Locate and Erase Your iPhone Using iCloud
Did you know that you can remotely find and/or erase your iPhone? You can if you have a free AppleID account, have signed into iCloud and have enabled the Find My iPhone feature.
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The apps that run on your Mac or iPhone/iPad.
How to Password Protect Your iPhone
I recommend that every iPhone owner enable the password protection feature built into the iPhone. Then, if you ever lose your iPhone others won’t be able to view your iPhone’s contents or run up your bill by placing lots of calls.
Read moreIncrease Your Productivity With A Clipboard Manager
Have you ever found yourself flipping back and forth between a web page and an email message, copying and pasting mulitple pieces of information from the web page into your email message? If so, then you should use a clipboard manager application to access multiple clipboards.
Read moreHow To Create An Encrypted Disk Image
This post builds upon the information that I presented in my last blog entry about how to securely store personal information on your Mac. A disk image is a special kind of file. When a disk image file is opened, it makes the computer think that an actual disk, like a CD, has been physically … Read more
How Can I Securely Store Passwords On My Mac?
Do you have personal or sensitive information about yourself or your clients on your Mac? Things such as credit card numbers or passwords? If so, I recommend storing this information in a special kind of file known as an encrypted disk image. I store a list of my own passwords and other sensitive information in … Read more
How Do You Take A Screen Snapshot On A Mac?
Screen snapshots are pictures of a portion of the screen. Being able to take a screen snapshot can be very useful. I typically use this feature several times each day. Here are some reasons why I commonly take a screen snapshot:
Read moreHave You Had Problems Finding A File On Your Mac?
Apple’s search tool, Spotlight, does not search every folder on your Mac’s hard drive. Apple configures it to skip some folders that it thinks you won’t want to search. For example, Spotlight doesn’t search inside the various Library folders on your Mac. If you’re looking for a font, such as Helvetica, Spotlight won’t find it … Read more
Do You Access Your Email Account From Multiple Computers?
Do you access your email account from multiple computers? Have you added a smartphone to the mix as well? If so, you should be aware of IMAP. IMAP-enabled email accounts offer better email handling than old-fashioned POP email accounts.
Read moreDo You Have A Lot Of Email Messages To File? Use MsgFiler
Would you like to spend less time filing your email messages? If so, you should try MsgFiler. It is a keyboard-based filing system for Apple Mail. MsgFiler (read “Message Filer”) is critical to me. I should note that Mail uses the term Mailbox instead of mail folder, but in this context they are synonymous.
Read moreUse Google’s Advanced Search Features
Here are a couple of tips to help you use Google more productively. Google supports many advanced search criteria to refine a search. This Google page gives you an overview of the available criteria. The two criteria that I use most frequently are “this exact phrase” and “search within a site”. Let me give you examples … Read more
Application Launchers enhance productivity
Is your Dock over-crowded with icons? If so, then maybe you would benefit from using an application launcher. An application launcher allows you to open any application installed on your Mac using your keyboard.
Read moreDid You Know That You Can Dictate Email Messages On Your iPhone?
It’s possible to have your iPhone transcribe your speech. Last week, Dragon Dictation, a temporarily free application, was added to the iTunes App Store. This application records your voice, transcribes it, and lets you paste the text into a new email message, text message or any other iPhone application. I tested it last week. It’s not … Read more