Practical Apple advice from San Diego Mac Tech: Mac, iPhone, iPad, wifi, and security tips, in plain talk.
Got a suspicious attachment? Dangerzone converts potentially dangerous PDFs and Office docs into safe, pixel-only copies you can view without risk. Think of it as a virtual photocopier that strips any hidden malware, JavaScript, or macros.
Did you know you can open a file quickly by dragging it onto an app in the macOS App Switcher? Start dragging, press Command-Tab, and drop. It’s one of the App Switcher’s many tricks.
Need to share passwords, financial details, or sensitive documents securely? Email alone isn’t safe enough. Learn eight practical methods, from self-destructing links to encrypted disk images, that protect your data in transit and at rest.
We’ve become accustomed to being able to get nearly anything we want—including Macs—overnight, or at least within a couple of days. Unfortunately, surging demand from AI data centers has created a global memory shortage that’s…
Tired of missing meetings because you didn’t notice the notification? In Your Face shows unmissable full-screen alerts and makes joining video calls easy. It’s available for the Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Apple released macOS 26.6 Tahoe, iOS 26.6, and iPadOS 26.6 with a huge number of fixes for security vulnerabilities. However, the release notes for each also include an unusual comment along the lines of “optimizes…
Which Mac is best for a college student now? The 13-inch or 15-inch M5 MacBook Air hits the sweet spot of performance, portability, and price. If budget is a constraint, consider the MacBook Neo; for more power, choose the 14-inch MacBook Pro.
Apple just raised Mac and iPad prices by 15-33%, blaming the AI industry’s hunger for memory and storage chips. The iPhone and Apple Watch were spared, but the next new models may be more expensive. Here’s what you need to know.
Stop wasting menu bar space. macOS 26 Tahoe’s revamped Control Center lets you add, remove, resize, and rearrange controls, including third-party ones, to fit your needs.
Securing your home network might seem uninteresting or unimportant—after all, who would bother to target you? The answer is that criminal hackers are interested in your router for a range of disturbing purposes, including attacks…
Is your app behaving differently on different devices? The culprit might be device-specific settings. To avoid frustration, check and synchronize your preferences across all devices to ensure consistent behavior where appropriate.
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