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We’re Moving on Sunday, February 23, 2020

We are excited to announce that on Sunday, February 23, 2020 we will be moving to a new location to better serve you. Our new home will be 5218 SW 34th St, Gainesville, FL 32608, just a few doors down from the Publix on the corner of SW 34th Street and Williston Road. We’ve [...]

By |2020-02-16T00:07:29-04:00February 16th, 2020|News|Comments Off on We’re Moving on Sunday, February 23, 2020

Strategies for Moving from Mojave to Catalina

For some Mac users, macOS 10.15 Catalina is no longer a choice. That’s because the new 16-inch MacBook Pro and the 2019 Mac Pro that Apple released late last year ship with Catalina installed and can’t run any previous version of macOS. But for most people, it’s time to consider an upgrade to Catalina. [...]

By |2020-02-10T14:08:23-04:00February 14th, 2020|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Strategies for Moving from Mojave to Catalina

AirDrop Reception Not Working? Here’s the Likely Fix

AirDrop has become a fast and reliable way to transfer data from one iPhone to another that’s nearby. Just tap the share icon and in iOS 13’s activity view, either tap an AirDrop shortcut in the top row or tap AirDrop in the second row and select choose a person or device in the [...]

By |2020-01-04T05:26:03-04:00February 11th, 2020|iOS Tips|Comments Off on AirDrop Reception Not Working? Here’s the Likely Fix

How to Find the Snaps You Want in the Mac’s Photos App

Digital cameras have been around long enough that people have stopped making snarky comments about how hard it is to find anything in a shoebox filled with hundreds of unorganized photos. But given the tens of thousands of photos many of us now have, it’s hard to be smug about the ease of finding [...]

By |2020-02-10T14:27:58-04:00February 7th, 2020|Mac Tips|Comments Off on How to Find the Snaps You Want in the Mac’s Photos App

Use Your Apple Watch to Unlock Your Mac, and Apps in Catalina

If you’ve resisted requiring a password on your Mac after it wakes up or comes out of the screen saver because it’s too much work to enter repeatedly, an Apple Watch can make authentication much easier. In previous versions of macOS, just wearing an unlocked Apple Watch is enough to enter your Mac’s password; [...]

By |2020-01-04T05:24:12-04:00February 4th, 2020|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Use Your Apple Watch to Unlock Your Mac, and Apps in Catalina

Migrate to a New Mac Right Away, Rather Than Waiting

The next time you buy and set up a new Mac, make sure to migrate data and apps from your previous Mac to it right away during the initial setup. It can be tempting to see what it’s like to use it fresh from the factory or to delay migrating because doing so would [...]

By |2020-01-04T05:22:15-04:00January 28th, 2020|Mac Tips|Comments Off on Migrate to a New Mac Right Away, Rather Than Waiting

What to Put at the End of Your Email Messages

Email has been around for decades, but there are no hard-and-fast rules for how you should close a message with either the signoff or the signature block. If you’ve always wondered about the best ways to finish off a message or are uncomfortable with what you’ve been doing, here’s our advice. Use the form [...]

By |2020-01-04T05:30:45-04:00January 24th, 2020|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on What to Put at the End of Your Email Messages

Use Guided Access to Let Kids and Others Use Your iPhone Temporarily

Let’s get one thing straight. You know that you should never, ever share your iPhone or iPad passcode with anyone you don’t trust implicitly, like a spouse or adult child, right? That’s because, with your iOS passcode, someone could change your Apple ID password, and if you use iCloud for email, completely steal or [...]

By |2020-01-04T05:28:27-04:00January 17th, 2020|iOS Tips|Comments Off on Use Guided Access to Let Kids and Others Use Your iPhone Temporarily

Did You Know You Can Drag the Scroll Bar in iOS 13?

In previous versions of iOS, a scroll bar would appear on the right edge of the screen while you were swiping through a long Web page, email message, or document. But the scroller was merely an indicator of where in the page you were and how much content there was (the bigger the scroller, [...]

By |2020-01-03T11:56:28-04:00January 14th, 2020|iOS Tips|Comments Off on Did You Know You Can Drag the Scroll Bar in iOS 13?

Apple Releases Redesigned Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR

We’re not going to beat around the bush. Apple’s new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR redefine what “pro” means. If you aren’t certain that the fastest and most powerful Mac and an expertly calibrated 6K Retina display will enable you to make more money immediately, they’re probably not for you. You should also [...]

By |2020-01-03T11:56:04-04:00January 10th, 2020|News, Releases|Comments Off on Apple Releases Redesigned Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR
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