Mike Brogan Consulting

Here’s How to Stop Getting Paste Permission Requests

Here’s How to Stop Getting Paste Permission Requests - Mike Brogan Consulting In iOS 16, Apple tightened security by displaying a confirmation alert when you copy data from one app and paste it into another. More security isn’t bad, but these alerts can become annoying if you copy and paste frequently. In iOS 16.1, Apple added a setting to control the behavior for each app....

If Your Holiday Gift Was a Tech Device, It’s Time to Change the Password!

If Your Holiday Gift Was a Tech Device, It’s Time to Change the Password! - Mike Brogan Consulting Whatever consumer electronics product you can name, there’s probably a “smart” version that you configure via an app or Internet-connected interface once you’ve connected it to your Wi-Fi network. For ease of setup and to keep costs down, many such devices come pre-configured with not just a...

Apple Powers Mac mini and MacBook Pro with New M2 Chips, Releases New HomePod

Apple Powers Mac mini and MacBook Pro with New M2 Chips, Releases New HomePod - Mike Brogan Consulting With a handful of press releases buttressed by a 19-minute video, Apple pulled back the curtains on its new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips and announced updated Mac mini and MacBook Pro models that rely on the new chips. There are no significant design or feature changes with these updated models, just fas...

Upgrade Past macOS 10.15 Catalina to Keep Getting Microsoft Office Updates

Upgrade Past macOS 10.15 Catalina to Keep Getting Microsoft Office Updates - Mike Brogan Consulting We aren’t quite ready to recommend that everyone upgrade to macOS 13 Ventura, but if you use Microsoft Office with macOS 10.15 Catalina, you should start planning for an upgrade. Microsoft has announced that current versions of its productivity suite—Office for Mac 2019, Office for Mac 2021, and...