MacBook Pro
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These beautiful wooden stands give your gadgets a different kind of upgrade
Read Essay →: These beautiful wooden stands give your gadgets a different kind of upgradeJealous of everyone around you upgrading to the new iPhone 11? Or the Apple Watch Series 5? Well, you can…
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Mac users: Do you know these important macOS privacy settings?
Read Essay →: Mac users: Do you know these important macOS privacy settings?I’ve been a Mac convert for many years now, and one of the big reasons I switched was due to…
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How to fix your sticky new MacBook butterfly keyboard
Read Essay →: How to fix your sticky new MacBook butterfly keyboardI’ve written a few times here at Cool Mom Tech about my love-hate relationship with the new MacBook, particularly the…
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The Apple product warranty you may not know about…but should
Read Essay →: The Apple product warranty you may not know about…but shouldTurns out the Apple One-Year Warranty is way more flexible than you might realize. Or as the store associate told…
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My love-hate relationship with the new MacBook Pro: A cautionary tale
Read Essay →: My love-hate relationship with the new MacBook Pro: A cautionary taleWhen I decided to upgrade to the new MacBook Pro at the end of last year (hello, tax write-off), I…
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How to make sure you have the right power adapter for your Mac laptop
Read Essay →: How to make sure you have the right power adapter for your Mac laptopI’m still making good use out of my trusty, late 2013 MacBook Pro, but what I’m not making good use…
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The quick and dirty on the new MacBook Pro
Read Essay →: The quick and dirty on the new MacBook ProToday at the Apple Event, the new MacBook Pro was revealed, and let’s just say we are all trying to find ways…
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A smart little MacBook cable organizer for those of us familiar with the term, cord spaghetti.
Read Essay →: A smart little MacBook cable organizer for those of us familiar with the term, cord spaghetti.Hi, nice to meet you. I’m one of those people whose cord always somehow slips off my laptop adapter in my…
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SelfControl app: For those of us who need a major work distraction intervention
Read Essay →: SelfControl app: For those of us who need a major work distraction interventionAs someone who works on the computer all day, I’ve got my various methods for keeping distractions at bay, aka…
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Skip Tunes: Give music control over to your computer (but not in a creepy HAL 9000 way)
Read Essay →: Skip Tunes: Give music control over to your computer (but not in a creepy HAL 9000 way)It’s very #firstworldproblems, true, but it’s a tad annoying to click away from your work and log into a new…
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Smarten up your workspace with 2 great new laptop stands for MacBooks
Read Essay →: Smarten up your workspace with 2 great new laptop stands for MacBooksAll the typing I do during the day has really built up tension in my arms, and probably other parts…
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Tech productivity tip: How to temporarily disable iMessage on your iPhone, iPad, or MacBook
Read Essay →: Tech productivity tip: How to temporarily disable iMessage on your iPhone, iPad, or MacBookIf you’re like me, you pretty much can’t live without iMessage. And now that you can sync it between your iPhone…
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Juiceboxx: For your MacBook, not your lunch box
Read Essay →: Juiceboxx: For your MacBook, not your lunch boxBack in the day — which is, like, basically five years ago — we had to settle for standard-issue grey,…
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Kidecals: Type the rainbow
Read Essay →: Kidecals: Type the rainbowMuch to my children’s delight, my new Macbook meant transferring ownership of the old one. As in the embarrassing old…
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A Nifty mini storage drive that really is
Read Essay →: A Nifty mini storage drive that really isLike a lot of you, I feel like I live in my laptop. But that means I’ve got more than 5,000 pictures…
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Apple launches The iPad Air, iPad Mini, Mac Pro Desktop and more. Are they good for families?
Read Essay →: Apple launches The iPad Air, iPad Mini, Mac Pro Desktop and more. Are they good for families?Yesterday, Apple announced its newest gadgets, and of course we were watching closely–as anyone who follows Cool Mom Tech on…
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Using keyboard decals to refurbish your Mac keyboard. Or uh, mine.
Read Essay →: Using keyboard decals to refurbish your Mac keyboard. Or uh, mine.Behold, my actual MacBook Pro keyboard! Most see it and think whoa–she really abuses that S, L, C, and is that…
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Piquing our geek: Sweet wood Mac?
Read Essay →: Piquing our geek: Sweet wood Mac?The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree with this natural wood keyboard for your Mac. Wood you try it?…