Jan 21, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, customization, High Sierra, Mac, macOS, Restricted Content, Safari, Solution, Web site
Although macOS 10.13 High Sierra was light on new features, it did bring one welcome addition to Safari—site-specific settings. Imagine that you regularly visit a blog that you prefer to read using Safari’s Reader view. Rather than invoke it each time you visit, you...
Jan 8, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Blog, High Sierra, image editing, Mac, macOS, Photos, productivity, Restricted Content, Tip
In macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Apple significantly enhanced the editing capabilities of Photos, adding tools for adjusting specific colors, fine-tuning color and contrast via curves, and even focusing an image with vignetting. But it still lacks many features found in...
Nov 15, 2017 | APFS, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Blog, Explainer, Fusion Drive, iMac, Mac, Mac mini, macOS, performance, Restricted Content, storage
There are two basic types of storage devices available today: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. For the lowest cost per gigabyte, you can’t go wrong with a hard drive, and they come in truly massive sizes—up to a whopping 8 terabytes. However, they’re...
Nov 12, 2017 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Blog, High Sierra, iCloud Drive, iOS 11, macOS, Restricted Content, storage, Tip
Apple gives iCloud users 5 GB of free storage, but that fills up fast with iCloud Photo Library, iOS backups, iBooks, and more. Until iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra, each person in a family had to buy extra iCloud space separately. Happily, Apple has now made it...
Nov 8, 2017 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Blog, facial recognition, High Sierra, iOS, iOS 11, Mac, macOS, Photos, Restricted Content, Tip
An extremely welcome under-the-hood change in iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra is that Photos facial recognition syncs across iCloud Photo Library. Previously, people you identified on one of your devices remained unidentified on others. But what if Photos now...
Sep 11, 2017 | APFS, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Blog, Explainer, iOS, iOS 10, Mac, macOS, maintenance, performance, Restricted Content, security
A major change in macOS 10.13 High Sierra is the switch to Apple’s new Apple File System, or APFS. With any luck, you’ll barely notice the change, just as almost no one did earlier this year when Apple updated millions of iOS devices to APFS with iOS 10.3. But let’s...
