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Susie King Taylor was born a slave in 1848.  When she was seven her owner sent her to live with her grandmother in Savannah.  Even though Georgia had particularly horrible laws about the education of African Americans, she attended two schools taught by black women.  From them she gained literacy and furthered her education with…

I have an autographed copy of this picture of Rosa Parks being booked for her act of courage of refusing a bus driver’s instructions to give up her seat to a white passenger.  She later said that her refusal was not because she was physically tired but because she was tired of giving in. Rosa…

Apple has made your privacy both one their areas of concentration and a marketing campaign.  They have developed a well-deserved reputation for protecting your data and personal information.  I want to go over just a few of the ways that Apple protects you.  Apple and Small Dog Electronics believe that privacy is a fundamental human…

  Apple’s latest Mac OS Catalina has a new feature called Sidecar that lets you add your iPad or iPhone as another display to your Mac.  I have always been fascinated by sidecar racing so this was a good excuse to use this picture.   I had a motorcycle with a sidecar that my bulldog,…

      Whenever I set up a new Mac I like to go through the system preferences to make sure everything is set up right.  The Keyboard system preference is perhaps the most important and most versatile.   First of all, I use a non-standard ergonomic keyboard – my current favorite is the Kinesis…

  Apple is close to regaining their status as a company with a trillion dollar market cap as they posted their best results for a June quarter ever.  In the process, they blew away the “street” but also demonstrated very forcefully that they are more than an iPhone company.   In fact, Apple iPhone sales…

  I am so used to using my Wallet and Apple Pay that it is my first choice for payment. When Grace and I were in Chicago a couple weeks ago we found that while hundreds were lined up at the fare machines to get a ticket for the Red Line to Addison we could…

  Your iPhone or iPad has a control center that can quickly give you access to some of your most frequently used features.  My control center screen is almost full as I have the usual stuff there like Airplane mode, Bluetooth, Music control but I have added things like hearing aid control, magnifier, QR code…

  As I use the new beta of Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina I do find myself restarting my Mac more than usual and as I try to troubleshoot problems I encounter there are some start-up key codes that are very useful.  Here’s a rundown of some of these.  When activating any of these special…

We have talked about Apple’s unique commitment to accessibility for all of their products but so far we have concentrated upon the main “hero” products (Mac, iPad, iPhone).  This week I will go over some of the accessibility features that are present ford the Apple Watch.  You may find some of these handy. The Apple…