Cleversley | May 10, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Bluetooth, hardware, keyboard, Mac, MacBook, mouse, Restricted Content, screen, Tip
Those of you who use a Mac laptop—a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro—probably know you can connect it to a large external display for more screen space. But sometimes it’s not convenient to have your Mac open on your desk next to the big screen. If you’d like to...
by Garret Cleversley | Feb 1, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, cold, Explainer, hardware, heat, Mac, Restricted Content, troubleshooting
When it’s cold out, you can always throw on a sweater to stay warm. But your electronics are more reptilian—they can get sluggish or even fail to work in freezing weather. (No, that’s not what iPod Socks were designed to fix.) Worse, charging batteries at low...
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 6, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, backup, Explainer, hard drive, hardware, Mac, Restricted Content, troubleshooting
Backing up your Mac is like flossing your teeth: everyone knows they should do it every night, but too many people never get around to it. Unlike flossing, once you set up backups, they don’t require daily attention. And turning on Apple’s Time Machine backup feature...
by Garret Cleversley | Aug 25, 2017 | ASMC, ASMC Archive, battery, hardware, iPhone, Mac, maintenance, power, Restricted Content, Tip
For the most part, you never have to power down your trusty iPhone, but there are two rare situations where doing so might be useful. If your battery is getting low and you won’t be able to charge before you absolutely need the phone later in the day, turning it off...
