Some of us have older MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros, and some have newer ones. And unfortunately the power cords aren't the same! So we have a lot of Apple MagSafe converters, to let us use the old power cords with the new Macs. However we keep losing them, because they are so tiny. To solve ...
The best way to read the New York Times digitally
The New York Times has a bewildering panoply of options for reading the paper digitally, including an almost-unknown but very awesome "Replica Edition" in which each page of the daily paper appears exactly as it does in print. (Hat tip to Dan Okrent for telling me about that, as I almost certainly ...
Prevent thieves from using your iPhone, iPad with Activation Lock
An article in the New York Times today discusses how the iPhone and other smartphones now have a way to make the device unusable if it’s stolen -- a so-called “kill switch.” In Apple’s iPhone and iPad, it’s called Activation Lock. It prevents other people from using your phone, turning off Find My ...
How to Use the Web Securely When Away from Office or Home: VPN
I just got back from a week in Beijing, China. You may know that China blocks access to many American websites, such as the New York Times. So how did I read the Times online while I was there? The solution is the same one as the one I use when I’m in Starbucks or the library, using their public ...
Printing a PDF on Multiple Sheets of Paper from My Mac
I recently had to print out a floor plan, and it needed to be big enough for me to see all the tiny details. My printer only handles 8.5 x 11” paper. So what could I do, to print the floor plan bigger? A Mac app called SplitPrint made it super easy. I opened my PDF in SplitPrint, and told ...
Top 5 Mac Tips and Tricks from Macworld
Chris Breen, esteemed Senior Editor of Macworld magazine, gave a presentation at Macworld conference on Mac tips and tricks. Here are our top 5 takeaways from his presentation. 1. Switch off those annoying Mac App Store update alerts! If you’re in Mountain Lion or Mavericks: Go to System ...