It’s really easy to take lots of PDFs and make them into one PDF on a Mac, no special software necessary. This works in macOS 12 Monterey and in macOS 13 Ventura. I put all the PDFs I want to merge into one folder, to make it easier. Open that folder and select all the files. (If ...
Using Moneydance to get Quicken Essentials for Mac data into modern Quicken or other personal finance software
Mac users have a long and sordid history with Intuit, the original developers of Quicken. The product has always been second class compared to its Windows version. Recently I had a client who had been using the ill-fated Quicken Essentials for Mac, and I was surprised to discover that modern Quicken ...
Figure out what’s taking up space on your Mac with DaisyDisk
Every now and then, I am using an application on my Mac or iPhone and I stop and marvel at how its creators got it exactly right, and say a private thank you for them having made something so useful or enjoyable. DaisyDisk is that kind of app. I love it. It shows you a map of what's taking up space ...
Snow Leopard in Parallels Desktop
This is a technical post on how to get the Snow Leopard OS running on a Mac in Parallels Desktop, so that older Apple software can be run on a newer Mac. It has been verified on Parallels 16.1.0. If you want our office to set this up for you (which we can do remotely), please email ...
Making sense of Microsoft Office 2016, 2019, 365
Microsoft is notorious for their product segmenting and confusing naming. As I've mentioned elsewhere, they have multiple subscription services under the banner of "Office 365" -- which they are renaming to "Microsoft 365". These services can include Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ...
Phishing Attacks Targeting Apple Users
9 to 5 Mac has an article about how phishing attacks targeting users of Apple products have increased by 30-40% per year. The article states, In the first half of this year, around 1.6 million phishing attacks attempting to fool people into using their Apple ID credentials to log in to a fake Apple ...