This is the third in a series of posts on keeping yourself safe online by protecting your accounts. Please also read the first two, where I go over the basics of two-factor authentication, and the pros and cons of using SMS (text message) with it. To quickly recap, two-factor authentication (2FA) ...
Should you use SMS as your 2FA method?
This is the second in a series of posts about keeping yourself safe online, which is something that, alas, is something we all need to do in 2024. Please read my previous post first - I wrote about two-factor authentication (2FA), what it is, and on which types of accounts we advise you to set it ...
Secure your account with two-factor authentication
Well, it sucks, but there are bad people who want to break into your accounts and steal your identity and money. I don't want that to happen to you. This is one post in a series I'll be writing on how to best protect yourself. Today's fun topic: two-factor authentication (2FA), or two-step ...
How to Combine Multiple PDFs into One PDF on a Mac
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 ...