Jun 26, 2017 | Article, Blog, Energy Saver, Explainer, Mac, maintenance, power, Restricted Content, shut down, sleep
What’s your desktop Mac doing when you’re not using it? Depending on your settings and usage habits, you could be wasting both power and your own time. We’ve found that some people have out-of-date beliefs about their Macs’ different idle-time states. Let’s set the...
Jun 22, 2017 | Article, Blog, burst mode, camera, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Restricted Content, Solution
Snapping the perfect photo is tough. Children, especially babies and teenagers, can be difficult to pose. Cats relish looking cute and then turning away just as you grab your camera. Action shots in sporting events are impossible to predict. And you never know when...
Jun 20, 2017 | Apple Watch, Article, Auto Unlock, Blog, How-To, iPhone, Mac, macOS, passwords, productivity, Restricted Content, security, two-factor authentication
It’s magic. You walk up to your Mac, touch a key to wake it up, and upon noticing that you’re wearing your Apple Watch, it unlocks without making you enter a password. Brilliant! For some of us, it’s almost a reason alone to get an Apple Watch. Auto Unlock, as Apple...
Jun 16, 2017 | App Store, Apple ID, Blog, iCloud, iOS, iTunes, Restricted Content, Settings, Tip
iOS 10.3, which Apple released in March 2017, had a number of notable changes, along with one minor tweak that could cause confusion. In iOS 10.2 and earlier, if you wanted to change your iCloud, iTunes, or App Store settings, you’d tap Settings > iCloud or...
Jun 14, 2017 | Blog, iOS, Mac, passwords, Restricted Content, security, Tip, two-factor authentication
Apple is increasingly encouraging us all to turn on two-factor authentication for our Apple IDs because it adds an extra layer of security on top of the password. With two-factor authentication, when you log in to iCloud or iTunes for the first time on a new device,...
Jun 12, 2017 | Apple Pros, AppleCare+, Article, Blog, Mac, Mac, macOS, News
Our friends at Apple are really in tune with what their customers need. When customers are looking to the Mac lineup to solve their business and education computing needs, they know that AppleCare gives them peace of mind for 3 years. With the changes to AppleCare+,...
