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Everything You Need to Know about Taking Screenshots on the Mac

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Many people use screenshots to clip portions of their Mac screen for later reference. For example, you could save a screenshot of an error dialog to show tech support, store […]

Tips for Getting Back to Work Faster After Restarting Your Mac

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All too often, Mac users put off installing updates because of the bother of having to set everything up again afterward. We get it—you’re busy, and it can take time […]

Choosing the Best Mac for a College-Bound Student in 2023

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Do you have a child starting college soon? It’s likely that your kid has been relying heavily on a computer throughout high school, but if it was a school-provided laptop […]

Apple Starts Releasing Rapid Security Responses for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac

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By now, you’ve probably seen a new form of update for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS: the Rapid Security Response. Early in May, Apple released the first instances of these updates, […]

Which Should You Use—a Mac, iPhone or iPad, or Web App?

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Apps are everywhere these days, but it can be hard to remember that many exist in multiple versions. You can often run the same app on a Mac, an iPhone […]

Make Sure to Back Up iPhone Photos on Your Mac

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If your iPhone were to be stolen or suffer an unfortunate accident, would you lose all your precious photos? Those using iCloud Photos are probably shaking their heads smugly, thinking […]

Check the Weather on Your Mac and iPad, Finally!

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At long last, Apple has plugged one of the most inexplicable holes in its app library—the lack of a Weather app for the iPad and Mac. In iPadOS 16 and […]

iCloud, Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange: Choosing a Personal Calendar Service

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We Mac, iPhone, and iPad users have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to calendaring flexibility. Apple provides free calendar services via iCloud, and the Calendar app lets you […]

Picking Group Meeting Times Is Easy with Crab Fit

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Various calendar services let you schedule a meeting based on invited attendees picking preferred times from a set of specified options—Doodle is the most well-known. But the problem with such […]

The Best Characters to Use When Naming Files and Folders

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Back in the early 1980s, DOS filenames couldn’t be more than 8 characters long with a period and a 3-character extension. That was limiting, so when Apple developed the Mac […]

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