Apple posted their financial results for the January to March quarter on Wednesday after the market closed. Analysts who are usually wrong were VERY wrong this quarter. Apple had $89.58 billion in revenue which is 54% over the same quarter last year and about 15% higher than what was expected. Profits were also outstanding with […]
You probably know that you can use your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac if you set it up right. You may also know that you can use your Apple Watch to unlock your iPhone if you are wearing a mask. But did you know that you can approve some password requests, too? I […]
Okay, so I bought myself I giant 38-inch display and while I can have a bunch of windows open and scroll between them, I often need to move between my browser and WordPress or between Photos and Luminar Ai and the workflow simply is easier with split screen. With Split View, your Mac allows you […]
I am just getting the hang of my new M1 MacBook Pro. My first discovery was a disappointment but my second was a pleasure. Unfortunately, only one external display can be operated natively on the M1 MBP. I tried connecting my two displays using a FW3 hub and DisplayLink software but I didn’t like that […]
I was shocked at how many people believed the “big lie” that there was massive voter fraud and the results of the election was in question despite all indications that it was the most free election in our history. This “big lie” led to the insurrection and sedition at the Capitol and is now spawning […]
One of my oldest friends, Larz Barber, financial guy, called me the other day to tell me that he solved his Apple Watch battery issue. For weeks he was finding that even though he charged it up overnight it would not hold a charge all day. His extreme solution which definitely will work in many […]
“Please Call Apple Support” alerts are nothing more than a scam. Don’t call the number in the pop-ups. Apple’s error and warning messages never include a phone number. Apple does not send unsolicited email messages or make unsolicited phone calls to request personal or financial information or fix your device. Treat all unsolicited phone calls or […]
I should be getting my M1 MacBook Pro any day now so it is with some concern that I have read about the latest malware threat – Silver Sparrow. This piece of malware has infected over 30,000 Macs worldwide. In response, Apple has revoked the the certificates of the developer accounts used to sign the packages. […]
My Tesla will now “see” traffic lights and automatically stop for them and beeps at me when the light turns green. In the early days of cars there were no traffic lights until a bad “horseless carriage” accident motivated Garrett Morgan to invent the traffic signal! After witnessing a collision between an automobile and a […]
With the world in the grip of a deadly pandemic, it was a black woman that has played a key role in the discovery and implementation of an effective vaccine against Covid-19. 35-year old Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Shanta Corbett is a viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and […]
