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Clean Up Your Mac’s Desktop with Sort Options
When we help someone with their Mac for the first time, we often notice that their desktop is a disaster. Icons are...
How to Protect Your Child’s Hearing from Too-Loud Headphone Audio
Loud sounds are harmful to everyone, and many parents worry that their children are at risk for hearing loss due to...
Look Up Apple Device Details in Mactracker
It’s difficult for even those who work with Apple devices daily to remember all the details. What processors were...
Consider Moving Your Mac’s Dock to the Side of the Screen
For most of us, our Mac’s screen is wider than it is tall, so longer Web pages and documents often benefit from more...
Convert Image Formats Directly in the Finder
If you need to convert images to JPEG, PNG, or (unlikely) HEIF, try this hidden Finder feature: Control-click an image...
AirNow and Paku: Two Helpful Apps for Monitoring Air Quality
Smoke from wildfires is causing significant air quality problems for much of Canada and the US. It’s important to...
Adjust AirPods Options in the Settings App
If you sometimes have trouble configuring your AirPods, here’s the trick. The AirPods settings screen is available...
Need to Mask Nearby Noise? Try Ventura’s Background Sounds
Do you have trouble concentrating at work because of a loud office environment? Or do you work at home and want to...
Pay Attention to Unsolicited Facebook Password Reset Messages
We’ve seen an uptick in attacks on Facebook accounts that generate email messages like the one below. It’s saying...
Avoid Confusion by Setting iPhone Password Autofill to Only One App
Let’s say you use 1Password (or another third-party password manager) on an iPhone or iPad. When that’s the case, it’s...
Apple Is Shutting Down My Photo Stream—Switch to iCloud Photos
Apple has quietly announced that it is shutting down the My Photo Stream service, the company’s first iCloud-based...
Prevent Quick Screenshots from Cluttering Your Photos Library on the iPhone and iPad
By default, when you take a screenshot (instructions for iPhone and iPad), it saves to Photos. But what if you don’t...
Make Apple Watch Apps Easier to Find with List View
With the original version of the Apple Watch, Apple introduced “grid” view, which shows tiny icons for each app in a...
New Apple Card Savings Accounts Offers 4.15% Interest
Apple is continuing its forays into the financial world with the introduction of Apple Card Savings, a new savings...