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...
This post is part of a series to assist new users of Parallels Desktop.
Virtual machines for Parallels Desktop on your Mac can be pretty large. Even a basic install of Windows 10 with Office for...
In 2018 I examined how emojis are handled cross-platform. But the world of emojis is constantly changing with new Emojis being added and I am seeing their use increase. So, it seems to me that this is a good time to revisit the...
I have written several times in the Parallels blog about my most favorite game franchise of all time: Age of Empires (Here, here, and here). Since Age of Empires is a Windows game, when I want to play...
This post is part of a series to assist new users of Parallels Desktop.
With Parallels Desktop on your Mac, you effectively have two (or more!) computers. So, where should you store the documents you create or work on?...
This post is part of a series to assist new users of Parallels Desktop.
While there are many experienced Parallels Desktop users, there are just as many new users. This blog post will give some tips...
This post is part of a series about new features in Parallels Desktop 16.
For users of Apple products, gestures are a natural and ubiquitous way to control...
