Problem to be solved: You’ve found an image in Apple Photos you want to edit in Affinity Photo, so you use the extension to open in Affinity Photo. You make some adjustments, add some layers, and then want to save in the native Affinity Photo format. However because you opened through the extension, Save will […]
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iCloud Services Verification Failed – SOLVED
The problem to be solved here is your iCloud credentials are fine (you can log into icloud.com without issue), but you can’t log into iCloud services natively on your Mac. The places this error will show up include: Logging into iCloud via the System Preference Launching Mac App Store applications Viewing files in iCloud Drive […]
Continue readingHow to Disable Apple’s Two-Step Verification and Enable Two-Factor Authentication
I signed up for the extra level of security Apple offered called Two-Step Verification. With the advent of iOS 9, Apple started offering Two-Factor Authentication. If you want to read about the differences, I’ve listed the two Apple support articles about the offerings. The main difference between the two is that Two-Step Verification relied on […]
Continue readingiCloud Photo Sharing to Non-Apple Users
Problem to be solved: You have people with whom you’d like to share photos but they don’t have Apple devices so iCloud Photo Sharing doesn’t work for them. Solution: Create a shared album and generate a URL through which they can view the images in a web browser Note – I’m pretty sure this only […]
Continue readingHow to Reduce the File Size of a PDF Using Preview
Ever created a PDF with images only to discover the file was huge? Using Preview you can shrink the file easily but the quality fo the images will be dreadful. Back in 2012, Josef Habr figured out a clever way to edit some System-level Library files to improve the quality of the images when using […]
Continue readingHow to Create Address Labels from macOS Contacts
1. Introduction – Problem to be Solved In this short tutorial we’ll work through how to use your Contacts application in OSX to print cute address labels for your holiday cards. Every time I go through this I make a lot of mistakes, so I’m actually going to show you how to do it wrong […]
Continue readingHow to Enable iCloud Photo Library
This tutorial will show you how to have all photos in their original size you take on your iOS devices to be uploaded to the iCloud and downloaded to your Mac. It will also enable all photos in an optimized size to be moved onto your iOS devices. With this scheme you won’t run out […]
Continue readingHow to Separate (or Combine) 2.4GHz and 5GHz Bands with AirPort Utility
Many modern routers support two frequencies for wireless access, 2.4GHz and 5GHz. The 5GHz band is much less congested, so if you have devices that support 5GHz you want them on that band. At the same time you probably have older devices that can only do 2.4GHz. The Airport Extreme from Apple allows you […]
Continue readingHow to Turn On Automatic Updates for OS X and Apps
One of the best ways to protect yourself on your Mac is to download and install patches as Apple and app developers release them. Rather than doing it yourself, here’s how to have it happen automatically in the background. You might want to turn this feature off when you go on a limited data service […]
Continue readingChecklist to Limit Data Use on Travel (Updated)
Problem to be solved: I have a shared data plan between my Mifi and my iPad. Under normal use at home I never go over my 4GB plan (not even close) but about 2 days into a vacation I get a 75% usage warning. I had Katie Floyd of the Mac Power Users Podcast on […]
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