There’s a new scam making the rounds that Mac users should know about. Fake websites, often designed to look like official Apple pages, are prompting users to open Script Editor directly from the browser with a pre-filled AppleScript. If you see this, don’t do it. Security researchers at Jamf Threat Labs documented an attack where
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Security, Tips + Tricks
We always recommend sticking with reputable brands when buying anything with a lithium-ion battery, including power banks, Bluetooth speakers, flashlights, power tools, and e-bikes. Here’s why it matters. In a 2025 study, industrial scanning company Lumafield CT-scanned over 1,000 lithium-ion battery cells from ten brands, ranging from trusted names like Samsung and Panasonic to low-cost
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Hardware, Tips + Tricks
Stop Retyping the Same Things Over and Over If you find yourself typing the same email address, phone number, or awkward phrase multiple times a day, text expansion is worth knowing about. It’s a simple feature built right into macOS, iOS, and iPadOS that lets you type a short shortcut and have it automatically expand
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How To, Productivity
The Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later models is more than just a shutter button. It’s a touch-sensitive surface that lets you adjust camera settings without ever tapping the screen, which is pretty handy once you get it dialed in. Here’s how it works: lightly press or swipe the Camera Control to access settings,
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How To, Productivity
If your team works remotely even part of the time, their home networks are part of your company’s security perimeter whether you planned for that or not. That router sitting in someone’s spare bedroom, the one their ISP installed three years ago and nobody has touched since, could be an open door into your business
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How To, Security
Good news if you’re a fan of Safari’s compact tab bar. The option, which saves vertical space by tucking the address bar into the current tab, disappeared in the early releases of macOS 26 Tahoe and iPadOS 26. Only Apple knows why it went missing (Liquid Glass?), but as of macOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4,
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