The Apple Lightning to USB3 Camera Adapter On Sale At Amazon
For those looking to connect a digital camera
For those looking to connect a digital camera
For MacBook users, Apple has released a small update (Feb 27, 2021) macOS. With the release of macOS Big Sur move to 11.2.2. Today’s post will review the updated details. Apple Releases macOS 11.2.2 Update
All software makers release updates. The updates improve performance, add features, or address vulnerabilities found in the software. You know if it is a major or a minor update based on the number of the version. In the case of macOS
11 – Version of operating system
2 – second major update of version
2 – first minor update to the 2nd major update
macOS users should be seeing a pop-up saying An update is available for your Mac or can go into System Preferences -> Software Update to trigger the update.
The information on 11.2.2 says it is to prevent MacBook Pro (2019 or later) and MacBook Air (2020 or later) laptops from being damaged by non-compliant 3rd party USB-C hubs and docks.
There are no other fixes included as part of 11.2.2.
This is a minor update for Apple, but this one is important for anyone who is using a USB-C dock or hub that did not come from Apple.
For MacBook users, Apple has released a small update to the operating system
Google has sent a notification to all users of Google Play Music. Former Google Play Music users have until February 24, 2021, to download their library/data. After that date, Google will be deleting all of the data from the Google servers.
Today’s post will cover what you need to do if you were a previous Google Play Music user.
For those not familiar with Google Play Music, it was a music and podcast streaming service and online music locker. The service was operated by Google as part of its Google Play line of services. The service announced on May 10, 2011; after a six-month, invitation-only beta period, was publicly launched on November 16, 2011. In August 2020, Google announced that the service would start gradually shutting down in September. It was replaced by YouTube Music and Google Podcasts in December 2020.
What the majority of the Google Play Music user base liked was that it was a simple player and podcast app. Google Play Music didn’t try to do too many things and it just worked. The service allowed users to upload their music collection so that they had their music easily available in one place.
On Saturday, February 6th, 2021, Google sent out an email notice to former users of the service reminding them that they have until February 23rd to download any data and the music in the user’s music library. Google’s statement,
So if you haven’t downloaded your data from Google Play Music, you have just over 2 weeks to do so.
To download your playlist, radio station info, music track info, and uploaded audio files, go to Google Takeout.  From the Google Takeout page, do the following
As soon as the selection is made, click on Create Export. Keep in mind, depending on how many files, and the size of the files, it may take a little while to get the download link or for the files to appear on one of the other services (if you selected one of the storage services as delivery method). Because of the time, it will take to get your data, you really should NOT WAIT to do the export.
Those of us who used Google Play Music miss the app, because it just worked. Unfortunately, YouTube Music which is what Google replaced Google Play Music with, tries to do too many things and doesn’t do any of them well.
That one seems to be a question that has come up alot recently from Mac owners who installed the popular anti-malware program but can’t seem to figure out the steps to remove it. Today’s post will cover the steps you need to take to Uninstall Malwarebytes on a Mac.
For starters, contrary to popular opinion Macs can also be susceptible to malware. These days most users get infected because of social engineering, where a user receives and clicks on a message with a link (email or iMessage) or is tricked into visiting a bogus site that downloads the malware. Malwarebytes is one of the go-to applications to check for malware on both Windows and Mac machines. Once installed, there could be a need to uninstall Malwarebytes, and that is where it gets interesting on a Mac.
On a Windows machine it’s easy to uninstall, just go to the control panel, programs, and features, highlight and uninstall. Mac systems have different ways to uninstall depending on the program, where you downloaded it from, the time of day, the temperature outside, and many other things no one seems to understand. In the case of Malwarebytes, if you need to uninstall, use the following steps.
I just wish Apple would have 1 procedure for uninstalling programs. That’s it.
For those out there who use Google services, your Monday just got more difficult. At the moment (7:20a ET),