Sep 18, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, backup, Blog, How-To, iCloud, iOS 12, iPhone, iTunes, Mojave, Restricted Content, security
Poll a room of Apple experts about the one topic they can’t stop talking about and many will launch into frustrated rants about how too few people back up. Backups are always important, since you can never predict when your Mac or iPhone will be lost or stolen, melt...
Jun 12, 2018 | AirPods, Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, HomePod, How-To, iOS, iPhone, macOS, Restricted Content, troubleshooting, tvOS, watchOS
In Troubleshooting 101, one of the first questions is always, “What version of the operating system are you running?” There’s a big difference between Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and macOS 10.13 High Sierra, and the solution to any particular problem will likely...
Apr 6, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, customization, Facebook, How-To, iOS, iPhone, Mac, privacy, Restricted Content, security
Facebook has dominated the news headlines of late, but not for good reasons. There were the 50 million Facebook profiles gathered for Cambridge Analytica and used in the 2016 presidential election. Facebook has long been scraping call and text message data from...
Feb 26, 2018 | Apple Pros, Apple Watch, APros Archive, ASMC Archive, Blog, Emergency SOS, How-To, iPhone, productivity, Restricted Content
Have you ever needed to call emergency services from your or someone else’s iPhone? Almost by definition, such calls take place at stressful times, and it can be hard to remember what to do. Or, if you’ve been in an accident, it might be difficult or impossible to...
Jan 9, 2018 | Apple Pay, Apple Pay Cash, Apple Pros, Apple Watch, APros Archive, Article, Blog, How-To, iOS 11, iPhone, Restricted Content, Wallet, watchOS 4
You’re out to lunch with tech-savvy friends, one of whom picks up the check and says, “Just send me your share via Apple Pay Cash.” Say what? Apple Pay Cash is Apple’s new person-to-person payment service, designed to make it easy for individuals to send and receive...
Dec 1, 2017 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, How-To, Mac, Photos, productivity, Restricted Content
It’s that time of year again, when we realize that if we’re going to do holiday cards, we should get started. You can take the easy way out and buy a few packs of generic reindeer cards at the drugstore, but with a little work in Apple’s Photos app on the Mac, you can...
