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Quickly Put Lots of Files in a Folder with One Command

By pwsadmin | Mar 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Quickly Put Lots of Files in a Folder with One Command
Quickly Put Lots of Files in a Folder with One Command

Imagine that you’re working with a bunch of files, and you want to put a set of them in a new folder. You could stop what you’re doing, make a new folder, select all the files, and drag them into the folder, like an animal. Or you could take advantage of a slick Finder command […]

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How to Share a Contact Card without Sharing Everything in iOS 16

By pwsadmin | Feb 9, 2023 | Comments Off on How to Share a Contact Card without Sharing Everything in iOS 16
How to Share a Contact Card without Sharing Everything in iOS 16

Apple makes it easy to share contact cards on the iPhone or iPad—just scroll down in a contact and tap Share Contact. But what if you don’t want to share every piece of data on that card? To avoid oversharing in iOS 16 or iPadOS 16, tap Filter Fields at the top of the Share […]

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LastPass Security Breach: Here’s What to Do

By pwsadmin | Feb 2, 2023 | Comments Off on LastPass Security Breach: Here’s What to Do
LastPass Security Breach: Here’s What to Do

Password management company LastPass has announced that it suffered a security breach in which attackers stole both encrypted customer account data (which is bad) and customer vaults containing encrypted usernames and passwords (which is much, much worse). On the positive side, the data of users who abided by LastPass’s defaults and created master passwords of […]

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If Your Gift Was a Tech Device, It’s Time to Change the Password!

By pwsadmin | Jan 30, 2023 | Comments Off on If Your Gift Was a Tech Device, It’s Time to Change the Password!
If Your Gift Was a Tech Device, It’s Time to Change the Password!

Whatever consumer electronics product you can name, there’s probably a “smart” version that you configure via an app or Internet-connected interface once you’ve connected it to your Wi-Fi network. For ease of setup and to keep costs down, many such devices come pre-configured with not just a default username and password, but the same default […]

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Upgrade Past macOS 10.15 Catalina to Keep Getting Microsoft Office Updates

By pwsadmin | Jan 30, 2023 | Comments Off on Upgrade Past macOS 10.15 Catalina to Keep Getting Microsoft Office Updates
Upgrade Past macOS 10.15 Catalina to Keep Getting Microsoft Office Updates

We aren’t quite ready to recommend that everyone upgrade to macOS 13 Ventura, but if you use Microsoft Office with macOS 10.15 Catalina, you should start planning for an upgrade. Microsoft has announced that current versions of its productivity suite—Office for Mac 2019, Office for Mac 2021, and Microsoft 365—will receive updates only if your […]

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Apple Powers Mac mini and MacBook Pro with New M2 Chips, Releases New HomePod

By pwsadmin | Jan 18, 2023 | Comments Off on Apple Powers Mac mini and MacBook Pro with New M2 Chips, Releases New HomePod
Apple Powers Mac mini and MacBook Pro with New M2 Chips, Releases New HomePod

With a handful of press releases buttressed by a 19-minute video, Apple pulled back the curtains on its new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips and announced updated Mac mini and MacBook Pro models that rely on the new chips. There are no significant design or feature changes with these updated models, just faster performance, […]

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Merge Duplicate Photos and Videos in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and Ventura

By pwsadmin | Dec 27, 2022 | Comments Off on Merge Duplicate Photos and Videos in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and Ventura
Merge Duplicate Photos and Videos in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and Ventura

It’s all too easy to end up with duplicate photos and videos in your Photos library. The most common way is to use the Duplicate command, but we’ve seen duplicates appear due to accidentally repeated actions in other apps, repeated screenshots, multiple imports that include the same image (much as Photos tries to prevent this […]

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Delete Contacts More Easily in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

By pwsadmin | Dec 20, 2022 | Comments Off on Delete Contacts More Easily in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
Delete Contacts More Easily in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16

Deleting contacts on the iPhone and iPad used to be a pain, especially if you wanted to trash multiple contacts. You had to open the contact, tap Edit, scroll to the bottom, and tap Delete Contact. Although you still can’t swipe left on a contact in a list, as you do when deleting in Mail […]

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Two Ways to Manage Your Email So You Can Find It Later

By pwsadmin | Dec 13, 2022 | Comments Off on Two Ways to Manage Your Email So You Can Find It Later
Two Ways to Manage Your Email So You Can Find It Later

We recently wrote about different ways to organize your files, which prompted some people to ask us about the best ways to manage email. Email may have competition from messaging services like Slack and Microsoft Teams, but for many people, it’s still where the most important communications take place. That’s especially true for anyone who […]

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These New Year’s Resolutions Will Improve Your Digital Security in 2023

By pwsadmin | Dec 8, 2022 | Comments Off on These New Year’s Resolutions Will Improve Your Digital Security in 2023
These New Year’s Resolutions Will Improve Your Digital Security in 2023

Happy New Year! For many of us, starting a new year means reflecting on fresh habits we’d like to adopt. Although we certainly support any resolutions you may have made to get enough sleep, eat better, reduce social media usage, and exercise more, could we suggest a few that will improve your digital security and […]

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