Summary: Allow personal devices only for approved work, through approved apps, and when the device meets your security requirements. Use company-owned devices for administration, sensitive work, or jobs that require large amounts of data to be stored locally. Employees often use personal devices for work before the business has made a decision about it. They add work email to a
Summary: Employees should use standard accounts for email, web browsing, and everyday work. Administrator access should be limited to approved IT tasks and protected with a separate account. Administrator access often starts with one request. An employee needs to install a printer, update a specialist program, or change a setting on their computer. Giving them administrator access gets the job
The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have a notch at the top of the screen that contains the Center Stage camera, camera indicator LED, and True Tone and ambient light sensors. Unfortunately, that notch obscures menu bar icons as they pile up. Utilities such as Bartender and Ice offered solutions, but in macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple provides a built-in
The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have a notch at the top of the screen that contains the Center Stage camera, camera indicator LED, and True Tone and ambient light sensors. Unfortunately, that notch obscures menu bar icons as they pile up. Utilities such as Bartender and Ice offered solutions, but in macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple provides a built-in
Has an older app stopped opening after you upgraded to macOS 27 Golden Gate? The missing piece may be Rosetta, Apple’s software that lets Intel-based apps run on Macs with Apple silicon. Even if you installed Rosetta years ago, Apple’s release notes say it isn’t automatically restored after the upgrade. Fortunately, macOS 27 still supports it. With your Mac connected
Has an older app stopped opening after you upgraded to macOS 27 Golden Gate? The missing piece may be Rosetta, Apple’s software that lets Intel-based apps run on Macs with Apple silicon. Even if you installed Rosetta years ago, Apple’s release notes say it isn’t automatically restored after the upgrade. Fortunately, macOS 27 still supports it. With your Mac connected
Want a quiet ringtone without making your kitchen timer easy to miss? In iOS 27, you can set alarm and timer volume separately from ringtone volume. By default, they’re still linked, so you’ll need to change a setting. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics, find Alarms and Timers, and turn off Match Ringtone Volume. Drag the slider below it
Want a quiet ringtone without making your kitchen timer easy to miss? In iOS 27, you can set alarm and timer volume separately from ringtone volume. By default, they’re still linked, so you’ll need to change a setting. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics, find Alarms and Timers, and turn off Match Ringtone Volume. Drag the slider below it
Quitting a Mac app doesn’t always stop everything it’s doing. Some apps leave background processes running to sync files, check for updates, or finish other work. In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple makes this activity more visible: you’ll see a notification the first time an app continues running after you quit, and hovering over its Dock icon reveals a Running
Quitting a Mac app doesn’t always stop everything it’s doing. Some apps leave background processes running to sync files, check for updates, or finish other work. In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple makes this activity more visible: you’ll see a notification the first time an app continues running after you quit, and hovering over its Dock icon reveals a Running