Glenn FleishmanSenior Contributor, Macworld
Glenn Fleishman is the author of dozens of books, including Take Control of Zoom (May 2020), a deep dive into how to best use that videoconferencing software. He’s a senior contributor to Macworld, where he writes Mac 911.
How to check your iCloud media to see if it remains in place
It’s possible to change settings on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac so that it can’t download all images, but they’re still secure in iCloud.
Don’t keep your Mac laptop charged to 100 percent all the time. Here’s why
While lithium-ion batteries don’t suffer from the long-ago dread “memory effect,” they age poorly when fully charged most of the time.
What to do when a Time Machine copy to an external drive is enormously larger than expected
It’s all about the hard links.
Uninterruptible power supply buyers guide
A surge protector will save your equipment; a UPS will do that and save your work, too—or let you save your game during a blackout.
Apple Photos: What can you do if you crop out details and later want them back?
Sometimes pictures are cropped in our photo-management apps for a particular reason. Can you restore the full image?
Your iPhone is trying to send photos in an incompatible format, but you have options.
How to take photos of particular people out of your Photos library
You may have moved on, but they’re still lingering among your images.
Cloud storage plans you can use to replace your Mac’s external storage
If you migrate to a small drive, you may need to combine cloud methods to make it all work.
Your old videos may not play in macOS Catalina. Here's why
Video you shot long ago with older devices require conversion to work in Catalina.
How to open ancient Pages, Numbers, and Keynote documents in macOS
You may have some orphaned files and want to update them. Now is the time, but only if you haven’t updated yet to Catalina.
How to recover your Pages, Numbers, or Keynote document password
Forgot the secret to get in your document? It’s probably in your keychain.
This compact surge protector hugs the wall, so it takes up much less space than an outlet strip. And it has integrated 2.1A USB charging ports, too.
Tips for merging an old photo backup with your current Photos library
Apple doesn’t have built-in merging tools, but you can make it work.
How to share a Wi-Fi connection via macOS
If your only reasonable path to the internet is over Wi-Fi, your Mac can help.
What that Wi-Fi label at the top of your iPhone means
Wi-Fi calling doesn’t mean you’re calling over Wi-Fi owned by the cellular carrier.
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