It’s tempting to think that most external storage devices—whether simple hard drives or more complicated network-attached storage (NAS) units—are relatively similar because they all do roughly the same thing. However, a recent problem with older Western Digital My Book Live NAS devices highlighted that there can be large differences. In that case, hackers figured out […]
Sometimes, when copying text from a web page, PDF, or word processing document, macOS will include the formatting from your source, leaving the words in an undesirable font/size/color. In actuality, you probably wanted it to match the styling of the text where you pasted it. Fortunately, most Mac apps have a quick trick to fix [...]
With spam and hackers at an all time high email is unfortunately becoming less and less reliable. Spam filters, addressing errors, and server failures are just a few things that can cause a message to go unseen. With certain types of email it can be worth the extra effort to ensure that your message is [...]
At Virtua, we love the column view in Finder windows (choose View > as Columns). It's just easier to read! No need to worry about missing icons, everything is sorted alphabetically and selecting a file shows a preview. Sometimes though, the column widths can be too narrow, cutting off file and folder names, or too [...]
In iCloud Drive settings on your mac there is an Optimize Storage checkbox that, if checked, will store the full contents of iCloud Drive locally, but only if there's enough space. If you are looking to recover some of that local storage space without selecting that option, fortunately it is easy to do. First, you'll open [...]
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Nov
Nov
Looking for a quick way to view all of the programs and tabs you have open on your computer? Use Mission Control!
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Oct
Oct
Did you know you can use your iPad (or iPhone) as a whiteboard in Zoom? Here’s a great tip to make Zoom collaboration better.
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Sep
Sep
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 100 times – in 2019, data security is of the utmost importance when running a successful business. So why is it that we let our employees utilize their own mobile devices in our offices? Why do we let them check their work email, access the server, and […]
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Aug
Aug
Sure, you know that the Space bar in the iOS virtual keyboard types a space character. But did you realize that if you tap it twice, it inserts a period? (Probably, but if not, now you do.) That’s to make it easier to provide proper punctuation, which will have the added benefit of irritating your […]
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We all want Mac laptops that can run for days on a single charge and never need their batteries serviced. Sadly, we’re always going to be disappointed. Battery and power management technologies continually improve, but those improvements are matched by more powerful processors and smaller designs with less room for battery cells. And, because physics […]