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Stacey Butler

Stacey is a senior staff writer at GeeksModo and has been writing about Apple for nearly a decade. She covers all things Apple for GeeksModo, including iPhones, iPads and Mac. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Stacey is often found hiking precarious landscapes or tinkering with a camera.

Stacey Butler's Articles

iPhone 17, all five colors: black, white, sage, mist blue, lavender

How Thieves Steal iPhone Passcodes, and How to Stop Them

by Stacey Butler
A 4K video from across a room is enough to capture a passcode being typed.
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MacBook Air in midnight displaying a wallpaper.  

How Gatekeeper Decides Which Mac Apps Can Run

by Stacey Butler
Gatekeeper checks Apple’s revocation list every single time an app launches.
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MacBook Air, the 24-inch iMac, and the 14-inch MacBook Pro.  

How the Mac Keychain Works, and How to Lock It

by Stacey Butler
Turning on your Mac can be enough to unlock every password you have saved.
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AirTag, circular shape, white color ring around outer edge, front exterior, reflective silver color material, Apple logo, centered, back exterior, white color  

“AirTag Found Moving With You”: What It Means and What to Do

by Stacey Butler
The alert names the owner, which is often the whole explanation.
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macOS 27 next to MacBook Pro Running macOS 27 Golden Gate

The Complete Guide to macOS 27 Golden Gate

by Stacey Butler
A Mac on Big Sur can skip straight to macOS 27 without the versions between.
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MacBook Air in midnight displaying a wallpaper.  

Who Needs Stronger Security Than Most People

by Stacey Butler
Sharing a Mac with a less careful family member raises your own risk.
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iPhone, Find My app, People screen, city map, list of friends, their location and distance available  

How to Check Whether Someone Is Tracking You

by Stacey Butler
Find My lists everyone who can see you, and it is worth reading.
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Find My app on macOS, iPadOS, iOS, watchOS, AirPods and AirTag,

How to Get Find My Alerts When Someone Arrives or Leaves

by Stacey Butler
The radius can be anything from 300 feet to 150 miles across.
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macOS 27 next to MacBook Pro Running macOS 27 Golden Gate

What Changed in macOS Since Monterey

by Stacey Butler
System Preferences became System Settings in Ventura, and moved everything.
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iPhone 18 Pro in glacier is paired with the Clear Case.

How to Download the macOS 27 Installer

by Stacey Butler
The installer is not in the Mac App Store, and Apple does not publicise a link.
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