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A Practical Guide to Identifying Phishing Emails

A Practical Guide to Identifying Phishing Emails

“Phishing” is any communication, usually an email, that tries to lure you into revealing login credentials, financial information or other confidential details. Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more common. A State of Phishing report from security firm SlashNext claims that there were more...

March 24, 2023

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How to Protect Your iPhone Passcode

Although Apple keeps improving iCloud Keychain’s interface and capabilities, if someone surreptitiously observes an iPhone user entering their passcode and then steals the phone, it is shockingly easy for the thief to change the user’s Apple ID password. With the new...

March 9, 2023

You Can Now Upgrade to macOS 13 Ventura When You’re Ready

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You Can Now Upgrade to macOS 13 Ventura When You’re Ready

When upgrading to a new version of macOS, we err on the side of caution, at least in our recommendations. (We’ve been using macOS 13 Ventura for some time now and often install beta releases on secondary machines for testing...

February 24, 2023

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How to Use Safety Check

You definitely do not want to accidentally share information from your iPhone with an unauthorized person. Apple to the rescue with Safety Check! You should repeat this security check every so often to make sure your information is secure. Why...

February 10, 2023

LastPass Security Breach: Here’s What to Do

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LastPass Security Breach: Here’s What to Do

Password management company LastPass has announced that it suffered a security breach in which attackers stole both encrypted customer account data (which is bad) and customer vaults containing encrypted usernames and passwords (which is much, much worse). On the positive side, the...

January 12, 2023

Delete Contacts More Easily, Stop Getting Paste Permissions and Use Siri to Reboot iPhone or iPad

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Delete Contacts More Easily, Stop Getting Paste Permissions and Use Siri to Reboot iPhone or iPad

Delete Contacts More Easily in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 Deleting contacts on the iPhone and iPad used to be a pain, especially if you wanted to trash multiple contacts. You had to open the contact, tap Edit, scroll to...

December 29, 2022

Fun Holiday Activity: Use Slo-Mo on Your iPhone or iPad

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Fun Holiday Activity: Use Slo-Mo on Your iPhone or iPad

If you find yourself at a family gathering with bored children – or – let’s face it – bored adults – over the holidays, allow us to recommend an activity that can keep everyone engaged. Figure out something to do that involves...

December 16, 2022

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Improve Your Travels With These Tips

Text Flight Numbers to People You’re Visiting So They Can Track Your Flight Next time you’re flying to visit your Apple-using family or friends, send them your flight number using Messages when you leave. It’s easy! Just text them the...

November 18, 2022

Five Best Practices to Name Computer Files

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Five Best Practices to Name Computer Files

How should you name computer files so you can find them later? Let’s see if we can help! #1: Name Computer Files: Start Now and Catch Up Later Don’t let your old files prevent you from starting a new organizational...

November 13, 2022

Apple Releases New iPad, iPad Pro and Apple TV

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Apple Releases New iPad, iPad Pro and Apple TV

In a series of press releases, Apple announced upgrades to the iPad, iPad Pro and Apple TV. The new models are largely evolutionary, with changes that are welcome but unlikely to change your iPad or Apple TV experience. All are...

October 27, 2022

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