Jun 24, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Blog, How-To, Mac, maintenance, Restricted Content, Storage Management
SSDs are great—they’re fast, durable, and reliable—but they’re also expensive, which results in many of us not having as much storage built into our Macs as we’d like. Particularly for those who watch videos in iTunes or take a lot of photos, it’s all too easy to run...
May 9, 2019 | accessibility, AirPods, Apple Watch, Article, Blog, iPad, iPhone, Mac, News
If you use Apple’s AirPods, you’re probably a fan. But if you haven’t tried them, you may not realize what you’re missing. They pair quickly and reliably with all your Apple devices, provide excellent audio quality, and sit comfortably in most people’s ears (more so...
Apr 11, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Blog, Explainer, Mac, macOS, Mojave, Restricted Content, troubleshooting
If you’re running macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra or macOS 10.14 Mojave, you may have seen a dialog that says an app isn’t optimized for your Mac. The message differs slightly between High Sierra and Mojave, with the High Sierra version telling you the developer needs to...
Mar 14, 2019 | Article, Blog, collaboration, How-To, iOS, iWork, Keynote, Mac, Numbers, Pages
We talked last month generally about real-time collaboration and why it’s so efficient and effective—see “Stop Mailing Files Around and Use Collaborative Apps.” Now we’re going to explain how to start collaborating in Apple’s iWork suite of apps: Pages, Numbers, and...
Mar 11, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, iOS, iOS 12, iPhone, Music, Podcasts, Restricted Content, Solution, storage, troubleshooting, video
Little is more frustrating than running out of space your iPhone or iPad. You can’t take new photos, you can’t download new apps, some things may not work at all, and iOS will nag you repeatedly about how you can “manage” your storage in Settings. Luckily, over the...
Feb 27, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, cold, Explainer, hardware, heat, iPhone, Restricted Content, troubleshooting
When it’s cold out, you can always throw on a sweater to stay warm. But your electronics are more reptilian—they can get sluggish or even fail to work in freezing weather. (No, that’s not what iPod Socks were designed to fix.) Worse, charging batteries at low...
