Recent articles in Apple (page 1 of 1)

1. Oct 8, 2023 Weird Mac networking glitch

   For months, I've been unable to get to the bottom of a networking issue that only seems to affect my newest Mac, an M2 MacBook Pro. Immediately after connecting to my home network, it is unable to connect to my Synology NAS server … until suddenly it is.

2. Mar 3, 2023 New Mac Day One Installs

   I just picked up a new MacBook Pro 14" for personal use. Here's what I've installed on my first day with it. In other words, these are my "essential items" for a comfortable macOS environment.

3. Apr 26, 2022 How to test for screen reader accessibility with VoiceOver on your Mac

   Every Mac has a screen reader built in, called VoiceOver. This article describes how you can use it to test the web application user interfaces you build!

4. Apr 24, 2022 Email apps on Mac, iPhone and iPad compared

   I love a good deep-dive into competing software, so with the time I saved recently on shopping for email hosts I decided to take a fresh look at email clients for my Apple-ecosystem devices. Strap in for some obsessive comparison-shopping!

5. May 27, 2012 Fix “format not supported by the iPad” error on transferring iTunes movie rentals

   In preparation for an upcoming long-haul flight today, I rented a couple of HD movies in iTunes on my Mac, and attempted to transfer them to my iPad (3rd generation). At first it seemed like an annoying error would prevent me from doing this, but I found a work-around and thought it was worth sharing.