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With the public release of macOS 11 Big Sur looming, we recommend that everyone upgrades to the current macOS, 10.15 Catalina. Here’s how to do that, courtesy of Apple. Now at version 10.15.6, Catalina is mature enough that everyone should go ahead and upgrade. (If you’re running 10.13 High Sierra or older, there’s a chance […]
While Independence Day marked freedom for some Americans, Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in America and represents the promise of freedom for all. On June 19, 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston Texas to free a quarter of a million Black people still enslaved following the end […]
Ask Adam will continue providing friendly, expert Apple-focused tech support using phone, videoconferencing, and screen sharing during the spread of COVID-19. Remote checkups are free through June for new clients! COVID-19 Precautions We are taking the presence of COVID-19 in our community extremely seriously. Effective immediately, all Ask Adam support will be remote-only until the […]
A common question we hear is, “Why is my iPhone/iPad battery draining so fast?” Luckily, Apple provides tools that help you see exactly how your iPhone uses its battery over the last 24 hours and — with less detail — over each of the last 10 days. Plus, you can tweak settings that will improve […]
If your business relies on Macs, iPads, and iPhones, you should be purchasing through an Apple Custom Store and using Apple Business Manager to ensure that everything you buy is automatically enrolled in your MDM system.
Ask Adam loves 1Password. Everybody needs a password manager — whether we like it or not, we all have dozens (and some of us have hundreds) of passwords to keep track of. Without a secure place to write them down, most people do very dangerous things like using the same password again and again, or […]
Everybody needs backup. The easiest way to back up your Mac right now is to sign up with Backblaze. You can begin backing up in seconds, without even sharing your credit card info. I use Backblaze on all my Macs and almost all of my clients do too. You can get started with Backblaze by […]
[Lisa Jackson, vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives] said Apple now strives to design and build durable products that last as long as possible. That means long-lasting hardware coupled with long-lasting software. She pointed out that iOS 12 runs even on iPhone 5S, now five years old. Because iPhones last longer, you can […]
Watch this short video — I didn’t know about this affordance for switching apps, and it’s brilliant. The best thing about the iPhone X? The new swipe gestures — zeiPAD
The only safe way to run Flash on a Mac is to uninstall the Flash Player and use Google Chrome to view Flash-based content. To uninstall Flash, check out the simple instructions here: How to remove Flash on the Mac – Peter Cohen