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How to Control Fan Speed on Apple Silicon Mac & MacBook Pro

Jul 16, 2025 - 1 Comment

While MacOS automatically manages the cooling fans on your Mac, there are some particular situations where MacOS is not necessarily the most efficient. Advanced users might find it advantageous to manually control the fan speed of your Apple Silicon Mac, particularly on a MacBook Pro (remember, the newest MacBook Air models do not include a … Read More

Manage Cluttered Mac Menu Bar Icons with Hidden Bar

Jul 14, 2025 - 3 Comments

Many modern Mac users have various apps that utilize menu bar items, whether for reminders, sports scores, a clipboard manager, watching system stats, or anything else. While menu bar items are super useful, a problem that can happen (especially with modern Mac laptops with the annoying Notch design) rather quickly is the menu bar being … Read More

How to Fix Wi-Fi Dropping in MacOS Sequoia & Tahoe

Jul 11, 2025 - 9 Comments
MacOS Sequoia can randomly drop wi-fi connections or disconect from a wireless network

Some Mac users who are running the latest versions of MacOS Sequoia and/or MacOS Tahoe beta have discovered an annoying issue where wi-fi spontaneously drops and the Macs internet connection is no longer available. The wi-fi dropping problem seems completely random, and there is rarely a cause or specific reason for the wireless internet connection … Read More

Contacts App Missing All Contacts on Mac? Here’s the Fix

Jul 10, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Contacts missing and an empty contacts list on Mac is stressful but easy to fix

Some Mac users have reported that the Contacts app is randomly missing all of their contacts, and the entire address book is suddenly blank on their Mac. This is obviously alarming, but the good news is that if this happens to you, it’s usually a pretty simple fix and your contact list and address book … Read More

See Sports Scores in the Mac Menu Bar with MenuScores

Jul 9, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Menuscores puts sports and games scores in your Mac menu bar

Sports fans might appreciate a neat little free Mac app called MenuScores, which places a game of your choice in the menu bar, which you can use to keep track of scores or game start times with a quick glance. It’s that simple, no frills, nothing overengineered or fancy, just sports scores in your Mac … Read More

Copy Files from MacOS to Mac Virtual Machine in UTM Easily with File Sharing

Jul 8, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Copy a file from the local Mac to the Mac virtual machine with FIle Sharing

If you use UTM virtual machines of MacOS on your Mac, let’s say to test out a beta version of system software (like MacOS Tahoe beta), you might be wondering how to copy files from the local host Mac, to the virtualized MacOS installation running in the virtual machine (in this case, with UTM). While … Read More

iPhone Tips for July 4th: Take Amazing Fireworks Photos & Videos

Jul 3, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iPhone tips for July 4 fireworks

If you’re heading out to watch fireworks this July 4th, you might want to capture the moments with some great photos or videos of fireworks. With just a few simple tips, you’ll be snapping great fireworks photos and smooth videos with just your trusty iPhone.

How to Run MacOS Tahoe 26 Beta in a UTM Virtual Machine

Jul 2, 2025 - 2 Comments
MacOS Tahoe beta VM in UTM

There are a variety of different ways to run MacOS Tahoe 26 beta, including installing it as an upgrade to an existing MacOS installation (which is not recommended for most people, by the way), but by far the safest and perhaps simplest way is to use a virtual machine. Virtual Machines (VM) offer isolated virtualized … Read More

How to Install iPadOS 26 Beta on iPad

Jun 30, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iPadOS 26

iPadOS 26 offers a compelling set of features for iPad users that they have long asked for, including Mac-like windowing, improved multitasking capabilities, an improved Files app, the inclusion of Preview app, Phone app, plus all the popular iOS 26 features like the new Liquid Glass interface appearance, a redesigned Lock Screen, wallpapers in Messages, … Read More

