I have an obsessive-compulsive trait that compels me to use exactly the right character when I write. Why type “Gerard” when the correct spelling is “Gérard”? Why write “39 degrees” or “aleph null” when the proper way is...
For years, people have speculated about the ability to run iOS apps on the Mac. This speculation was caused by the increasing similarity in the user experiences across the Mac, the iPhone and the iPad, and by...
Of all the hardware resources that the macOS manages, computer memory (RAM) is probably the most volatile. Whenever you launch or quit an app, open or close a document, or insert or eject a USB thumb drive, memory is allocated or...
Third-party app developers are really stepping up to revise their apps for the new Mac computers with the Apple M1 chip. Every day I receive update notices or see news stories about these...
“You can never have too much RAM, too much storage, or too many pixels.”
In my work at Parallels, I create lots of content: videos, blog posts, screenshots, and even a little code. Like everyone else, I also work almost exclusively at home, so I decided to spend...
Whoever dies with the most fonts wins. (Saying on an Image Club T-shirt I often wear.)
Among my many character flaws, I am a font addict. I really like using the right font to give precisely the perfect flavor to my...
I am often asked to review draft documents of various types: PowerPoint presentations, blog posts, web pages, and even entire books. The tools I use depend on the document type and its length. Here are some tips that may help you with similar...
Apple has at last released macOS Big Sur! First previewed at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June 2020, and then finally released to the world in November 2020, macOS Big Sur has had the longest beta development cycle of any macOS...
One of my many character flaws is that I am a bit of a digital hoarder. I follow the advice given to me many years ago: “If you don’t have three copies of a digital file – each on a separate drive – then you...
In June 2020, I began receiving some strange-looking emails. The sender clearly had access to most, if not all, of my emails, and her name was “Cortana”. I thought my email account had been hacked by someone with a...
