Thursday, 08 October 2020 14:11
Webinar: DaVinci Resolve Video Editing on the Mac Pro
Written by MBS Web TeamThis is the recording of our September 17, 2020 live webinar.
Thursday, 01 October 2020 15:05
Webinar: Jamf Remote Workforce and Jamf Connect
Written by MBS Web TeamIn this video JAMF's Senior Sales Engineer Jason Liebe and WW Security Solutions Lead Matt Woodruff will introduce you to JAMF Pro and JAMF Connect.
Thursday, 01 October 2020 09:08
Remember to Enable Text Message Forwarding When You Get a New Mac or iPad
Written by Adam Engst
You’ve long had text messages forwarding from your iPhone to your Mac and iPad, but after you get a new device, it might be a while before you realize that it’s not receiving texts sent to your iPhone. It turns out that, when you get a new Apple device, you must manually enable it to […]
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Thursday, 01 October 2020 09:07
Too Many Home Screens in iOS 14? Here’s How to Hide Them!
Written by Adam Engst
The App Library in iOS 14 ensures that you can find all the apps installed on your iPhone without having to hunt through Home screens. So if you already have a lot of Home screens that contain a random assemblage of apps, it might be easier to hide those screens than to remove all the […]
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Thursday, 01 October 2020 09:06
Want Better Goals? Customize Your Move, Exercise, and Stand Rings in watchOS 7
Written by Adam Engst
Ever since Apple introduced the Activity app to watchOS, you’ve been able to adjust your Move goal, which is measured in kilocalories, but your Exercise goal was locked at 30 minutes and the Stand goal at 12 hours. In watchOS 7, you can finally change these last two. In the Activity app on your Apple […]
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Thursday, 01 October 2020 09:05
Make Your Finder Window Columns the Right Size
Written by Adam Engst
We’re big fans of column view in Finder windows (choose View > as Columns). You never have to worry about missing icons that are outside the window, everything is sorted alphabetically, and selecting a file shows a preview. But the column widths can be too thin, such that they cut off file and folder names, […]
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Thursday, 01 October 2020 09:04
Scribble: Why the Pencil Is Mightier Than the Finger in iPadOS 14
Written by Adam Engst
With iPadOS, you have to remember that it shares most of its capabilities with iOS. So if it seems that iPadOS 14 doesn’t have as many major new capabilities as iOS 14, that’s not quite fair—many of iOS 14’s new features also appear in iPadOS 14. You’ll get pinned conversations in Messages, cycling directions and […]
The small screen of the Apple Watch prevents new watchOS features from being as obvious or splashy as those in iOS and iPadOS. But watchOS 7, now available for the Apple Watch Series 3 and later when paired with an iPhone 6s or later running iOS 14, has quite a few notable changes. Here are […]
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Thursday, 01 October 2020 09:02
Stop Snoops with Private Browsing and by Clearing Your Web Browsing History
Written by Adam Engst
With so many of us working at home these days, it’s worth remembering that spouses, children, and housemates may have easy physical access to your Mac. And, particularly if you share a Mac with them, you might want to consider how you protect your browsing privacy. Even if you wouldn’t be embarrassed if your spouse […]
Harvest season is here again, and Apple has deemed iOS 14 (along with iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14) ready for the picking. Although the betas have been pretty stable and no major problems have appeared in the first few days, we still recommend waiting at least a few weeks before installing via Settings […]
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Wednesday, 16 September 2020 12:45
Apple Releases Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE, new iPad Air, and Subscription Services
Written by Adam Engst
In its “Time Flies” special event on September 15th, Apple cleared the decks of some secondary releases to make room for the anticipated unveiling of the iPhone 12 in a few weeks. Secondary though these products may be compared to the iPhone, the new Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE, fourth-generation iPad Air, and […]
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We’ve been hearing reports of an uptick in the scam phone calls that claim to be from Apple. If you answer, an automated message tells you that your iCloud account has been breached and asks you to call a provided 1-866 number. Do not do this! Apple will never call you unprompted. Unfortunately, the criminals […]
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Tuesday, 01 September 2020 11:07
Reduce Arrival Time Anxiety by Sharing Your Location Temporarily
Written by Adam Engst
If you’re flying, driving, or biking to visit an iPhone-using friend or family member, you can reduce anxiety related to arrival time or pickup plans (and perhaps provide amusement) by sharing your location temporarily so they can watch your progress. The easiest way to do this is to go into a Messages conversation with that […]
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Tuesday, 01 September 2020 11:06
Did You Know You Can Close a Mac Laptop When It Has an External Display?
Written by Adam Engst
We wanted to make sure that those of you who work on a Mac laptop with an external display know that you can close your laptop’s screen and keep working. Apple calls this closed-clamshell or closed-display mode. Of course, it requires that you connect an external keyboard and mouse or trackpad, via either USB or […]
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It’s all too easy to end up with a boatload of Bluetooth devices connected to your Mac. Apple devices will likely have sensible names, like Magic Mouse 2, but what if someone has given you a device with their name in it? Or you’ve ended up with a device called something really random like f023cp37. […]
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Tuesday, 01 September 2020 11:04
Are You Making the Most of the Touch Bar on Your MacBook Pro?
Written by Adam Engst
In 2016, Apple introduced the Touch Bar with the MacBook Pro. It’s a long, thin display above the number keys on the keyboard that shows a variety of buttons and controls. By default, it changes depending on which app you’re in, and it also displays the Control Strip, a collection of controls that roughly mimics […]
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Tuesday, 01 September 2020 11:03
When Should You Upgrade to macOS 11 Big Sur, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14?
Written by Adam Engst
As we get into September, it’s a good bet that Apple will soon—either this month or next—be pushing out major upgrades for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Apple previewed these new versions at its Worldwide Developers Conference back in June, and they’ve been in public beta for a few months. Once Apple makes macOS […]
Tuesday, 01 September 2020 11:02
What’s the Deal with All the Privacy Requests in Catalina?
Written by Adam Engst
Over the last few releases of macOS, Apple has been beefing up the Mac’s privacy controls so they more closely resemble what the company has done in iOS. You’ve undoubtedly noticed that when you first launch a new app on your iPhone or iPad, it often prompts for access to your contacts or your photos, […]
In a normal year, most kids would be back in school by now. But the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many schools to offer online instruction, and many families are now settling into a remote back-to-school arrangement. We’ve provided some advice on working from home in previous posts, but what about schooling from home? Here are […]
Apple’s workhorse desktop Mac, the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display, hasn’t seen an update since March 2019—nearly a year and a half ago. Happily, the company has finally released a new version of the popular iMac, outfitting it with 10th-generation Intel processors, increasing its RAM and storage capacities, and improving its audio and video […]
Monday, 03 August 2020 11:08
Use This New Setting to Prevent iOS Updates from Consuming Precious Space
Written by Adam Engst
People whose iPhones or iPads have relatively little free space have long struggled with the fact that iOS likes to download updates so they’ll be ready for installation. “Who wants to wait for a long download?” Apple thought. Unfortunately, lots of people do. The problem is that if you don’t want to update right away, […]
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Monday, 03 August 2020 11:07
Yay! Older ScanSnap Scanners Get New Life in Catalina with ScanSnap Manager V7
Written by Adam Engst
About a year ago, Fujitsu informed owners of older models of the company’s ScanSnap scanners that it wouldn’t be updating the necessary ScanSnap Manager app to be 64-bit, effectively preventing those people from using their scanners in macOS 10.15 Catalina. Unexpectedly, Fujitsu has now reversed course, releasing ScanSnap Manager V7 with support for the previously […]
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