Jul 27, 2019 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, battery, Blog, Explainer, heat, iPhone, Mac, maintenance, Restricted Content, troubleshooting
When summer brings sunny days and rising temperatures, you may have ditched your business suit for shorts or skirts to stay comfortable, but your technological gear can’t do the same. And keeping your tech cool is about more than comfort—as temperatures rise,...
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...
Jun 1, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Blog, iOS 11, maintenance, Restricted Content, storage, Tip
Running low on space on your iPhone or iPad in iOS 11? This problem may be easier to deal with than you expect because Apple has added a quick way to free up storage space by removing unneeded apps. Go to Settings > General > iPhone/iPad Storage, where you’ll...
Mar 19, 2018 | Apple Pros, Apple TV, APros Archive, Article, ASMC, ASMC Archive, Blog, HomePod, iPhone, maintenance, Restricted Content, Siri, Solution
After months of anticipation, Apple’s new HomePod smart speaker finally shipped in mid-February. As of March 19th, Computer Advantage will be officially selling the HomePod. Reviews of its audio quality have been positive, and for the most part, it works both as...
Feb 20, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, Article, Blog, Explainer, iOS, iPhone, Mac, macOS, maintenance, Restricted Content, security, tvOS, updates, watchOS
It seems like Apple releases updates to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS nearly every week these days. It has been only a few months since iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra launched, and we’ve already seen ten updates to iOS and seven updates to macOS. Some of these...
Jan 3, 2018 | Apple Pros, APros Archive, battery, Blog, hardware, iPhone, iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, maintenance, power, Restricted Content, Tip, troubleshooting
Did you hear about the battery-related controversy swirling around Apple at the end of 2017? There has been much hue and cry about how, starting with iOS 10.2.1, iOS has been slowing down iPhones with old, weak batteries to avoid unexpected shutdowns. In response,...