Category Archives: Tips

Tips & Tricks from SGVMUG members.

Dashing Through the…

…the keyboard… What’s with all those hyphens⁄dashes⁄little lines throughout bunches of text? Yeah, they’re different lengths, they have different names, and they do have specific tasks. In How to Type En Dashes, Em Dashes, and Hyphens on a Mac, OWC … Continue reading

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Had You Heard?

The things you don’t know can hurt you! On Rocket Yard, Steve Sande reports: Do you have a recent MacBook Pro? While these powerful notebooks have USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 ports on both sides, we’re going to tell you why … Continue reading

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Finding All Those (Dratted) WiFi Passwords on Your Mac

Good news (passwords do a lot to protect you online), bad news (how the heck am I supposed to remember all that??)… There is even better news! Joel Cornell tells us all about it on How-To Geek: Having a complex … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

Photos can take you places! On TidBITS this morning, Donald C O’Shea had this to say on the subject: On a recent trip to Barcelona, my wife and I saw two T-shirts in a shop window: the Muppets as Reservoir … Continue reading

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My iDevice Can Do That?

Smartphones, and their device relatives, are really amazing! Every time you pick one up, it seems, it’s figured out how to do something new; who’d a-thunk? Today, on Consumer Reports, Bree Fowler has a whole bunch of new stuff you … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

iPhones can do a lot of stuff these days; almost makes you wonder if they’ll stop being called phones at some point. Bree Fowler has a very interesting piece on Consumer Reports with some very interesting talents iPhones have these … Continue reading

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Libraries Are Cool These Days!

From the App Store this morning: Supercharge Your Library Card Did you know you have access to hundreds of thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music, and even comic books – all for free? All you need is a library card. Who knew? … Continue reading

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Did You Know?

If not, you need to! iOS 11.4 is the latest and greatest version of the iDevice operating system, and does some really cool stuff. From being able to access Messages on devices and Macs, to taking-photo hints, to typing??? into … Continue reading

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Had You Heard?

iOS 10.3.3 is a major security update. Alfred Ng, on CNET, reports the following: Apple released a security patch on Wednesday that you should really consider updating to if you enjoy using Wi-Fi on your iOS devices. So, you know, … Continue reading

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cyberBOLO

Be on the lookout… Three New Threats! Today we have three new iOS/macOS cyber threats that have been discovered out in the wild.  Or in other words… about 30 seconds worth of Android malware adventures.   Handbrake gets hacked Popular … Continue reading

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