Apple's a premium brand, and they make almost uniformly excellent products. If you buy something Apple, even if you a minimum configuration, you have the confidence that you're not getting crap. Unless you buy an iMac that has a hard drive or Fusion drive--which is the standard option for most of ...
Why You Need a Password Manager
The New York Times has an article this week entitled Why You Need a Password Manager. Yes, You. Andrew Cunningham, the author of the article and a lead editor at Wirecutter, only recently started using a password manager and he makes a strong case for why it's imperative that you do the same. He ...
Where did Microsoft hide Outlook’s category filters?
As far as I'm concerned, one of the single best reasons to use Microsoft Outlook with Exchange mail hosting is the concept of categories. It doesn't seem like rocket science, so I don't know why other mail systems don't have anything equivalent. Outlook just allows any contact (or anything else) to ...
What to do if you can’t change your Google Chrome search engine on a Mac
After a Mac has been intruded upon with some rogue or unwanted software, what usually happens is that web browsers are taken over. Usually, running MalwareBytes and performing follow-up steps will fix this situation (see our previous post). But if you use Google Chrome, you may still have trouble. ...
What to do after running MalwareBytes on your Mac
If you've ever seen your search engine in Chrome, Safari or Firefox mysteriously redirected to a strange, non-Google search engine, or seen pop-up ads warning that your Mac may be infected, or that advertise dubious services, you're probably a victim of adware or malware on your Mac. The most ...
Migration Assistant and the MacBook 12″
The MacBook 12" is a truly elegant computer: it's ridiculously thin and weighs only two pounds, and has a beautiful screen. It's underpowered in most other regards -- it has one lonely USB-C port for both power and devices, and is generally kinda pokey -- but if you want the ultimate portable Mac, ...