Make Life Easier! How to Take the Annoyance Out of Your Key Passwords and Passcodes
<img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/how-to-take-the-annoyance-out-of-your-key-passwords-and-passcodes.jpg">We constantly say, “Use a password manager!” for good reason. Password managers make it easy to generate, store, and enter strong passwords. You don’t have to decide whether or not your password is strong or weak, remember it, and type it accurately every time you log in to a website. Seriously, just get 1Password or […]
The Ten Future Features We Think You’ll Like Most On Your Mac/iPhone/iPad
You didn't have time to watch the Worldwide Developer Conference keynote? Apple announced a boatload of new features that we’ll see in macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and watchOS 8 later this year. Here are the ten features we think you’ll most like:
If Your Mac Is Restarting Unexpectedly? Try This
Although extremely uncommon, it’s not unheard of for a Mac, particularly an older model, to restart unexpectedly. If it happens once, chalk it up to cosmic rays and move on. But if it happens multiple times, try these two things.
Quick Tip! Pin Your Chats in Messages for Faster Access
A new feature of Messages in both iOS 14 and macOS 11 Big Sur is the option to pin up to nine conversations at the top of the conversation list for easy access. No longer do you have to worry about them scrolling out of sight. On an iPhone or iPad, touch and hold a...
Four Easy Ways to Reduce Zoom Burnout
Why are video calls so exhausting when all you’re doing is sitting around and talking? Here’s the word from Stanford University researchers, along with advice on making those non-stop calls less tiring.
Intuit Stopped Updating the QuickBooks Online Mac App; Time To Switch to a Web Browser
If you’re using QuickBooks Online with the service’s Mac app to manage your business’s accounting, you may have seen a message like the one below announcing that Intuit has stopped updating the QuickBooks Online app. This doesn’t affect your QuickBooks Online account, which you can and should use via a Web browser at qbo.intuit.com now. […]
How to: Paste Text So Its Style Matches the Surrounding Text
When you copy text from a Web page, PDF, or word processing document, macOS usually includes the associated formatting, so the words you paste may end up in 68-point blue italic if that was what the source text looked like. That’s often undesirable. More commonly, you want the text to take on the styling of...
How-To: Manage Your Apple Purchases and Subscriptions on the Mac and iPhone
Ever had a hard time figuring out what you’ve bought from Apple or canceling a subscription for an app or service you no longer use? Read this article to learn how to manage your purchases and subscriptions.
Quick Tip: A Shortcut to Create an Instant Slideshow from a Folder of Images
<img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-quick-shortcut-to-create-an-instant-slideshow-from-a-folder-of-images.jpg">You probably know that you can select an image in the Finder and press the Space bar to preview it in a Quick Look window. And you may know that you can use the arrow keys to preview other files in the same folder without closing and reopening the Quick Look window. But did you […]
How-To: Keep Your Mac Quiet at Night and During Presentations with Do Not Disturb
<img src="https://www.creativetechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/keep-your-mac-quiet-at-night-and-during-presentations-with-do-not-disturb.jpg">We’re all accustomed to the Do Not Disturb feature on our iPhones since they’re with us for most of the day and often spend the night next to the bed. But Apple long ago added Do Not Disturb to the Mac as well, and it’s useful for muting your Mac at night to eliminate unnecessary […]
