Monthly Mini-Bytes - August 2020

New iMacs Finally Come Standard with Solid State Drives No longer do you have to necessarily custom configure your iMac! For years Apple has been resistant to put modern solid state drives as standard in their iMacs. They had the Fusion drives, but with the demands of modern 64-bit operating systems and the software that runs within, solid state drives are a must. Well, now iMacs come with SSDs standard. This means you can go down to the Apple Store (when it reopens) and pick up an iMac and not be saddled with an ancient SATA or Fusion drive. They do offer the Fusion as an upgrade option, but it hardly is, so don't choose it. It's SSD all the way! To learn more about the new iMacs visit: https://www.apple.com/imac/

Managing Screen Time With work-at-home and learn-at-home there are now more faces buried in screens than ever before. Add the non-work/school technological distractions and you can see how the vast majority of the waking day can be spent in front of a screen. This is not good, which is why Apple came up with a way to track your screen time with... Screen Time. To learn how to use Screen Time on a Mac visit: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210387 For an iPad or iPhone click here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982

What Mac to Buy for Learn-at-Home?

With some school districts delaying the return to the classroom, you may be wondering what the best choice is for a young student to use for their very own Mac for remote learning. The base $999 MacBook Air is an excellent option. It is affordable (for a Mac), easy to carry around, and has just enough performance to do the job. College students would need more power, but for younger kids through high school the base MacBook Air is an excellent choice. To learn more about the $999 MacBook Air visit: https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/