Category Archives: Tips
Had You Heard?
Spotted this: iOS 9 tips: Disconnect from a Bluetooth accessory without making your iPhone forget it on AppleInsider this morning. It took Apple this long to implement? Thanks to Neil Hughes for the tip.
10 hidden tricks that could completely change the way you use your iPhone
Zach Epstein strikes again! His current iPhone, et al, tips-and-tricks article on BGR starts here: If Apple included a paper user manual with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that included explanations of each and every feature, it … Continue reading
Did You Know?
View image | gettyimages.com We’re going to hear about Photos, Apple’s new photo manipulating app, at the meeting Monday. To go along with Photos, Apple has a new storage option, iCloud Photo Library. Mark O’Neill, at MakeUseOf, has this … Continue reading
Amazing Apps & Games
Extra, extra, read all about it, at AppleInsider: Apple on Thursday rolled out another of its limited-time-only iOS App Store sections, this time featuring 24 apps on sale for 99 cents each, including popular titles like Pixelmator and GoodReader, as … Continue reading
Did You Know?
Unless there’s something really special about your place, your home network could be faster, and faster is always better! In 9 Quick Ways to Instantly Speed up Your Home PC Network, Andy Betts provides a lot of good advice, and … Continue reading
Scareware: Not As Frightening as It Sounds
:::sigh::: The bad guys obviously have too much free time on their hands: …What happens is that you visit a Web site and seemingly have your browser maliciously frozen. You’ll find that you can’t quit, nor can you navigate away … Continue reading
Backup, Backup,…
View image | gettyimages.com You know the drill, right? Well, alright, let’s see if you do (with apologies to Leonard Bernstein and Sergei Prokofiev…)! When an article about something as critical as backups is summarized thusly: How confident are … Continue reading
There’s an App for That
What kind of bird is that, mom? (she goes to grab the Audubon book and the bird flies away) I saw a bird the other day… it was medium-size (I think), dark grey (what I think of as grey on … Continue reading
Did You Know?
Your Mac (or PC, for that matter) might be trying to tell you something. If you recognize any of the symptoms Andy Betts lists in this interesting piece on MakeUseOf, the translation might be “Get a New One”. My top … Continue reading
This Is a Stickup!!
What to do? Dave LeClair, at MakeUseOf, has a very interesting infographic showing the history, how it can happen, and what you can do if you should happen to get infected. The first commenter reiterates an important point brought up … Continue reading
