Today’s Quick Tip is about Safari on the Mac and how you can use and adjust keyboard shortcuts to get to the sites you love. So if The Mac Observer is your favorite place (of course it is, right?), you can jump right here!
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3 Ways to Manage Family Devices They Got as Gifts
If you’re the family tech support person you’ll want these mobile device management (MDM) tools to help you manage family devices.
Resolved: Making Better Mac Backups
This is the time of year when many are on vacation. And making new year’s resolutions. It’s good to reflect on and possibly update one’s Mac backup strategy. John walks us through it.
iOS: How to Control Your Snapchat Ad Settings
While you can’t stop ads completely, you can fine-tune your preferences.
How to Change the Accent Color in macOS Mojave
Today’s Quick Tip is about a little feature of Mojave that’ll let you change the color scheme of buttons and menus, so if you want your Mac to be pink rather than blue, you totally can do that!
How to Use One Mac as a Time Machine Destination for Another
Today’s Quick Tip is an interesting one (if we do say so ourselves). Did you know you can use one Mac in your house as a Time Machine destination for another? How very very odd. We’ll go over the oddness in its entirety in this article!
Here's How to a Send Voice Note on Instagram
Instagram has added the ability to send and receive a voice note in the app, the simple tool adds a new dynamic to the photo sharing app.
iOS: How to Find Your iPhone with Your AirPods
Got an Apple Watch? You can use it to ping a lost iPhone in your house. But did you know that you can do that with your AirPods, too, assuming they’re set up to do so? You can, and we’ve got the trick to it in today’s Quick Tip!
How to Use The New Instagram Close Friends Feature
It lets users create a separate list of followers that have special viewing permissions.
Numbers: How to Refer to Cells in Other Sheets
With Numbers, Apple’s spreadsheet program, you can have multiple sheets in a single document and use cells within each to calculate values in the others. It’s handy! Come on in and read about how.
What to Know Before Buying an Apple TV 4K
The holidays are upon us, and so John put together (most) everything a buyer might need to know about the Apple TV 4K before purchase.
macOS: How to Check Folder Sizes in Bulk
Andrew learned of this tip a couple of minutes ago. If you’ve ever wondered how to check folder sizes in bulk, here’s how to do it.
How to Always Insert Attachments at the End in macOS Mail
Today’s Quick Tip is about Apple Mail and how it (somewhat frustratingly) handles attachments. If you don’t like them dropping into the middle of your messages, come read about how to push them to the end!
macOS: How to Use Smart Categories in Numbers
In a recent update, Numbers gained the ability to sort by category, so if you want to break down your budget by transaction type, say, you can do that really easily. The details are all here in today’s Quick Tip!
How to Turn Off Siri Suggestions in iOS 12
Today’s Quick Tip is about Siri Suggestions in iOS 12. Have you seen reminders to call people back on your lock screen? Don’t like those prompts? We’ll tell you what to do!
How to Use Instagram's Your Activity Dashboard
Charlotte Henry has a quick guide for using Instagram’s new ‘Your Activity’ feature to help users reduce their screen time
iOS 12: Manage Your Apple Pay Billing and Shipping Address
Here’s how to manage your Apple Pay billing and shipping address.
macOS: How to Resolve Permissions Problems after a Mac Migration
If your new computer isn’t working correctly after you migrate your data—especially if you’re getting weird permissions issues or the “macOS needs to repair your Library” error—then come check out today’s Quick Tip! We’ve got all kinds of resources and tricks for you.
A Roundup of the Best 2018 Black Friday Tech Deals (Updated)
Black Friday deals seem to be appearing earlier than ever, but are they really deals? Here are some Black Friday tech deals I’ve found so far.
How to Select a Processor Option for Your New Mac
Apple has announced and shipped some exciting new Macs in 2018. For a prospective buyer, selecting the right processor option is one of the first tasks. John provides some guidance.
How to Download the High Sierra Installer Under Mojave
If you need a High Sierra installer and you try to download it on your Mac running Mojave, it may seem like you’re out of luck if you search the App Store or look through your purchases there. But we’ve got the trick on how to do it in today’s Quick Tip!
Here's How and Why to Share Apple Notes With Yourself
Apple Notes can be shared with one person, many persons, or even yourself. This gives you a handy interlinking system to build a note network.
How to Set Up and Use Gmail Delegates
Today’s Quick Tip is all about using Gmail’s delegates feature. With this, you can allow people you trust to read and respond to your messages without them having to know your password! It’s cool and very handy in an office environment, especially.
How to Turn Off 3D Touch (And Why You Might Want To)
For today’s Quick Tip, we’re covering something that’s relevant for folks with dexterity problems—how to turn off 3D Touch. It’s also relevant if, you know, you just don’t like your screen having different levels of press available!