Author: Don Mayer

Apple reported its 4th quarter financial results today and while it was an amazing quarter despite the headwinds of the continuing pandemic and supply chain challenges. For the September quarter, Apple posted revenue of $83.4 billion and net quarterly profit of $20.6 billion, or $1.24 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $64.7 billion and…

I get a few hundred emails each day.   Maybe 10% are important communications from friends or business related.  Many are advertisements from companies where I have opted in to their lists but there are also a huge number that are unsolicited spam and advertisements where my email address has been harvested and added to…

When you browse the web, information contained in your web traffic, such as your DNS records and IP address, can be seen by your network provider and the websites you visit. This informations then used to determine your identity and build a profile of your location and browsing history over time. This is how when…

In iOS 14, Apple added a feature that warns you when one of your website passwords stored in iCloud Keychain has appeared in a data breach. We’ve fielded some questions of late from people worrying if the message is legitimate, and if so, what they should do. What has happened is that online criminals have…

September is here, which means that Apple will soon start releasing major upgrades for all its operating systems. Apple previewed these releases at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and many people have been testing the public betas since. Once Apple judges macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, and tvOS 15 to…

September is here, which means that Apple will soon start releasing major upgrades for all its operating systems. Apple previewed these releases at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and many people have been testing the public betas since. Once Apple judges macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, and tvOS 15 to…

Although spam remains as much of a scourge as ever, spam filters have improved enough that most people see relatively little spam and lose relatively few legitimate messages (known as “ham”) to spam filters. However, good email messages are still sometimes caught by spam filters. To reduce the chance of missing an important message, consider…

Apple totally skipped the street and built their own!  Apple reported their earnings on Tuesday posting sales that were far in excess of even the most optimistic analyst.  For the three month spring period – April – June, Apple recorded an astounding $81.4 billion in revenue compared to $73 billion expected and up from $59.7…

There is a way to upgrade your Apple TV without buying a new Apple TV and that is to grab one of the new Siri Remotes for Apple TV.   This new remote is better looking and way more functional that the older remote.  How many times have your picked up the remote and tried…

I have often said that trading up your Mac can be the best way to stay on at least the trailing edge of technology.   So much of your life and personal information are on your Mac that you want to make very sure that when you do sell it or pass it on to…