Despite setting up iMessage properly, some users occasionally encounter a “Waiting for Activation” error either upon updating to a new version of iOS or getting a new device. It’s a pretty annoying error since so much dialog is reliant on messaging these days, so we’ll run through a series of troubleshooting tips to fix the … Read More

The easiest way to save a picture from Facebook on an iPhone or iPad is to: Open the image you want to save, then tap and hold on that image and select “Save Photo” Now look in the Photos app to find your saved picture. Easy right? Before Facebook had the Save Photo feature, you … Read More

A fair amount of Mac users have encountered long lasting Wi-Fi connection issues, whether it’s a dropping connection, a refusal to reconnect after waking from sleep, or any other number of oddities pertaining to wireless networking. Often these connection problems can be resolved with renewing a DHCP lease and changing the MTU size, but sometimes … Read More

You’ve plugged an iPhone into a computer, and nothing happens. You look in iTunes, and the iPhone, iPod, or iPad isn’t there. Great, now what? What in the heck is going on? Don’t worry, there are usually a few simple solutions that will resolve the problem, try these tricks first in any whatever order works … Read More

Keeping software up to date is one of the top maintenance tips for Macs, but sometimes those Software Update notifications can be just plain annoying. Whether you’re just trying to focus on work, or the update that’s bugging you is irrelevant to your needs, here is every possible way you can stop software updating from … Read More

Most of us geekier folks instantly know if our iPhones are CDMA or GSM models, but not everyone pays as much attention to the largely insignificant technical details of their phones. Not to worry, it’s extremely easy to find out if an iPhone is GSM or CDMA, all you need to do is look at … Read More

If you’ve ever had to track down a particular plist file for an app you know how frustrating the process can be. Though preference files are usually named in a logical manner, that’s not always the case, and regardless the prefix of com.(developer).(application) is not always the easiest to navigate through. One method is to … Read More

Mac running out of disk space? If you’ve ever received that dreaded “disk full” message when using a Mac, you know it can be pretty frustrating to try and free up disk space quickly so you can get back to work. But it’s actually not too hard, and there are a few quick and easy … Read More

The Help menu that’s always visible in OS X and OS X apps is far more powerful than just serving as a knowledge base for questions about the app in use, it can also function as a full-fledged action launcher for any menu items. This is useful for when you’re either still learning keyboard shortcuts, … Read More

It’s a fact of modern life: Macs can run slowly for seemingly no reason, but chances are there is a reason the Mac is running so poorly and we’ll cover the most common reasons, how to know if each reason is causing the slow down, and most importantly, how to fix it. If your Mac … Read More