Create a MacOS Tahoe 26 Beta VM with Three Commands in Terminal Using tart

Jun 25, 2025 - 1 Comment
MacOS Tahoe 26 beta running in a tart virtual machine

Advanced Mac users who are savvy with the command line can rapdly build a MacOS Tahoe 26 beta virtual machine by issuing a few commands into the Terminal, with the help of tart. tart is a command line tool for managing virtual machines, and it’s one of the absolute fastest ways to get a virtual … Read More

How to Create a Bootable macOS Tahoe 26 Beta USB Installer Drive

Jun 24, 2025 - 2 Comments
Creating a bootable MacOS Tahoe install drive for Mac

Creating a bootable macOS Tahoe installer USB is a handy way to perform clean installs, upgrade multiple Macs without redownloading, or keep a trusted recovery disk at your fingertips. Making a bootable Tahoe installer has a few requirements, but if you’ve got a spare flash USB drive, and don’t mind using the Terminal app, you’ll … Read More

Can You Use New AirPods Pro 2 on Older iPhone or iPad?

Jun 20, 2025 - Leave a Comment
AirPods Pro

If you’ve recently acquired some new AirPods or AirPods Pro, you might be in a situation where you’re wondering if the latest models of AirPods work with an older iPhone or iPad. This is a very important question, since many people will be in a situation where they themselves either buy new AirPods or gift … Read More

How to Fix the MacOS Tahoe Beta Virtual Machine “software update is required” Error

Jun 18, 2025 - 2 Comments
Software Update required for installing macOS Tahoe in a virtual machine but the update fails

If you have attempted to install MacOS Tahoe beta into a virtual machine by using the Tahoe installer or IPSW file, you might run into a looping failure where you’ll see a request to install a software update, to which you may attempt to install the update but it fails, followed by an “Installation failed. … Read More

iPadOS 26 Compatible Device List: Does My iPad Support iPadOS 26?

Jun 18, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iPadOS 26 features

iPadOS 26 has been announced, and it offers some of the most significant changes to iPadOS in a while. With a huge emphasis on improving multitasking capabilities, iPadOS 26 introduces a windowing system, a menu bar, window tiling, Expose, and you can now place files and folders in the Dock too. But that’s not all, … Read More

How to Install MacOS Tahoe 26 Beta Right Now

Jun 17, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to install MacOS Tahoe 26 beta

MacOS Tahoe 26 features the all new Liquid Glass interface, brings the Phone app to the Mac, big Spotlight changes with actions, new Apple Intelligence features, a new Games app, backgrounds are added to Messages for the WhatsApp fans, Live Activities from iPhone, and much more. With so many new features combined with a significant … Read More

iOS 26 Supported iPhone List: Will Your iPhone Run iOS 26?

Jun 16, 2025 - 3 Comments
iOS 26 compatible iPhone list

iOS 26 is out, with it’s all new shiny Liquid Glass interface, and new features like backgrounds and polling in Messages app, improvements to Apple Intelligence, Live Translation in FaceTime, Phone, and Messages, CarPlay improvements, enhancements to the Phone app, a new Games app, and more. It’s no wonder there’s so much interest in iOS … Read More

MacOS Tahoe 26 Compatible Mac List & System Requirements

Jun 13, 2025 - 2 Comments
MacOS Tahoe 26 compatible Mac list

MacOS Tahoe 26 is here, and right from the start you can see the difference with the all new Liquid Glass interface appearance and styling, with it’s heavy use of translucency, shiny icons and buttons, and all around revamped appearance. Of course MacOS Tahoe is much more than skin deep though, and there’s many new … Read More

How to Install iOS 26 Beta on iPhone Right Now

Jun 12, 2025 - Leave a Comment
How to install iOS 26 beta

iOS 26 for iPhone and iPadOS 26 for iPad has been announced by Apple, and the first beta versions are available to users partcipating in the developer beta programs. With the beta for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, users can get an early look at the nifty shiny new Liquid Glass interface and it’s redesigned … Read More

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