Nerd Notes by jjmarcus

01/28/2020

Got wifi everywhere you need it? Here's a quick rundown of the latest networking options for your home.

Can you recommend a good whole-home mesh wireless system? The options for home networking have evolved so much in the last couple of years. There are now several powerful systems that are sooooper-…

11/07/2019

It’s worth getting to know the new fantastic multitasking gestures on the iPad. They make the whole experience more fluid.

With iPadOS, you can use Multitasking to work with two apps at the same time, answer emails while watching a video, switch apps using gestures, and more.

10/28/2019

If you find that most webpages load too small, try changing the Page Zoom in Safari > Settings.

10/15/2019

New in iOS 13: Find your gadgets even if they’re not online. Gotta like that!

(Side note: You may have noticed, but Find My Friends and Find My iPhone are now one app bizarrely called Find My.)

10/14/2019

The new macOS, 10.15 Catalina, is going to be full of good things, BUT for now, people who don’t need it or who aren’t sure about the ramifications should almost certainly *hold off*.

I’ll post details about why soon, but hit me up if you want to know whether you should do it. 

It’s fall again, so it is time to consider yet another new version of macOS. This year, it is macOS Catalina, named for a small island off the coast of California. Apple has pretty much dropp…

09/29/2019

Now that bugs are mostly squashed, iOS 13 is a superb update. Here are some of the biggest small things about it.

https://jjmarcus.wordpress.com/2019/09/28/favorite-bits-in-ios-13/

09/28/2019

We were at the State Fair from 11:30 AM to 9 PM, shooting pics and video and tracking each other's locations all day. The iPhone 11 Pro’s battery life was heroic. I put mine in Low Power Mode, but my wife opted not to and she still had charge in the morning. Then she only charged it for a short while and it is now at a nice comfortable percentage.

09/21/2019

Notes From the Tech Sherpa: New Tools, New Toys! -

NEW TOOLS, NEW TOYS! [Bit clumsy out of the gate] Wait to install the latest software on your iPhone or iPad. iOS and iPadOS 13.0 has proved to be a bit Buggy, so hold off until Apple releases 13.1, slated for September 24. I have been running the beta on my iPad and I’m real real impressed with...

07/29/2019

How to prepare for a repair -

Hello, friends! It has been many moons, but this important announcement from Apple was a fine inspiration to fire this newsletter back up, so I’ll get right to it…

07/19/2019

The people who make the best calendar app have made the best contacts app!

07/18/2019

Mac tip for watching videos: Right-click twice on a video to get the drop-down menu, then click Enter Picture-in-Picture. Way better YouTube experience!

In macOS Sierra, Apple took a page out of the ol' TV playbook by introducing Picture in Picture — a feature that lets you layer a persistent video atop your macOS workspace. Here's how you turn it on!