Both iOS (on the iPhone and iPad) and OS X (on the Mac) let you view open Safari tabs on all your iCloud-connected devices—meaning, for example, you can use your iPhone to see which Safari tabs you have open on your Mac. Neat, right? But here’s a nifty little...
Marty writes: Just updated my iPhone to iOS 8.1 and my Mac to Yosemite. I want that new feature that lets your Mac send & receive SMS messages from your iPhone, but I said “no” when my Mac asked me if I wanted to turn the feature on. (You have to enter...
Phil writes: Thanks for the tip on the full-screen button [in Yosemite for Mac]. What happened to the Favorites toolbar? Now it seems that you have to click the little box on the left to get the tool bar to drop and then select. Seems long winded. Hi Phil! I too was a...
One of the more frustrating aspects of iOS’s Photo Stream feature is the fact that while your latest snapshots will appear automatically on all your iCloud-connected devices, there’s no way (short of manually setting up a shared album) to view your Photo...
I’d been using the new OS X “Yosemite” update on my iMac for barely five minutes, and already I was stumped. All I wanted to do was change the Calendar and Mail apps to full-screen mode, like I used to do on OS X “Mavericks.” But...
In case you’re wondering, no: I don’t recommend installing the just-released “Yosemite” update for Mac OS X quite yet. Wait until the first major bug patch comes out, and be sure you’re ready for a big change in the way your Mac’s...
A few weeks ago, I wrote a couple of columns on how to type letters with accent marks. Turns out it’s pretty easy on a Mac, but not so much on a Windows PC. Typing accent marks on an iMac or MacBook is a simple matter of holding down a letter key. But if you...
Remember last week’s Mac tip about using the Option key to type letters with accent marks? That was clever, I thought, but a helpful reader has chimed in with a much better idea. Here’s the message I got from Carole R.: You have just answered a query re...
Angela writes: Saw your tip on how to type letters with accents on an iPhone, but how do I do it on a Mac? I’ve just been copying and pasting, which isn’t very efficient. Can you help? Hi Angela! Great question—and to be perfectly honest, I’ve just...
Ansley writes: When I went to my hard drive, there was always an option to open a folder only with items from today or this week. Now it’s gone! I used this a ton to find documents that accidentally saved to the wrong place on my computer. How can I get this folder...
