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Apple Didn’t Solve Our Horrible Gadget-Charging Mess and Nobody Else Has, Either
/in Microblog/by Dan WassinkI love these videos from Joanna Stern. They are both informative and entertaining.
From the Wall Street Journal
New Tutorial: Tutor for macOS Mojave now available!
/in Latest Tutorials, Microblog, Social Share/by Dan WassinkI’m happy to announce that my latest tutorial is now available. This tutorial covers a lot and is several hours long, but don’t worry, it’s cut up into over 80 bite size lessons. This tutorial covers a lost and is several hours long, but don’t worry, it’s cut up into over 80 bite size lessons. I also grouped these lessons into several sections including Getting Started with the Mac, Working with the Menu Bar, Working with the Dock, What’s new in Mojave, Troubleshooting, and more. There’s a lot of information packed in this tutorial. I’ve also included a few free previews for you!
If you are new to the Mac or want to learn more about the Mac, take a look at my Tutor for macOS Mojave.
A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ – The New York Times
/in Microblog/by Dan WassinkInteresting. It’d be pretty tough to introduce manufacturing back into the US. It’s nice that Apple tried, but the economics of it all makes it not very plausible.
A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’ – The New York Times:
Free Lesson: Using Hot Corners in macOS Mojave
/in Microblog, News from Noteboom, Social Share/by Dan WassinkIn this free lesson for my upcoming Tutor for macOS Mojave, I look at how to use Hot Corners on the Mac. With Hot Corners, we can set our Mac to show the desktop or show all the open windows for an application just by moving the cursor to the corner of your display. There are other options available to including opening Mission Control, opening Launchpad, Locking the screen, and more. Hot Corners is a feature I use on a daily basis and is one of my favorite macOS features.
This is a free lesson from my upcoming tutorial on macOS Mojave. I hope to have all the videos recorded this week for this all new tutorial. Look for it soon!
Free Lesson: Copying, Moving, and Grouping Files in macOS Mojave
/in Microblog, News from Noteboom, Social Share/by Dan WassinkIn this free lesson for my upcoming Tutor for macOS Mojave, I look at how you move files from one folder to another by dragging and dropping, how you copy files from one folder to another by using the Option key, and how you copy files to an external drive. I also look at how you can group a selected group of files into a new folder on the Mac.
This is a free lesson from my upcoming tutorial on macOS Mojave. Look for it soon!
Free Lesson: Working with Documents and Folder in the Dock with macOS Mojave
/in Microblog, News from Noteboom, Social Share/by Dan WassinkIn this free lesson for my upcoming Tutor for macOS Mojave, I look at how the Dock works with documents and folders in macOS Mojave. This includes how to change the folder icon when placed in the dock, the view of the contents of the folder while in the dock, and how to change the sort order of the contents of the folder when in the dock in macOS Mojave.
Tutor for Books for the Mac – Mac, iPad, and iPhone Tutorials
/in Microblog, News from Noteboom, Social Share/by Dan WassinkI’m happy to announce that my latest tutorial, Tutor for Books for the Mac, is now available online and for download.
Tutor for Books for the Mac – Mac, iPad, and iPhone Tutorials:
Jony Ive interview: Apple design guru on how he created the new iPad – and the philosophy behind it | The Independent
/in Microblog/by Dan WassinkJony Ive interview: Apple design guru on how he created the new iPad – and the philosophy behind it | The Independent:
Tutor for Books for the iPhone – Mac, iPad, and iPhone Tutorials
/in Latest Tutorials, Microblog, Social Share/by Dan WassinkI’m happy to announce I have a new tutorial available for the redesigned Books app on the iPhone.
Tutor for Books for the iPhone – Mac, iPad, and iPhone Tutorials:
Apple’s Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines – The New York Times
/in Microblog/by Dan WassinkApple’s Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines – The New York Times: