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Apple Event for October 16 Scheduled, New iPads & iMacs Expected

Oct 8, 2014 - 4 Comments
iMac

As the rumors anticipated, Apple has officially announced an event next week for October 16. The keynote event is scheduled to begin at 10 AM PST at their Cupertino campus Town Hall auditorium. It’s currently unknown whether the event will have a live video stream or not.

OS X Yosemite Golden Master 2.0 and Public Beta 5 Released

Oct 7, 2014 - 37 Comments
OS X Yosemite Beta 5

Apple has released the second Golden Master build of OS X Yosemite to those registered with the Mac Developer program, versioned as build 14A386a. Additionally, Apple has released OS X Yosemite Beta 5 to those registered with the Yosemite Public Beta program, carrying build 14A386b. The updates are recommended for all Mac users running the … Read More

Find Out What Music is Playing with Siri and iPhone

Oct 7, 2014 - 2 Comments
Siri what song is playing

Our handy Siri virtual assistant many handy tricks up their sleeve, and one of the notable features is the ability to recognize what songs are playing, much like the Shazam app that is fairly popular with iPhone users. Siri can either identify music playing from the iPhone or iPad that Siri has been activated upon, … Read More

iOS 8.1 Beta 2 Released to Developers

Oct 7, 2014 - 5 Comments
iOS 8.1 beta 2 OTA download

Apple has released iOS 8.1 beta 2 for those registered in the iOS Developer program. The latest build arrives versioned as 12B407 and is said to include bug fixes and feature improvements to the mobile operating system. Users who are currently running the first beta of iOS 8.1 on a compatible iPhone, iPad, ro iPod … Read More

How to Force Reboot a Frozen Mac

Oct 6, 2014 - 59 Comments
Mac power button

Though Macs are known for being stable and experiencing considerably fewer crashes and system freezes than some of the competition, the reality is that sometimes stuff still happens. Typically it’s just an app that crashes or freezes up, remedied with a force quit and relaunch, but on rare occasions the Mac will freeze entirely, with … Read More

Hide Contacts & Faces from the Multitasking App Switcher in iOS 8

Oct 6, 2014 - 11 Comments
Hide contact faces from app multitasking screen in iOS

The app switcher in iOS, accessed by double-clicking on the Home button of an iPhone or iPad, is where you can quickly switch between running apps or quit out of apps you no longer want to be open. But with iOS 8, Apple decided to fill in the unused space above the open app cards … Read More

How to Hide & Show the QuickType Suggestion Bar on iOS Keyboard

Oct 5, 2014 - 25 Comments
The QuickType suggestion word bar above iOS Keyboard

The QuickType bar added to the virtual keyboard in iOS seems to either be loved or hated, and while it can be quite good at predicting what words to type next, it can also be a nuisance as it takes up valuable screen real estate on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Fortunately, like so … Read More

How to Remove the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin from Safari in Mac OS X

Oct 5, 2014 - 11 Comments
Delete the Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin in Safari

A variety of applications attempt to install Adobe Acrobat Reader into Mac OS X, and many Mac users approve the installation and don’t think much of it. Typically when Acrobat Reader has been installed, it takes over the default PDF viewer that is built into Safari and uses a separate often slower Acrobat plugin for … Read More

iPhone 6 Availability Checker Tool Shows You Where To Get The Exact Model You Want

Oct 4, 2014 - 5 Comments
Check iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus stock

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been out for a while now, but stock continues to sell out fast and finding the exact device you want can be a challenge. Typically if you’re hoping to find one in an Apple Store or other retail location, you’re either going to be crossing your fingers … Read More

Mac Setup: The Office of a Creative Director & User Experience Designer

Oct 4, 2014 - 20 Comments

This weeks featured Mac setup is the office of Creative Director and UX designer Stewart A., who not only has a stellar workstation with a lot of great hardware, but he also shares some excellent backup tips that could help out everyone. Let’s jump right in and learn more about this great setup!

New iPads, Retina iMacs, & OS X Yosemite to be Released on October 16

Oct 3, 2014 - 26 Comments
iMac and iPad

Apple will unveil updates to the iPad line at an event scheduled for Thursday, October 16, according to the well-sourced Re/Code. Additionally, the report says that Apple has picked the same day to launch the much anticipated iMac with a Retina display, and OS X Yosemite.

How to Add, Remove, & Rearrange Widgets in Notification Center of iOS

Oct 2, 2014 - 5 Comments
Rearranging Notifications in iOS

Notification Center on the iPhone and iPad has long included items like Stocks, Reminders, Calendar, a Today summary, and a Tomorrow summary, and now new versions of iOS allow for third party widgets to be added as well. But since not every widget and notification panel applies to everyone, you may want to adjust what … Read More

UI Designers, Get this Free iOS 8 Vector GUI Elements Kit

Oct 2, 2014 - 1 Comment
iOS 8 UI Vector kit

iOS 8 looks mostly similar to iOS 7, but there are enough interface changes to make it different, and there are actually many more subtle adjustments than most users may initially recognize. The developers and designers out there do notice that kind of thing though, and this excellent vector-based GUI element kit from the talented … Read More

How to Hide Twitter & Facebook Buttons from Sharing Panel in iOS

Oct 1, 2014 - 5 Comments
Disable Social Sharing buttons in iOS

If you’re like many other iPhone and iPad users, when you go to share a picture from your iOS device, you’re probably going to send it through Messages or Mail, and you’re not trying to go about posting it to Twitter or Facebook. Nonetheless, those Facebook and Twitter sharing buttons sit there in every iOS … Read More

How to Share an iTunes Library Between Partitions in Mac OS X

Oct 1, 2014 - 15 Comments

If your Mac has multiple partitions running different operating systems, either for dual booting OS X or for Boot Camp, you may decide you want to share the exact same iTunes Library across those different operating systems. This allows you to have the same music library regardless of what OS you’re booted into, and it … Read More

Use “Send Last Location” to Find a Lost iPhone Even If Battery is Dead

Sep 30, 2014 - 22 Comments
Access Find My iPhone on iCloud

One of the best things about Find My iPhone is the ability to, well, find your iPhone if you happen to misplace it. It’s a feature that every iOS device owner (and Mac users too) should have enabled on their devices, but up until now there has been a problem; when a devices battery runs … Read More

OS X Yosemite Golden Master 1.0 & Public Beta 4 Released

Sep 30, 2014 - 22 Comments
Install OS X Yosemite

Apple has released OS X Yosemite Golden Master Candidate 1.0 to those registered with the Mac Developer program, the build number is 14A379a. Separately, Apple released an update for Yosemite Public Beta users, versioned as OS X Yosemite Beta 4, carrying build 14A379b.

iOS 8.1 Beta 1 Available for Developers

Sep 29, 2014 - 7 Comments
iOS 8.1 Beta 1

Hot off the heels of the iOS 8.0.2 update, Apple has released the first developer beta of iOS 8.1. The beta build is number 12B401 and presumably focuses on bug fixes and feature improvements to the mobile operating system. iOS 8.1 beta 1 software is limited to those registered with the official Apple Developer Program. … Read More

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