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How to Mute Group Messages on iPhone & iPad with Do Not Disturb

Nov 6, 2014 - 1 Comment
Tap details to mute the group chat

Group messaging is one of those features that’s great when you want to be in a group conversation, and completely annoying when you don’t want your iPhone to be included in a barrage of group text messages. A new feature in iOS aims to relieve the latter situation, when your iPhone or iPad is being … Read More

Change the iTunes 12 Font Size to be Larger or Smaller

Nov 6, 2014 - 14 Comments
iTunes icon

iTunes 12 brought about some fairly significant user interface changes to the media player app, one of which is the size of the font shown in playlist and music views. The new default iTunes font is smaller with tighter padding between list items, and accordingly it can be difficult to read for some users. But … Read More

5 Of The Worst Things About iPhone 6 Plus

Nov 5, 2014 - 117 Comments

The iPhone 6 Plus is easily the best smartphone I’ve had and I would highly recommend it to anyone for a variety of reasons, notably the wonderful screen and stellar battery life. While there is plenty to rave about, sometimes sharing what’s not to like can be helpful to others who are thinking about making … Read More

How to Navigate Mail Messages with the Keyboard in Mac OS X

Nov 4, 2014 - 18 Comments
Mail app icon

Many Mac users who rely on Mail app for accessing their emails in Mac OS are in the habit of navigating emails with their mouse, double-clicking an email, closing it, then repeating to go to the next message. A lesser known option is to use the keyboard to navigate within Mail messages of Mac OS … Read More

iOS 8.1.1 Beta 1 Released to Developers

Nov 3, 2014 - 15 Comments

Apple has released the first beta of iOS 8.1.1 to those participating in the iOS Developer program. The update arrives as build 12B432 and is said to include multiple bug fixes, as well as performance improvements for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. Being a minor release, it is unlikely that iOS 8.1.1 will include … Read More

OS X 10.10.1 Update Seed 1 Released to Developers

Nov 3, 2014 - 36 Comments
OS X Yosemite

Apple has released the first build of OS X 10.10.1 to those registered with the Mac Developer program. Labeled as “Pre-release OS X Update Seed 10.10.1”, the build is 14B17 and is currently available to developers, as well as those signed up to be participating in the OS X Yosemite Public Beta program.

How to Automatically Delete Old Messages from iPhone & iPad

Nov 3, 2014 - 15 Comments
Delete old messages automatically in iOS

Messages on iPhone and iPad can grow to take up considerable storage space over time, particularly for users who frequently send and receive multimedia on an iPhone. Each photo taken with an iPhone camera can easily consume 4MB, and movies will take up even more space, and it’s not unusual for an iPhone user to … Read More

Subscribe to RSS Feeds in Safari for Mac in OS X El Capitan & Yosemite

Nov 3, 2014 - 24 Comments
Safari RSS Reader in Mac OS X

RSS is a really great way to follow some of your favorite web sites and skim headlines to check out specific articles you most want to read. Many Mac users rely on third party apps for subscribing to RSS feeds, but the newest versions of Safari for OS X have an RSS subscription feature built … Read More

Mac Setup: The Workstation of a Startup Co-Founder & CEO

Nov 2, 2014 - 14 Comments
Mac setup of a startup co-founder and CEO

This weeks featured Mac setup is the workstation of Dr Alain B., the Co-Founder and CEO of a startup. Let’s jump right in to learn a bit more about the hardware, software, and how it’s all put to use:

How to Automatically Install Mac OS X Updates on High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite

Nov 1, 2014 - 20 Comments
Automatic OS X Updates for the Mac

Automatic Updates has been possible for Mac apps for quite some time, but up until now the system updates of Mac OS X were not part of that automatic installation option. That changed with Mac OS X High Sierra, Sierra, Yosemite, and El Capitan, and now Mac users who would rather take a hands-off approach … Read More

The Two Enigmatically Missing iPad Air 2 Mountain Wallpapers

Nov 1, 2014 - 2 Comments

Apple recently launched the updated iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3, and splashed upon the product pages showing off the fancy new retina displays are two lock screen wallpapers of some beautiful mountain scenery. Many users though we’d see these wallpapers available with iOS 8.1, but for whatever reason they weren’t included with that … Read More

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