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If You Think iOS 7 Feels Slow Here’s How to Speed It Up

Sep 23, 2013 - 25 Comments
Speed up iOS 7

Most users are satisfied with iOS 7 performance, but some iPhone and iPad owners have discovered the major update has impacted the speed of their devices. If you feel like iOS 7 has made your hardware slower than it was before the update, there are some changes you can make that will likely speed things … Read More

Stop iTunes Radio from Filtering Explicit Songs & Lyrics

Sep 22, 2013 - 2 Comments
iTunes Radio

If you’ve been listening to iTunes Radio and noticed there’s a strong preference to clean songs versus the original versions that may contain some stronger language, you’re not going crazy, it’s actually the default settings choice for iTunes Radio. Listeners of certain genres will probably never notice the difference, but a surprisingly large amount of … Read More

How to Set Messages to Display Full Names on iPhone & iPad

Sep 21, 2013 - Leave a Comment
The Messages app icon in iOS 7

The Messages app in some iOS versions defaults to shortening contacts names to only display their first name. That is done to make things look nice and tidy, and it also helps to prevent an overlap between the contact name and navigational elements on iPhone screens while avoiding name truncation. An obvious problem with this … Read More

MacUpdate Fall 2013 Promo: Get 9 Great Mac Apps for $50

Sep 21, 2013 - Leave a Comment
MacUpdate Fall 2013 bundle of Mac apps

Looking for some new great apps for your Mac? MacUpdate packages together some great software bundles for OS X, and the MacUpdate Fall 2013 bundle is no different. Containing 9 Mac apps that would typically retail for a combined total of $460, you can pick them all up as a single pack for just $50. … Read More

Find the iOS Font Hard to Read? Make It Easier to Read with Bolder Text

Sep 20, 2013 - 5 Comments
Make iOS 7 Fonts easier to read

One of the biggest complaints we’ve heard regarding iOS is about the font change in iOS 7, iOS 8, iOS 9, iOS 10, iOS 11, and iOS 213 (the other complaint is usually about battery life, which is also extremely easy to fix). The new default system font is fairly narrow in weight, and as … Read More

Apple TV 6.0 Update Released with iTunes Radio & iCloud Photo Stream Support

Sep 20, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iTunes Radio on Apple TV

Hot off the heals of the iOS 7 and iTunes 11.1 releases, Apple has updated the Apple TV set top box to 6.0 to include some of the same features. Most noticeable is the inclusion of iTunes Radio, the streaming music service, but the Apple TV 6.0 release also includes support for iCloud photo streams, … Read More

Show iTunes Song Change Notifications in OS X

Sep 20, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Adjust the song count of Notifications in iTunes

iTunes 11.1 brought with it support for iOS 7 and the excellent iTunes Radio feature, but another small feature lets you see song changes in the OS X Notification Center. Though it’s a fairly minor feature, there have been a variety of third party tweaks and apps to provide similar services over the years, making … Read More

iOS 7 Battery Life Draining Too Fast? It’s Easy to Fix

Sep 19, 2013 - 25 Comments
iOS 7 Battery Life

Some users are finding that updating to iOS 7 seems to have reduced the battery life of their iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. Battery issues are often reported with major iOS updates, but this time around the culprits of newfound battery drain are easier to identify, because much of it relates directly to some … Read More

Four Essential Tips to Get Started with iOS 7

Sep 18, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 basic tips

iOS 7 is here (you can download it now if you haven’t done so yet). We’ll be covering tons of iOS 7 tips for iPhone, iPad, and iPod users, but first let’s run over four essentials to get everyone started; Control Center and it’s general greatness, quitting apps with the new Multitasking feature, searching your … Read More

How to Install / Upgrade iOS 7 Manually with IPSW

Sep 18, 2013 - 14 Comments
Update to iOS 7 manually with IPSW

The simplest way to install iOS 7 is with OTA update available in Settings directly on the device, but it doesn’t always work for everyone, particularly right now as Apple’s servers are overloaded. Also, many users trying to use the OTA update are encountering an annoying error that says “This update cannot be installed because … Read More

iOS 7 IPSW Direct Download Links

Sep 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
iOS 7 IPSW downloads

iOS 7 has been released, and while most users should update to iOS 7.0 directly on their devices using Over-the-Air, another option is to manually update compatible iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices to the latest version by using IPSW firmware. Typically, manual updates with firmware files are considered a bit more advanced, but it’s … Read More

iOS 7 Update Now Available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Sep 18, 2013 - 5 Comments
iOS 7 logo

Apple has released iOS 7 into the wild. As you likely know by now, it offers a significant visual overhaul to the entire mobile experience, and also includes quite a few new features. Devices compatible with iOS 7 include: iPad 2, iPad mini, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPod touch 5th gen, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, … Read More

iTunes 11.1 Released with iTunes Radio & iOS 7 Support

Sep 18, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iTunes 11.1

iTunes 11.1 has been released with support for iTunes Radio, a streaming music service, and Genius Shuffle, a smarter way to shuffle through similar music. Away from the music side, iTunes 11.1 also includes a podcasts stations feature, and perhaps most importantly for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users, is that the 11.1 release allows … Read More

Set a Blank Folder Name in iOS

Sep 17, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Blank folder name in iOS

Can’t think of a name for an iOS folder? Or maybe you prefer minimalism and would rather have a folder without any name at all? Why not set a blank folder name! You can’t do this normally, and you may have discovered that typing a bunch of spaces doesn’t set a blank name either, but … Read More

iPhone 5C TV Commercial “Plastic Perfected” Starts Airing with a Fitting Song

Sep 16, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iPhone 5C TV commercial and song

Apple has started to air commercials for the new iPhone 5C. The first TV advertisement is called “Plastic Perfected”, and features liquid plastic pouring into and transforming into various colored iPhone 5C models. The liquid plastic looks oddly refreshing, like some sort of sports drink, and the commercial includes appropriately themed lyrics to a song … Read More

OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 8 Released for Developers

Sep 16, 2013 - Leave a Comment
OS X Mavericks logo

Apple has released the eighth beta build of OS X Mavericks to those registered with the Mac Developer program. The new build includes bug fixes and updates and pushes the the developer version closer to a wider public release. Individuals running OS X Mavericks can find Developer Preview 8 within the Mac App Store, accessible … Read More

You Might Want to Wait Before Updating Some Devices to iOS 7

Sep 16, 2013 - 4 Comments
Wait to install iOS 7 on these devices

iOS 7 may be one of the most hotly anticipated mobile operating system releases of all time, but after extensive testing and usage of iOS 7.0 across a variety of devices, we’re taking the unusual step of recommending that some users hold off from updating to the initial release. At the very least, reconsider whether … Read More

Selecting Multiple Files in Mac OS X

Sep 16, 2013 - 14 Comments
Selecting file groups with a Click and Drag in Mac OS X

Just about every Mac user knows how to select a single file in the Mac OS X Finder, but I’ve encountered many users who are perplexed by multiple file selection. Most of the confusion comes down to not knowing the primary methods of choosing groups of files, and that’s what we’ll aim to clear up … Read More

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