by Garret Cleversley | Jun 16, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS, iPadOS, Mac, Music, Restricted Content, Tip
It’s often tough to figure out exactly what a singer is saying (which can lead to some amusing mistakes), but for many songs in Apple Music, you can bring up full lyrics in the Music app, regardless of which device you’re using. On the Mac, click the speech balloon...
by Garret Cleversley | Jun 10, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, iOS, iPadOS, Mac, networking, passwords, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip, Wi-Fi
You’re on vacation with your family, staying in an Airbnb, with multiple Apple devices to connect to the apartment’s Wi-Fi. Typing the password repeatedly would be a pain, but happily, Apple has added a password-sharing feature to all its operating systems. Once you...
by Garret Cleversley | May 23, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Ethernet, How-To, iOS, iPadOS, Mac, macOS, networking, Restricted Content, security, Wi-Fi
One of the best ways to keep malware from infecting your computers is to avoid visiting websites designed to do just that. No one intentionally visits loadmetogetinfected.com, but malware authors employ all sorts of tricks to lure unsuspecting users into viewing...
by Garret Cleversley | May 20, 2022 | App Store, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Explainer, iOS, iPadOS, M1, Mac, Restricted Content
Much has been written about the performance benefits of Apple’s M1 family of chips, but you may not have realized that M1-based Macs can also run many iPhone and iPad apps. It makes sense, given that the M1 chip grew out of the work Apple did for the A-series...
by Garret Cleversley | Apr 15, 2022 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Contacts, How-To, iOS, Mac, macOS, Restricted Content, troubleshooting
In today’s world, there’s no reason to remember our contacts’ phone numbers or email addresses—that’s a job for our Macs, iPhones, and iPads. This sort of data is so core to using digital devices that Apple has long provided an ecosystem-wide solution in the form of...
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...