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Would you like to be a SuperAger? I sure would. Alas, we Baby Boomers do not yet qualify—one has to be over 80 years of age. The term SuperAger comes from Northwestern University’s SuperAging Research Project (https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/26/health/superager-secrets-good-memory-wellness/index.html). A SuperAger is a person whose brain physiologically is similar to someone’s who is 20-30 years younger. As…
Social media certainly has turned out to be a double edged sword. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc. are great ways to keep in touch with family and friends, learn new stuff, and be entertained. Yet, it has been weaponized by unscrupulous people who use it to spread disinformation, hateful messages, and discontent. Their purpose might be…
Sometimes, important details get lost or overlooked in a lengthy document. An antidote is to summarize critical information in a table. In this post, we’re going to demonstrate how to insert a table in a Pages document on your Mac laptop or desktop. Open a Pages document and peruse the menu at the top of…
So…have you created your social media will and discussed it with your family yet? “What is a social media will?” you ask. Simply put, a social media will leaves your executor instructions on what to do with your Facebook, Instagram, email, Apple/Microsoft, and other social media accounts after you die. You have choices. However, you…
If at first you don’t succeed… I really didn’t expect to spend multiple hours repairing my friend’s iPhone when it locked up, but that is what it took. The touchscreen display on the iPhone is convenient to use, but when it locks up you don’t have access to any of the phone’s features. My friend…
A quick perusal of the garden tells me when spring has arrived. A low-to-the-ground plant with speckled leaves and pink and blue flowers heralds the warming days after the spring equinox. Of course, this is Maine and if I lived fifty miles to the west, I could be enjoying a snowstorm tomorrow. Fortunately, I will…
If you happen to visit Washington, D.C. in the near future, be sure to stop in at the Whole Foods Store in the Glover Park neighborhood and experience Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” approach to grocery shopping. You scan your palm; the scan links to your Amazon account. As you put items into your grocery basket,…
Previous posts reviewed the steps for changing your password for Gmail and your other Google accounts on your computer and iPhone. Today we will look at the same process, but only on your iPad. The process on both the iPhone and iPad is nearly identical, though the screens look different. Last time, we mentioned how…