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How to Choose Between iCloud Photos and My Photo Stream
iCloud Photos or My Photo Stream? How Apple’s two photo-syncing options differ, what each costs in iCloud storage, and which one to use.
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Having Trouble Finding Files on Your Mac? Here’s How to Reset Spotlight
If Spotlight can’t find files you know are on your Mac, its index may be damaged. Here’s how to make Spotlight rebuild it.
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Web Ads: Making the Best of a Lose-Lose Scenario
Typically, we like to help you solve problems in these articles. But there’s one problem we all face that has no good solution: ads on Web pages. Let us explain the background, after which you can…
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PostScript Type 1 Fonts Losing Support This Year—Here’s What to Do
For you graphic designers out there, Adobe has announced that it will be ending support for PostScript Type 1 fonts starting with Photoshop in 2021. All Adobe apps will stop allowing users to…
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It’s Time to Consider Upgrading to macOS 11 Big Sur
We’re cautious when it comes to recommending upgrades to new versions of macOS. Apple makes the upgrade process easy—though it can be time-consuming—but upgrading can create workflow interruptions,…
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Forget Adobe Acrobat: Preview May Be All You Need to Work with PDFs
We regularly hear from people who think they need Adobe Acrobat DC to manipulate PDFs. Don’t misunderstand: Adobe Acrobat is the gold standard, but it’s complicated and expensive—$14.99 per month…
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Home Sharing Lets You Access Media on Your Mac from Other Local Apple Devices
Home Sharing lets other Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs in your home play music and video stored on your Mac. Here’s how to set it up.
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Keep Your Mac Quiet at Night and During Presentations with Do Not Disturb
We’re all accustomed to the Do Not Disturb feature on our iPhones since they’re with us for most of the day and often spend the night next to the bed. But Apple long ago added Do Not Disturb to the…
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Want an Early Warning System for COVID-19 Infections? Install NOVID!
With vaccinations underway, there’s light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel. But given the enormity of the task and the unknowns surrounding coronavirus variants, we’ll still be in this…
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Apple Provides Sensible Device and Data Access Safety Advice
Our iPhones are the keys to our digital lives, holding our most private photos, conversations, and financial data, among much else. That’s why Apple goes to such lengths to help us protect our…
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M1-Based Macs Have New Startup Modes: Here’s What You Need to Know
For many years, Macs have relied on sets of keys held at startup to enable specific modes. Most notably, pressing Option displays the Startup Manager and lets you pick a boot drive, Command-R…
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So, Are Apple’s New M1-Based Macs Any Good?
In November, Apple unveiled its new M1 chip and three new Macs that use it: the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. The M1-based MacBook Air replaces the previous Intel-based MacBook…
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