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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Saturday, February 5, 2022.
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to use iPhone and iPad apps on your Mac
• How to avoid sky-high ATM fees
• How to forward a text message you received to someone else
• Q&A: Why is house wiring made out of copper when aluminum is a lot cheaper?
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Today’s Quick Tip….
How to use iPhone and iPad apps on your Mac
Do you have some favorite apps on your iPhone or iPad that you’d love to run on your Mac?
Well, if you have a newer Mac with an Apple Silicon CPU and it’s running macOS Monterey 12, you probably can.
Thanks to the latest Mac updates your newer Mac can easily run any mobile apps that you own that are compatible with Apple Silicon. Just open up the App Store on your Mac and you’ll see the compatible apps in your list of purchased apps.
This page from the App Store User Guide has all all the info you need to get started running mobile apps on your compatible Mac. Just click the Table of Contents link.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips…
• How to forward a text message you received to someone else
Every now and then we receive text messages that were intended for someone else. This post explains how to forward a message you received by mistake to the correct recipient.
• How to avoid sky-high ATM fees
Do you end up paying a big fee every time you use your debit card to withdraw money from another bank’s ATM? If so, here’s a simple way to avoid those fees.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Q&A: Why is house wiring made out of copper when aluminum is a lot cheaper?
A reader wants to know why copper wires are used to wire houses when aluminum wires would be a lot cheaper. This post has the answer.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Apple Music free trial period drops to one month
• Wall Street Journal owner News Corp suffers cyberattack
• Opinion: Apple’s fallback to iMessage is still SMS, and in 2022 it can do better.
• Microsoft to test new experimental Windows 11 features
• The Pixel 6’s Magic Eraser tool is causing the Google Photos app to crash
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