on Acrobat Reader is complicated and no fun to use. Here’s how you can set Apple’s clean and elegant Preview app as the default app for PDFs. Continue Reading how to open pdfs on a Mac with Preview instead of that miserable Adobe Acrobat reader
on Update: the show’s over. You can watch a replay of the whole thing– one hour, 50 minutes– on Apple’s site. You can see a condensed version– six minutes!– at MacRumors.com. Thanks, MacRumors! Apple’s going to show something at 10 AM Pacific time on Monday March 25th, 2019. I’ve read a lot of rumors about this… Continue Reading Apple’s Special Event March 25th, 2019
on Your Mac should be backed up! Time Machine’s the easiest way to do it. Set it up once and Time Machine will work in the background forever. Continue Reading How to set up a Time Machine Backup
on Here’s the March Madness NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament calendar in ics (iCal) format. It updates automatically (because I do it for you, at the server). Continue Reading March Madness calendar for iPhone, Mac, and iPad
on Here’s the easy way to fix things when you forgot to capitalize something while typing on your iPhone. Continue Reading How to quickly Capitalize words you’ve already typed on iPhone and iPad
on Get the NFL Post-Season schedule into your iPhone or Mac’s Calendar app. Calendar includes teams, times, and TV info. Updated with scores. Also works with Google Calendar. Continue Reading NFL Post-Season Calendar for iPhone and Mac
on Every so often, for one reason or another you want to delete (or forward) part of a text message conversation. Not the entire conversation, just part of it. Maybe just one or two messages (maybe pictures). Here’s how you do it. (Here’s how you delete part of a Messages conversation on a Mac.) Note: if… Continue Reading How to delete (or forward) part of a text message conversation on an iPhone or iPad
on UPDATE: now doing the same sort of calendar for March Madness! Check it out. UPDATE: now includes the point spreads (per ESPN.com) in the event titles. Thanks for the idea, Austin. (If you find an error in this calendar please leave a comment and I will take care of it. Thank you.) I’ve created the… Continue Reading Add the 2018-2019 College Football Bowl Game Schedule to your iPhone, iPad, and Mac Calendars
on This blog post is about printing labels from an iPhone or iPad using an app called Address Labels for CardLists. I have another article about how to print just about anything from an iPhone or iPad. Take your pick! It’s time to mail your holiday cards. You may recall from previous posts (this one from… Continue Reading How to Print Mailing Labels from an iPhone or iPad
on Do you find yourself spending too much time looking for files on your Mac, over and over? For example: You want to browse through all of the images on your Mac, regardless of where they’re stored. Or you’re looking for a document you were working on recently, but the name escapes you. Wouldn’t it be nice… Continue Reading How to Make and Use Smart Folders on a Mac