Here's how you can type faster on an iPhone or iPad using text shortcuts. They are easy to set up and you'll use them every day.
How to Make Your Mac Read Out Loud to You
Here's how to make your Mac read out loud. It can read Mail messages, web pages, and more. Includes how to adjust the voice to your liking.
How to Use Dropbox’s Previous Versions feature
Dropbox remembers what you've put into it, even if you've deleted it or written over it. Here's how you can recover files that you have somehow lost.
Clone Your Hard Disk– Automatically
Here's the easiest way to clone your Mac's hard disk automatically.
1Password password manager half off
1Password is the best password manager and you can get it at a discount.
iOS 8 Tip #5: Hands-Free Siri
Eight for 8, Day Five. iOS 8 gives us a new, hands-free way of controlling Siri. Here's how it works. iOS 8 Tip #5: Hands-Free Siri Used to be, to use Siri you held the Home button down until you heard "beep beep," and then you let go and then you started talking, and when... Continue Reading →
iOS 8 Tip #8: Make and Answer Phone Calls From Your iPad
Eight for 8, Day Eight. I make a point of turning off my iPhone's ringer when I am in someone else's office or home. Occasionally I forget to do it, and when a call comes in I rush to slide the switch to "mute." That's what happened last week, but when I muted the phone,... Continue Reading →
My Four Favorite Money-Saving Shopping Websites
Our friend Ben Franklin said "A penny saved is a penny earned." Actually, there's some debate about whether he actually said that, but the thought is a good one. You can't always bring in more money but if you buy stuff at a discount it's almost the same thing. The four websites described below will... Continue Reading →
Easy Automation with IFTTT
Weren't computers supposed to make things easier, doing all sorts of work for us while we sit on the porch drinking lemonade? It hasn't exactly turned out that way, not for most of us. A free service called IFTTT (IF This, Then That) aims to change that. I use it and it's great. IFTTT is... Continue Reading →
How to password-protect a Pages 5.5 document on the Mac
Here's how you password-protect a Pages 5.x document on your Mac.