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How to Clear Chrome Cache, Browser History, & Cookies on iPhone & iPad

Aug 8, 2013 - 1 Comment
Chrome web browser for iOS

Chrome is an excellent web browser alternative to Safari on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and if you use the Chrome app you’ll probably want to know how to clear out the common browser data that gets stored locally in iOS. This includes data like web caches, cookies, site browsing history, and possibly saved … Read More

2 Ways to Change the Default Application to Open Files With in Mac OS X

Aug 8, 2013 - 30 Comments
Change default applications for files in Mac OS X

Each file type has a default application that is associated with it on the Mac. This means that when you double-click a file from the Finder it will open a specific application, for example on a fresh Mac OS installation, all image files (png, jpg, gif, pdf, etc) will default to opening in Preview, and … Read More

OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 5 Available Now

Aug 7, 2013 - Leave a Comment
OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 5

Apple has released OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 5 for registered Mac devs. The release includes bug fixes and feature enhancements, and all users who are running Developer Preview 4 are recommended to update to the newest version.

How to Repair a Mac Disk with fsck from Single User Mode

Aug 7, 2013 - 92 Comments
Terminal icon

Using Disk Utility through Recovery Mode is the preferred and primary tool for repairing disks on the Mac platform, but if Disk Utility is either unavailable or not able to repair a drive, then Single User Mode and the command line tool fsck should be your next choice.

How to Remove a File or Folder from Time Machine Backups in Mac OS X

Aug 6, 2013 - 7 Comments
Enter Time Machine

Time Machine is the simplest way to keep a reliable backup of everything on your Mac, but sometimes we don’t want every file or folder saved, or maybe you just no longer need a given directory to be preserved by external backups. In these situations, removing backups of any specific file or folders, or even … Read More

iOS 7 Beta 5 Released for Developers to Download

Aug 6, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 beta 5 downloading as OTA

Apple has released the fifth beta version of iOS 7 for developers. The new beta includes many bug fixes and several feature enhancements, and arrives as build is 11A4449a.

Use the iOS Calendar Smarter & Faster with These 5 Tips

Aug 5, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Change an events Calendar on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Calendar is one of the most useful features of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and many of us wind up managing our schedules entirely through the app. But even if you’re just a casual Calendar user, you’ll still get some great use out of these five tips aimed at improving the speed of your … Read More

Easily Use & Switch Between Multiple Gmail Accounts on iPhone & iPad with Gmail App

Aug 3, 2013 - 2 Comments
Add multiple Gmail accounts to iPhone / iPad with Gmail app for iOS

If you have multiple Gmail accounts that you juggle between, rather than adding them all to the default iOS Mail app, do yourself a favor and grab Google’s official Gmail app for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Not only is Gmail for iOS an excellent full-featured mobile email client, it also makes managing multiple … Read More

4 Essential Tips for MacBook Air Owners

Aug 2, 2013 - 1 Comment
Calibrate the MacBook Air screen to make it look better

The MacBook Air just might be the greatest laptop ever made, it’s extremely light, powerful, has an amazing battery life, and somehow packs all of that into an affordable package. To get the absolute most out of this wonderful Mac, you’ll want to run through these four (well, technically six) essential tips, which cover what … Read More

Take a Photo Using Instagram Without Sharing / Uploading

Aug 2, 2013 - 1 Comment
Save & Apply Instagram Filters without Uploading

Any photo taken in Instagram will automatically post directly to your Instagram feed, sharing the picture with the world (or at least whoever follows you). But what if you want to take a picture or two with the Instagram app, apply those fancy filters, and not actually share them with anyone? That’s not an option … Read More

Rebuild the Mailbox & Reindex Messages to Fix Common Problems in Mail App for Mac OS X

Aug 1, 2013 - 67 Comments
Mac Mail app icon

The Mail app bundled with Mac OS X is an excellent email client, but if you have a giant mailbox that has been in use for a long time you may encounter some peculiar problems with sluggishness, message content issues, and searching irregularities. Usually these issues are of distinct types; search errors where some messages … Read More

How to Run Speed Test from the Command Line to Check Internet Connection Speed

Jul 31, 2013 - 12 Comments
Terminal in macOS

The excellent curl and wget tools provide for a simple way to test the speed of an internet connection directly from the command line. Curl is bundled with most unix variations, but Mac users who want to use the wget trick will first need to grab wget for OS X in order for this to … Read More

Watch Movie Trailers Quickly with Siri from iOS

Jul 30, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Watch movie trailers with Siri

The next time you’re heading to a theater or sitting on the couch and you just aren’t sure which movie to watch, turn to Siri. No he/she won’t decide what to watch for you, but the iOS virtual assistant can quickly retrieve movie trailers which can help you decide. Just grab your iPhone or iPad … Read More

Get Around the 5 Device Connection Limit on Wi-Fi Hotspot for iOS & Android

Jul 30, 2013 - 1 Comment
Wi-Fi Hotspot connections

The Wi-Fi Personal Hotspot feature available with just about every smartphone is incredibly useful, but most cell providers impose a cap on the number of devices that can connect to the wi-fi hotspot. Typically the connection limit provides for a maximum of 3 to 5 device connections, but if you find yourself in a situation … Read More

Work with a Broken Power Button on the iPhone / iPad Using an iOS Fix

Jul 29, 2013 - 18 Comments
Broken iPhone Power Button

If you find yourself in a situation where the power button (the topmost hardware button) on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is unresponsive, stuck, or no longer functioning, you can make due by using the Assistive Touch features of iOS. Intended as an Accessibility feature, Assistive Touch allows you to summon a virtual power … Read More

Easily Transfer Voice Memos from iPhone to the Computer

Jul 29, 2013 - 7 Comments
Copy Voice Memo from iPhone to computer

Voice Memos is that ever-useful app that lets you make a quick recording of a voice note, memo, record a conversation, or just generally replace one of those mini-tape recorders that many people use for recording notes while they’re working or driving. While there’s not much wrong with maintaining tons and tons of voice memos … Read More

iOS 7 Beta 4 Download Released for Developers

Jul 29, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS 7 icon

The fourth beta of iOS 7 has been released for supported iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad models. Beta 4 is versioned as build 11A4435d, and provides many bug fixes and improvements to the development iOS release, and continues the march for a public release by Apple this fall.

Make Music Playback Sound Better on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch with 2 Settings

Jul 27, 2013 - Leave a Comment
The music app icon for iOS

Nearly everyone uses their iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to listen to music, but the experience can be made even better by toggling two simple settings specific to the iOS Music app. The two adjustments we’ll focus on are not enabled by default, but by toggling Sound Check and EQ on, you will find that … Read More

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