Monthly Mini-Bytes - January 2024

 

Introducing Lenny's Techy Bytes Our Mini-Bytes newsletter has passed ten years old, and we thought it was time to expand the Mini-Bytes multiverse of down-to-earth tech advice, industry analysis, and perspective to another format. Lenny's Techy Bytes is a YouTube channel where we will be posting 2 to 3 videos a week on all of the types of content that we have shared in the Mini-Bytes over the last decade. But who is Lenny? Leonard is my middle-name and Lenny is my online alter-ego. It would be great if you could stop by the YouTube page and subscribe to our channel. It would really help us out. Enjoy Lenny's Techy Bytes! To Visit our YouTube Channel: Lenny's Techy Bytes on YouTube Our website is: https://www.lennystechybytes.com/

Beware of Safari Notifications The constant notifications and the bings and the bongs, and the pop-ups, and the annoying little banners that infect our computers have made many of us numb to them. But the notifications from Safari can also be a bit dangerous. How? Websites ask if you want notifications. These notifications get added to your system notifications. Then those websites get compromised. You receive what looks like a system notification that says that you have a virus, trojan, or a bootleg copy of C.H.U.D. and it will send you down the rabbit hole until you are tricked into installing malware on your Mac. So, let's turn off those notifications. There is no business case I see where any of us need them, and they do more harm and annoyance than good. Let's begin: Open Safari. Go to the Safari drop-down menu. Choose Settings. Click the Website tab. Scroll down in the left-hand window and choose Notifications. In the right-hand window, delete all websites that asked for Notifications. Uncheck the box to Allow to Ask at the bottom of the window. One more stop! We need to go to Settings: In Settings choose Notifications. Look for Safari or any other web browsers. Select and turn off Notifications.

macOS Sonoma is Good to Go!

We have been getting a lot of questions about whether or not macOS Sonoma is ready, and yes it is. The operating system is good and the interface is almost identical to macOS Ventura. If you intend to update, just make sure that you have a backup before proceeding. And most importantly verify that your critical software can run in the new version of macOS. Some applications will not, so it's best to verify this before proceeding. To lean more about the feature of macOS Sonoma visit: https://www.apple.com/macos/sonoma/