Tag: technology, tech tips

Apple Watch users now exceed 100 million

As someone who has worn one from the beginning (I now switch off between a 4 and a 5, I think Apple Watches are not flawless but they do provide a collection of features I find invaluable. Making sure the Fitness circles close each day is addictive. My main physical activity, with the gyms unavailable … Continue reading Apple Watch users now exceed 100 million →

Add 2020 iPad Air wallpaper to your device

The copying is best done by opening the URL below rather than from the link inside the article. Will take you to beautiful, downloadable wallpaper in both the light and dark versions for the steel grey, silver, rose gold, sky-blue, and light green colors for the 2020 iPad Air. 9to5mac.com/2020/09/18/download-2020-ipad-air-wallpapers/ Download the new 2020 iPad … Continue reading Add 2020 iPad Air wallpaper to your device →

How can I be sure if my iPhone’s camera or microphone is on?

https://www.komando.com/kims-column/know-when-your-phone-is-spying/757249/ The new trick to know when your phone’s camera or mic is being used BY KIM KOMANDO, KOMANDO.COM • OCTOBER 3, 2020 At dinner, I mentioned that I would like to go hiking in Patagonia. I never searched for these trips or anything like it. Yet, an hour later, I started getting ads on my … Continue reading How can I be sure if my iPhone’s camera or microphone is on? →

Surely Apple can continue to make the iPhone 12 Mini for those who want it

This is an article I'd normally expect to see in Forbes. No doubt that the iPhone 12 Mini is not selling at the rate that Apple expected, but it HAS sold. I bought one and have friends who are also very happy with theirs. Perhaps Yang is right. But I think discontinuation would be a … Continue reading Surely Apple can continue to make the iPhone 12 Mini for those who want it →

And we’re not to buy MacBook Pros now — what’s with all of these commands to buyers?

There are indeed many improvements coming for the MacBook Pro but it looks likely that they won't be on machines for sale until July. Have you ever heard a more clarion call for Apple sales of MacBook Pro to plummet until then? https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/08/buyers-guide-dont-buy-macbook-pro-now/ Buyer’s Guide: Don't Buy a MacBook Pro Now Monday February 8, 2021 … Continue reading And we’re not to buy MacBook Pros now — what’s with all of these commands to buyers? →

This author tells Facebook exactly what to say to its customers about privacy and opting out

This is the FIRST time that I've found an article on Apple News that I couldn't then pull up directly from the original publisher. Wasn't hard to do by Googling the title. But oh, how I love his very accurate language that he believes Facebook should use instead of its current evasive arguments about protecting … Continue reading This author tells Facebook exactly what to say to its customers about privacy and opting out →

Here’s the right way to rescue the smartphone you dropped in water

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-rescue-a-wet-phone/? Here’s the Right Way to Rescue a Soaking Wet Smartphone Given the hundreds of ways your phone could come into life-threatening contact with liquid, you should know what to do when it happens (because it will). PHOTOGRAPH: APPLE  IT FELL IN the toilet. Your clumsy partner knocked a glass of water onto it. You forgot … Continue reading Here’s the right way to rescue the smartphone you dropped in water →

iMessage secure — unless you put your backup in iCloud — do backups old school

https://www.howtogeek.com/710509/apples-imessage-is-secure...-unless-you-have-icloud-enabled/ Apple’s iMessage Is Secure … Unless You Have iCloud Enabled CHRIS HOFFMAN@chrisbhoffmanJAN 27, 2021, 6:40 AM EST | 4 MIN READ DenPhotos/Shutterstock.com Apple’s iMessage service uses secure end-to-end encryption. This ensures only you and the person you’re talking to can see your messages. But there’s a big privacy hole in iMessage, and it’s named iCloud. … Continue reading iMessage secure — unless you put your backup in iCloud — do backups old school →

Now that Facebook is using what you do on WhatsApp, where should you go?

https://www.cnet.com/news/signal-vs-whatsapp-vs-telegram-major-security-differences-between-messaging-apps/ Signal vs. WhatsApp vs. Telegram: Major security differences between messaging apps Looking to try a new messenger app? Here are the key privacy differences among some of the biggest players -- and which one Elon Musk recommends. Rae Hodge Jan. 29, 2021 4:00 a.m. PT Brent Lewin/Bloomberg/Getty Images If your choice of encrypted messaging … Continue reading Now that Facebook is using what you do on WhatsApp, where should you go? →