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 8, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Contacts, How-To, labels, Mac, print, productivity, Restricted Content
If mailing your holiday cards (which you designed in Photos with a plug-in like Motif or Mimeo Photos, right?) is made harder by having to write addresses on envelopes, you can skip the handwriting step this year. Although many people don’t realize this, it’s easy to...
by Garret Cleversley | Jul 18, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Mail, productivity, Restricted Content
Complaining about getting too much email is like complaining about bad traffic—we brought it upon ourselves, and while it’s impossible to escape entirely, it’s worth knowing how to reduce it. Apple is fully cognizant of the issue, too, and has built features into the...
by Garret Cleversley | Jul 15, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, business, email, How-To, Mac, Mail, Restricted Content, troubleshooting
For many people, increasing vaccination rates mean that long-delayed vacations are now possible, and in-person conferences are slowly starting up again too. But before you head out for the beach or the convention center, you’ll want to write an out-of-office email...
by Garret Cleversley | May 10, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Dropbox, file sharing, Google Docs, How-To, iCloud, iCloud Drive, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content
Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive all have their place, but as of March 2020, Apple users no longer have to venture outside the Apple ecosystem for online folder sharing. Before then, you could share a single file in iCloud with another iCloud user,...
by Garret Cleversley | May 2, 2021 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Desktop, Do Not Disturb, How-To, Mac, Notification Center, privacy, Restricted Content, videoconferencing
Along with the now-ubiquitous videoconferencing, screen sharing and online presentations have become vastly more common during the pandemic. This isn’t yet another article about how to give a better presentation or feel more confident. (Although those might happen...
