Thursday, 01 February 2018 07:04
Install Minor Operating System Updates to Maintain Herd Immunity
Written by Adam Engst
It seems like Apple releases updates to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS nearly every week these days. It has been only a few months since iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra launched, and we’ve already seen ten updates to iOS and seven updates to macOS. Some of these have been to fix bugs, which [R30;]
Thursday, 01 February 2018 07:03
Call 911! Or, with an iPhone or Apple Watch, Invoke Emergency SOS.
Written by Adam Engst
Have you ever needed to call emergency services from your or someone else’s iPhone? Almost by definition, such calls take place at stressful times, and it can be hard to remember what to do. Or, if you’ve been in an accident, it might be difficult or impossible to navigate the iPhone’s interface. In iOS 10.2 [R30;]
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Thursday, 01 February 2018 07:02
Ransomware: Should You Be Worried, and What Protective Steps Should You Take?
Written by Adam Engst
Malware makes headlines regularly these days, and although Macs are targeted far less than Windows PCs, Mac users still need to remain vigilant. A particularly serious type of malware is called “ransomware” because once it infects your computer, it encrypts all your files and holds them for ransom. Luckily, despite the virulence of ransomware in [R30;]
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Move over, Amazon Echo and Google Home, there’s a new smart speaker coming soon. First announced back in June of 2017, Apple’s long-awaited HomePod will ship in the US, UK, and Australia on February 9th for $349. You can get it in space gray or white. Where Amazon and Google focus mostly on how you [R30;]
Friday, 05 January 2018 17:31
How to Request a Battery Replacement for your iPhone
Written by MBS Web TeamYou can have your battery replaced at Mac Business Solutions or any Apple Store for $49 when you request your appointment via https://getsupport.apple.com
Tuesday, 02 January 2018 09:08
Amazon Prime Video Finally Comes to the Apple TV
Written by Adam Engst
A $99-per-year Amazon Prime membership provides various perks, including free 2-day shipping from the Amazon online store and streaming access to Amazon’s media libraries. But for Apple TV users, accessing Prime Video content has been frustrating, because there was no Amazon app for the Apple TV. That has all changed now, and if you have [R30;]
Tuesday, 02 January 2018 09:07
Having Trouble Switching Apps on the iPhone X? Try This.
Written by Adam Engst
Since the iPhone X lacks a Home button to press twice for the app switcher, you’ll need to switch apps in a new way. To bring up the app switcher, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to about halfway, and then pause until the app thumbnails appear. Then you can scroll through your [R30;]
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Tuesday, 02 January 2018 09:05
Looking for More Image Editing Power than Photos Can Provide?
Written by Adam Engst
In macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Apple significantly enhanced the editing capabilities of Photos, adding tools for adjusting specific colors, fine-tuning color and contrast via curves, and even focusing an image with vignetting. But it still lacks many features found in other image editors, including applying a filter to an arbitrary portion of an image and [R30;]
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Tuesday, 02 January 2018 09:04
How to Split Restaurant Checks with Apple Pay Cash
Written by Adam Engst
You’re out to lunch with tech-savvy friends, one of whom picks up the check and says, “Just send me your share via Apple Pay Cash.” Say what? Apple Pay Cash is Apple’s new person-to-person payment service, designed to make it easy for individuals to send and receive money. It’s perfect for repaying a friend who [R30;]
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Apple’s new iMac Pro has started shipping, and it’s an astonishing machine. Put simply, it’s the most powerful Mac ever, a title it will likely retain until Apple releases a new version of the Mac Pro, promised for sometime in 2018. But for now, what’s special about the iMac Pro, and should you buy one? [R30;]
Tuesday, 02 January 2018 09:02
Five Things You Should Never Do with Passwords (and Three You Should)
Written by Adam Engst
