Best USB-C hubs and adapters for Mac 2023
USB-C is a newish standard of USB that allows transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps, as opposed to the current 5Gbps rate available with the…
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Excel Everest, just $99 for life, can turn anyone into an Excel pro
No matter what industry you work in, chances are high that you need to know Microsoft Excel. The software, however, isn’t exactly easy to use.…
Twitter Adds ‘View Counts’ for Tweets
If flop sweat could be manifested in a user interface idea, this is it. (Interesting thread here from former Twitter employee Paul Stamatiou on why…
LastPass Admits Hackers Stole Customers’ Password Vaults
Zack Whittaker, reporting for TechCrunch: In an updated blog post on its disclosure, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba said the intruders took a copy of a…
PCalc Turns 30
James Thomson: PCalc actually started out in 1992 as a design for a central heating control panel.  ★ This post was originally published on this…
App anniversaries and HomeKit challenges (6C Podcast)
The 30th birthday of PCalc makes us consider how long-lived tech products must constantly change and adapt, Dan is forced to power cycle a Caseta…
If you’re seeing horizontal lines when your iPhone 14 turns on, a fix may be on the way
Nothing tempers the joy of a new iPhone more than a noticeable bug or defect. That seems to be the case for an increasing number…
(Podcast) Connected 42-9: Lucy’s Football Factory
Speaking of James Thomson, he and John Voorhees and I celebrate the holidays with our annual gift exchange, and then it’s time to make predictions…
PCalc turns 30 ↦
My friend James Thomson is celebrating the 30th anniversary of PCalc, his calculator app: The built-in Mac OS calculator of the day was a very…
2023 is shaping to be Apple’s biggest year yet–literally (Macworld/Jason Snell)
We’ve reached the end of the year, and just like last year that means it’s time for me to look ahead at what’s coming for…
Three surprise Apple products that could arrive early in 2023
As a new year rolls around, there are plenty of stalwart devices that we know we’ll see in 2023—new iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches…
How to manage a Photos Library for two Macs
If you have two or more Macs you use regularly, it might be tempting to consider sharing your Photos Library among them. iCloud Photos is…