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 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...
by Garret Cleversley | Sep 19, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, backup, iOS, Mac, Restricted Content, Solution, troubleshooting
Confession time. If there’s one topic we can’t stop talking about, it’s backups. Backups are essential, since no one can guarantee that your Mac or iPhone won’t be lost or stolen, be caught in a flood from a broken pipe, or just fail silently. It happens. You should...
by Garret Cleversley | Aug 29, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, How-To, iOS, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content, screen recording
You know how to use the Camera app on your iPhone or iPad to take a video, but did you know that you can also record a video of what happens on the screen of your device? That’s useful if you’re trying to explain the steps of some technical process to a friend or show...
by Garret Cleversley | Aug 3, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS, Mac, password, Restricted Content, security, Tip, Wi-Fi
You know the drill—a friend comes to visit and wants to get on your Wi-Fi network. You’ve written the password down somewhere, but where? Even if you have it handy, it’s a pain for your friend to type in. Since macOS 10.13 High Sierra and iOS 11, Apple’s operating...
by Garret Cleversley | Jul 29, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS, Mac, productivity, Restricted Content, Safari, tabs, Tip
Browser tabs. They breed like bunnies, and if you’re like us, you have oodles of tabs open on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. But you may not know that Safari has a great tab-management feature that lets you access all the open tabs on all your devices. (Make sure to...