Passwords are the bane of our modern existence. Nearly anything you want to do, it seems, calls for a password. As the Internet’s reach extends beyond computers and into phones, TVs, appliances, and even toys, we have to enter passwords with increasing frequency and in ever more annoying ways. To make dealing with passwords easier [R30;]
Tuesday, 02 January 2018 09:01
Learn How You Can Adjust Web Site Behavior with Safari’s Site-Specific Settings
Written by Adam Engst
Although macOS 10.13 High Sierra was light on new features, it did bring one welcome addition to Safari—site-specific settings. Imagine that you regularly visit a blog that you prefer to read using Safari’s Reader view. Rather than invoke it each time you visit, you can now set Safari to use Reader automatically on that site. [R30;]
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Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:50
Final Cut Pro X introduces 360-degree VR video editing
Written by MBS Web TeamApple’s Pro Video Editing App Also Adds Advanced Color Grading, HDR Support and More
When you’re unboxing a new iPhone, it’s time to think about how you’ll move your digital life from your old iPhone to the new one. If your old iPhone is running iOS 11, you can use Quick Start, a new iOS 11 feature that makes the transfer easy. Just turn on the new iPhone, set [R30;]
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Friday, 01 December 2017 04:07
Did You Know that Apple Pay Updates Your Credit Card Details Automatically?
Written by Adam Engst
File this as reason number 17 why Apple Pay is better than plastic. Let’s say your credit card expires and your bank sends you a new card with a revised expiration date. Or perhaps your bank replaces your card with one that has a new number. Either way, most credit card issuers automatically update the [R30;]
Friday, 01 December 2017 04:06
Follow This Quick Tip to Put Calendar Events in the Right Place
Written by Adam Engst
Apple’s Calendar apps in both macOS and iOS let you manage multiple calendars, some of which may be private and others may be shared with family or colleagues. That’s great, but if you create a new event on the wrong calendar, you may end up oversharing with colleagues (who don’t need to know about your [R30;]
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Friday, 01 December 2017 04:05
Don’t Use These Products to Clean Your iPhone (Or You’ll Wish You Hadn’t)
Written by Adam Engst
All iPhones pick up fingerprints, and it’s all too easy to get your iPhone dirty with ink, lotion, makeup, dirt, food, and oil. If you’re faced with an iPhone that needs cleaning, resist the urge to spray it with window cleaner, rubbing alcohol, or ammonia, or, even worse, to scrub it with baking soda or [R30;]
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Friday, 01 December 2017 04:04
Make Your Holiday Cards with Apple’s Photos App This Year
Written by Adam Engst
It’s that time of year again, when we realize that if we’re going to do holiday cards, we should get started. You can take the easy way out and buy a few packs of generic reindeer cards at the drugstore, but with a little work in Apple’s Photos app on the Mac, you can instead [R30;]
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Friday, 01 December 2017 04:03
Print Labels for Your Holiday Cards with Apple’s Contacts App
Written by Adam Engst
If mailing your holiday cards (which you printed from Photos, right?) is made harder by having to write addresses on envelopes, you can skip the handwriting step this year with mailing labels. Although many people don’t realize this, it’s easy to print mailing labels on standard label stock using the Contacts app on the Mac. [R30;]
Friday, 01 December 2017 04:02
What You Need to Know about Face ID on the iPhone X
Written by Adam Engst
Apple’s new iPhone X does away with the Home button, which has been a fixture since the original iPhone and has long served as the Touch ID sensor. To replace Touch ID, Apple developed a new facial recognition technology called Face ID. With Face ID, the iPhone X scans your face to authenticate you instead [R30;]
Friday, 01 December 2017 04:01
Watch Out for Phishing Attacks Hidden in Your Email
Written by Adam Engst
One of the most important things you can do to stay safe on the Internet is to be careful while reading email. That’s because online criminals know that we’re all busy, and we often don’t pay enough attention to what we’re reading or where we’re clicking. To take advantage of our inattention, these Internet information [R30;]
