Glenn Fleishman

How to stop Safari’s smooth scrolling using the arrow keys

Jeff Johnson is the hero behind StopTheMadness, Link Unshortener, and other must-have browser and social-media utilities that let you override and defeat websites’ attempts to hijack control of your cursors, mouse, and Control-click. (I gave…

Cómo cambiar el ID de Apple de tu hijo o hija y convertir una cuenta de adulto en infantil

No nos engañemos: es posible que mucha gente haya creado una cuenta de ID de Apple para sus hijos e hijas y, por comodidad, lo haya hecho como cuenta de adulto, saltándose las normas de Apple sobre la edad infantil que dicen que debe utilizarse para…

How to change your kid’s adult Apple ID account to a child account

Let’s face it: a lot of people may have created Apple IDs for their kids for convenience while skirting Apple’s rules about the age at which an account can be created. That’s 13 in the U.S. and many countries, unless you use the option within Apple’s…

How Comics Got Their Color

A four-page spread I wrote for The Nib is now available on its website! I explained in words and images how newspaper cartoonists marked color up on their comics for engravers in the printing plant to apply color through a very complicated process in…

How to pay with a credit or debit card from your Mac (and when you can’t)

It was decades ago when you could first pay for items online using a credit card; debit card payments followed. The security of such payments was often iffy in the commercial internet’s early years. Database breaches of unsecured information made for…

¿No funciona el trackpad de tu MacBook? Prueba a ajustar su sensibilidad

Hace varios años, Apple terminó de implementar un trackpad de “estado sólido” en lugar del mecánico que había utilizado desde 1995. Este nuevo tipo de trackpad apareció por primera vez como parte del efímero MacBook de 12 pulgadas de 2015. En lugar…

Cómo desbloquear tu Mac con la clave de recuperación y FileVault activo

Tabla de contenidos Recuperar a través de la ventana de inicio de sesiónRecuperación mediante macOS Recovery Como muchos ya sabrán, FileVault fortalece macOS añadiendo una capa de protección extra al proceso de inicio de sesión, y a la parte de…

How to determine if an app can be used by members of an iCloud Family Sharing group

If you’re in a Family Sharing group, you may already have discovered that you can typically use apps other people have already purchased within your group as well as subscriptions they’ve paid for. See “How to share subscriptions in the App Store…

Cómo corregir direcciones con errores en Apple Mapas

Tabla de contenidos Cómo corregir direcciones desde un iPhone o iPadCómo corregir la ubicación desde un Mac Ningún mapa es perfecto, ya que todos pueden tener errores. A los propietarios de negocios, les preocupa que un mapa digital moderno, como…

How to provide a new profile photo and name to others in iMessage

When you receive an iMessage from an unknown party, how does Messages identify that person for you if they’re not already in your contacts? Apple has a backchannel in its proprietary multimedia texting system that transmits your name and image to the…

Cómo desbloquear los dispositivos Apple de una persona fallecida sin Legado Digital

Pasos a dar para solicitar el acceso a la información o eliminar el bloqueo de los dispositivos Imagen: Foundry En los últimos años, especialmente debido a la pandemia, hemos sufrido fallecimientos inesperados de familiares, amigos y personas…

AirTag in the News: NYPD Recommends, Apple and Google Propose Industry Tracking Standard

The New York Police Department produced a video to accompany a recent announcement: stick an AirTag in your car to help with recovery in the event of theft. In conjunction with the NYPD’s announcement, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said a nonprofit…

Cómo configurar llaves hardware de seguridad con tu Apple ID

Tabla de contenidos Por qué deberías usar una llave hardware de seguridadCómo funcionan un par de llavesRegistra tu Apple ID con llaves hardware de seguridadCómo configurar una llave de seguridad y asociarla a tu Apple ID (macOS)Cómo configurar una…

#1658: Rapid Security Responses, NYPD and industry standard AirTag news, Apple’s Q2 2023 financials

Apple has released its first Rapid Security Responses, updates to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS meant to address security vulnerabilities more quickly than would be possible with full updates. Adam Engst explains what’s involved and why you can install them…

How to unlock a deceased person’s remaining devices without Legacy Access

The last few years have seen highly elevated levels of unexpected deaths of those around us. Preparations people might once have made as they aged or contracted a disease that took some time to strike the fatal blow are gone in a moment. Survivors…

¿Debería cambiar la batería de mi MacBook, o bien, pagar a Apple para que lo haga?

Las baterías de iones de litio tienen unas propiedades fabulosas que han causado una revolución en todo tipo de aparatos, desde pequeñas linternas, hasta los actuales vehículos eléctricos. No obstante, debes tomarte en serio cualquier fallo que…

How to disable Autoplay in Apple Music to stop more songs from playing

If you have a subscription to Apple Music, you surely noticed that you have an infinite playlist. As soon as you no longer have items queued for playback, the Music app on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac starts up with an algorithmically selected set of…

MacBook trackpad not dragging? Try adjusting its sensitivity

Several years ago, Apple finished deploying a “solid-state” trackpad in place of the mechanical kind it had used starting in 1995. This new kind of trackpad first appeared as part of the short-lived 2015 12-inch MacBook. Instead of having internal…

Man Saved Comics!

The event last weekend at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum went fantastically. First, I was able to visit and get a tour from the co-curators of the “Man Saves Comics!” exhibition, Caitlin McGurk and Ann Lennon. Really tremendous. They…

Can a child disable Find My tracking on a device you gave them?

Apple’s Family Sharing lets people connected in that group choose to share their locations with each other and that of their devices. This can be useful to parents: not only does it help them figure out where their errant child is if said child…