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How to Fix iMessage Not Syncing Between a Mac & iPhone / iPad

Aug 9, 2012 - 50 Comments
iMessage settings on iPhone

As you probably noticed when configuring iMessage on a Mac, you use an Apple ID during the set up process. This allows iMessage to sync all messages between any Macs and any iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad you may have using that same Apple ID, allowing all Messages app conversations to sync and be the … Read More

How to Access iCloud Documents From the Mac OS X Finder of OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks

Aug 9, 2012 - 17 Comments

Since OS X 10.7.2 onward, you can access files stored in iCloud directly from the OS X Finder. Furthermore, if you have multiple Macs configured with iCloud and running Lion or Mountain Lion, you can actually use this hidden folder to sync files between Macs with iCloud, much like DropBox. With OS X and iOS … Read More

How to Quickly Access Wi-Fi Diagnostics Tool in Mac OS X

Aug 9, 2012 - 6 Comments
Wi-Fi Diagnostics quick access from the OS X menu bar

We have discussed the powerful new Wi-Fi Scanner tool in OS X but it turns out there’s a much easier way to access the Wi-Fi Diagnostics app than to dig around in /System/Library/CoreServices/ and make a Dock or LaunchPad alias. Instead, you can quickly launch the excellent wi-fi diagnostics app on a Mac at any … Read More

How to Use a 24 Hour Clock on iPhone & iPad

Aug 8, 2012 - 6 Comments
Show the Military Time as 24 Hour Clock in iOS

The iPhone and iPad default to use a 12 hour clock in the USA and Canada, but you can easily switch to 24 hour time (often called Military time) through a quick settings adjustment in iOS. The 24 hour clock can be desirable for many users, and even outside of military time it’s used widely … Read More

Change the iPhone Simulator to 640×1136 Resolution

Aug 8, 2012 - 4 Comments
Modifying the iPhone simulator resolution

With rumors and some new evidence suggesting the new iPhone display will have a 640×1136 screen resolution, developers and designers may find it interesting to alter the iOS Simulator to accomodate such a resolution. This can be done fairly easily by adding a basic text file to a directory, and then altering a plist file … Read More

Test Password Strength & Generate Strong Passwords in Mac OS X

Aug 8, 2012 - 6 Comments
Test Password Strength & Generate Secure Passwords in Mac OS X

Mac OS X includes a great built-in utility that helps you test existing password strength, and also generate new strong passwords. If you’re wondering if your password is secure this is a great safe way to test the quality of it, and it’s also a safe way to create new strong passwords that you know … Read More

Change the Default Font of Notes App in Mac OS X

Aug 8, 2012 - 14 Comments
Change the Default Font of Notes app in Mac OS X

The new Notes app in OS X features a default font that is kind of hard to read and looks a bit goofy, nearly like Comic Sans. If you want a more professional looking font that’s easier on the eyes, you can easily switch the default font from “Noteworthy” to the always classic Helvetica, or … Read More

New iPad TV Commercial: “All On iPad”

Aug 8, 2012 - 5 Comments
New iPad commercial "All On iPad"

Apple is airing a new iPad commercial titled “All On iPad”. As with previous iPad commercials, the advertisement focuses on what can be done with an iPad, and demonstrates a variety of actions and apps in use. The video is embedded below, and the text of the commercial is as follows: Read it Tweet it … Read More

How to Edit the Hosts File in Mac OS X with Terminal

Aug 7, 2012 - 51 Comments
Terminal in macOS

Need to edit or modify the hosts file on a Mac? This guide will show you exactly how to edit the hosts file in Mac OS. You’ll find hosts in Mac OS X is stored at /private/etc/hosts but it can also be accessed at the more traditional location of /etc/hosts. That said, if you’re looking … Read More

New iPhone’s Bigger Screen to Have 5th Row of Homescreen Icons?

Aug 7, 2012 - 3 Comments
iPhone 5 rendered image

The next iPhone has been said to have a larger 4″ display for some time now, but new evidence from 9to5mac possibly confirms longstanding speculation on how that extra 0.5″ of display space may be used with the device. Rather than increasing the size of icons or adding a widget area, it appears as though … Read More

This Is What 100 Brand New MacBook Pro’s Look Like

Aug 7, 2012 - 7 Comments
100 MacBook Pro's from Kent College

Ever wondered what it would look like if you ordered 100 MacBook Pro’s? Now you know. These neatly arranged boxes aren’t from the living room of some eccentric Howard Hughes-esque Mac fan though, they’re Kent College’s fresh batch of MacBooks for the incoming student cohort this Fall. Each new student there gets a 13″ MacBook … Read More

Get Crash Reports & Logs From iPhone or iPad Without Xcode

Aug 7, 2012 - 4 Comments
iOS Crash Log

Whether you’re troubleshooting app crashes, beta testing an app, or you just want to help an iOS developer out after you’ve discovered a particular bug, you can retrieve crash reports from any app on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch device once it has been synced to a computer. Finding crash report data for iOS … Read More

Disable Notification Center & Remove the Menu Bar Icon in Mac OS X

Aug 6, 2012 - 68 Comments
Disable Notification Center and remove the icon from the menu bar in Mac OS X

Notification Center is a great addition to Mac OS X but not everyone likes it, sometimes just muting the alert sounds and turning banners and alert pop-ups off per-app is just not enough, and you may want to disable the entire notification system completely. Furthermore, if you don’t use Notifications on the Mac then you … Read More

iOS 6 Beta 4 Available for Developers to Download

Aug 6, 2012 - 1 Comment
iOS 6 beta 4

iOS 6 beta 4 has been released for developers, the update comes as build 10A5376e and is available for all iOS 6 compatible hardware. Registered developers can download the beta update through Over The Air, or login to the Apple Dev Center and get the IPSW directly from there. Alongside the fourth beta of iOS … Read More

NASA Used Tons of Macs & iPads for Mars Curiosity Landing

Aug 6, 2012 - 25 Comments
Mars Curiosity rover

Any Mac fan watching the Mars Curiosity landing last night probably noticed the abundance of glowing Apple logos on the desks of NASA engineers and scientists. Exactly how all the Macs participated in managing Curiosity from millions of miles away is unknown, but the overwhelming presence of MacBook Pro’s should tell you they played an … Read More

Open Notification Center with a Keyboard Shortcut in Mac OS X

Aug 5, 2012 - 6 Comments
Keyboard shortcut to open Notification Center

Want to open Notification Center with a keystroke on the Mac? It can be done by setting up a custom keyboard shortcut. Typically Notification Center of Mac OS X can be summoned either with a click of the menu bar item in the upper right corner, or a two-fingered swipe left on a trackpad, but … Read More

Return Safari 6 Delete Key Functionality to Go Back a Page

Aug 5, 2012 - 17 Comments
Return Safari 6 delete key behavior to go back a page

Safari 6 changed the longstanding behavior of the Delete key, which used to navigate back a page when pressed but now does nothing. Instead, navigating web pages forward and backward is done through Command [ and Command ]. If you’d like to return the back-a-page navigation behavior to the Delete key within Safari, you can … Read More

AirDrop Any File From Quick Look in Mac OS X

Aug 4, 2012 - 6 Comments
AirDrop file from Quick Look

AirDrop is probably the quickest and easiest way to transfer files between Macs these days, thanks to it’s instant ad-hoc network it lets Macs send files back and forth – without even being connected to the same network. As is, using AirDrop is easy through the Finder, but now with Mac OS X you can … Read More

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