The state of apps that run natively on Mac and Windows is not good. Here are several strategies for how to deal with that.
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Task Apps to Consider
Every task app that I’ve tried and thought worth mentioning.
Tips and Tricks for More Productive Use of Your Tech Tools
I’ve researched and invented dozens of time-saving techniques over the years. These are the best of them.
How Not to Take a Vacation
If you’re going to work twice as long before a vacation, whose needs are really being served?
Apple Watch updated; Apple Watch book, not so much
In the nearly three years since the Apple Watch was introduced, we’ve seen four hardware iterations, four operating system releases, and millions of orders, making it a fairly mature product by modern tech standards. During that time, we’ve also seen four releases of Apple Watch: A Take Control Crash Course, including the first version we…
What Happened to Read Me First: A Take Control Crash Course?
Thanks for your interest in my ebook, Read Me First: A Take Control Crash Course! Written in 2014, this title was available for free from the Take Control website until midway through 2017, when it was withdrawn because the screenshots were dated and the information wasn’t always accurate for new versions of macOS. When I…
Try This Quick Tip for Making Your Pointer Easier to See
Yesterday was the first webinar for Take Control of Mac Basics, and I had fun sharing my actual Mac screen with viewers as I demonstrated some of my favorite Mac features. One viewer commented, however, that he had trouble seeing the mouse pointer. “Drat!” I thought, “I’m sure there’s a way to enlarge the pointer,…
How To Deal with a KRACK Attack
You may have seen the news about KRACK, a Wi-Fi exploit that can allow a determined invader to sniff traffic on your network encrypted with the latest and greatest WPA2 protection and decipher some or all of it. There’s a reason to be concerned: it affects every Wi-Fi radio ever made that uses WPA2, which…
Apple Watch Series 3 Adds Cellular
The Apple Watch sits solitary on your wrist, but it’s never been entirely alone. Every model since the beginning has relied heavily on the wireless Bluetooth connection to an iPhone for most of its smarts: running apps, looking up weather, interacting with Siri, and more. Starting with the just-announced Apple Watch Series 3, that invisible…
Latest Updates to Pages Bring Welcome Enhancements
Apple has released new versions of its Pages apps, which is good news for everyone except me and my publisher, because we now have to find time to revise the just-recently revised Second Edition and put an update into production.