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Add & Type Symbols, Glyphs, and Special Characters to the iOS Keyboard

Jun 3, 2013 - 10 Comments
Glyphs, symbols, and characters typed in iOS

There are many extra symbols, characters, and glyphs available on iOS that are not immediately accessible, but by adding a new keyboard you can gain access to the glyphs and symbols. This includes fun ones like the   Apple logo and smiley face ☺, and though there is some similarity to emoji, these symbols and … Read More

Quit All Open Applications Instantly from Mac OS X Dock with a Simple Mac App

Jun 2, 2013 - 16 Comments
Quit all apps icon

If you’ve ever needed to quickly quit out of all open applications in Mac OS X, you’ve probably just resorted to flipping through every open application in the Dock, then hitting Command+Q, then repeating until everything is closed. But there’s a better way, and with an extraordinarily simple Automator app you can create a function … Read More

Flip a Coin & Roll the Dice with Siri

Jun 1, 2013 - 5 Comments
Roll dice with Siri

Can’t decide whether to have pizza or thai for dinner, but you’re all out of coins to flip and make the decision for you? Or maybe you can’t play Yahtzee or Bunco because you lost your dice? No big deal if you have an iPhone or iPad laying around, because Siri can both roll dice … Read More

Print from the iPhone or iPad to Any Printer, Wirelessly

May 31, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Print from an iPhone

Printing wirelessly from an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to a printer is very simple, particularly if the printer in question is AirPrint compatible. Essentially AirPrint means the printer has native wireless support for direct-from-iOS printing, and setup is an absolute breeze. If you don’t have a printer yet or are thinking about upgrading and … Read More

Create a Large File from the Command Line or Disk Utility for Testing Purposes

May 31, 2013 - 2 Comments
Large test file created at the command line

Large empty files are often used for testing purposes during disk access tests, development, QA, zeroing out data, and scripting. Though it’s certainly not applicable to most users, it’s easy enough to do that anyone can try it out even if you don’t have a specific need. We’ll cover three ways to quickly generate files … Read More

How to Pause & Resume an App or Process in Mac OS X

May 30, 2013 - 9 Comments
Pause a process in Mac OS X to save CPU

Need to quickly free up some processing power? You can do that easily by temporarily pausing and then later resuming any active process or application in Mac OS X. Technically, this is actually ‘stopping’ and ‘continuing’ a process, but a stop is not to be confused with the more aggressive killing or force quitting applications … Read More

How to Create a Password Protected PDF File in Mac OS X

May 29, 2013 - 15 Comments
Password protect a PDF

If you need to create an encrypted PDF with password protection, forget about buying Adobe Acrobat or other expensive software, because Mac OS X has you covered with built-in tools. Yes, the Mac can natively create secure password protected PDF documents, meaning it’s free, and it’s also impressively easy to do.

Watch the Full Video of Tim Cook’s Interview at D11: All Things Digital [Video]

May 29, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Tim Cook at D11 All Things Digital

The full video of Apple CEO Tim Cook being interviewed at the D11: All Things Digital conference is now available to watch online. The hour and twenty minute long conversational talk features AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg asking Cook a vast array of questions on a wide variety of topics, including Apple’s stock price, … Read More

Force Spotlight to Ignore Folders & Files with a Naming Extension in OS X

May 28, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Force Spotlight to ignore files and directories with a name change

Spotlight is the core of Mac OS X’s Search functionality, and if you want Spotlight to ignore a file, folder, or drive, the traditionally recommended advice is to drag the items to exclude from indexation into the Spotlight system preference panel exclusion list. That’s the recommended approach because it’s simple to use and easy to … Read More

How to Save Videos from Mail on iPhone & iPad to Keep Locally

May 28, 2013 - 4 Comments
Save movies from an email to an iOS device locally

Want to save that great video someone emailed you, so that you can access it anytime locally on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? You can, but as many users notice, saving video to iOS device is a bit different than saving photos locally. With video, you can’t just tap and hold to save a … Read More

Manage Your Own iPhone Photos? Delete iLifeAssetManagement to Recover Lost Disk Space in Mac OS X

May 27, 2013 - 3 Comments
Move images from iLifeAssetManagement

While Photo Stream is a great feature of iCloud, if you self manage your iPhone photos, it can quickly end up eating tons of disk space on a Mac hard drive. How, might a reasonable individual ask? Well, it may be unintentionally adding duplicates of all the photos you’re already importing yourself. This happens because … Read More

Type Foreign Currency Symbols on the iPhone & iPad

May 27, 2013 - 3 Comments
Foreign currency symbols on the iPhone

Do you need to type foreign currency symbols on iPhone or iPad? The iOS keyboard supports a variety of major world currency symbols by default, and you can add other nations currencies symbols to the keyboard on an iPhone or iPad as well. This tutorial will show you how to type foreign currency symbols from … Read More

Mount Android as a Disk Drive in Mac OS X for Easy File Storage & Access

May 26, 2013 - 18 Comments
Mount Android as a disk drive

Something that many Android phones and tablets are able to do is connect to a computer as if they were an external disk drive. It’s remarkably easy to set up, and all that is required is connecting the Android to a Mac through USB, and it’ll then mount accessible through the desktop and Finder, from … Read More

What to Expect with iOS 7

May 25, 2013 - Leave a Comment
iOS black and white UI elements

Apple is set to unveil a preview of iOS 7 for the first time on Monday, June 10 at the annual Worldwide Developer Conference. Though Apple has been typically tightlipped about any features or changes with the upcoming iOS update, some rumors have surfaced from traditionally reliable sources that help to paint a picture of … Read More

How to Change the Country for iTunes & App Store Accounts

May 24, 2013 - 62 Comments
Change the Apple ID Country association for iTunes and App Store

Country association with an Apple ID, and thus the App Store and iTunes Store, can be changed easily. This allows access to content and apps that are country or region specific, and it’s extremely helpful for a variety of situations, whether for travelers, expatriates, or for anyone who is trying to view, download, or purchase … Read More

“Music Every Day” iPhone 5 Commercial from Apple

May 23, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Music Every Day, iPhone 5 TV ad

Apple has started to run a new television ad for the iPhone 5, titled “Music Every Day.” The commercial follows people listening to music while performing various activities while using the classic white Apple earbuds. Though the commercial itself stays fairly quiet with soft piano music and a few occasional sound effects, it ends with … Read More

How to Clear Call History on the iPhone

May 23, 2013 - 7 Comments
Delete a single call from Call History on the iPhone

It’s really easy to delete calls from the iPhone call history log, and you can get quite specific in the process. You can delete a single specific call, outbound calls, incoming calls, all missed calls, received calls, basically, if it is included in the Phone app “Recents” list, it can be deleted with ease. While … Read More

How to Enable a Hidden Debug Menu in Photo Booth for Mac OS X

May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
Photo Booth debug menu and frame rate shown

Photo Booth is the goofy picture taking application in OS X that can take normal shots or apply a bunch of weird effects to distort faces. It’s not the most complex app in the world and that’s by design, but if you like to dig into things a bit more than the average Mac user, … Read More

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