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How to Find Where iMessage Stickers Came From in iOS

Jun 30, 2017 - 1 Comment
How to find where a sticker came from in iOS Messages

Have you ever received a Messages sticker in iOS from someone and thought “wow that’s an amazing sticker, I wish I knew where it came from!”? Well if you and your friends are among the people who use the fun Messages Stickers feature in iOS, you might be wondering where each others stickers plastered into … Read More

Download & Install MacOS High Sierra Public Beta Now

Jun 29, 2017 - 20 Comments
Download macOS High Sierra Public Beta

Apple has opened the public beta testing program for macOS High Sierra 10.13, the next major version of the Mac operating system. MacOS High Sierra Public Beta is now available to download and install for any user who is interested in beta testing the system software. However, be forewarned that beta system software is notoriously … Read More

How to Install Java on macOS Sierra

Jun 29, 2017 - 10 Comments
How to install Java on macOS

Some Mac users may need to install Java into macOS Sierra or MacOS High Sierra. Typically the need for Java is for specific app usage, particular app compatibility, or for developers, and it’s worth mentioning that most Mac users won’t need to bother installing Java at all. For those that do need Java however, you … Read More

How to Change iPhone Bluetooth Audio While on a Phone Call, Without Losing the Call

Jun 28, 2017 - 4 Comments
Change an iPhone Bluetooth audio while on a phone call

If you ever use an iPhone to connect to a speaker system, car stereo, headphones, or microphone, or stereo via Bluetooth, you may have been in a situation where you have an active phone call on the iPhone but want to change from the Bluetooth audio source, be it speakers or headphones. It’s easy to … Read More

Beta 5 of iOS 10.3.3 and macOS 10.12.6 Out for Testing

Jun 28, 2017 - 3 Comments
Apple beta system software

Apple has released the fifth beta versions of macOS 10.12.6 and iOS 10.3.3 to users participating in the relevant beta testing programs.

How to Speak Screen on iPhone and iPad to Have Anything Read to You

Jun 27, 2017 - 17 Comments
Speak Screen on iPhone and iPad

Did you know the iPhone or iPad can read aloud anything that is on screen? The Speak Screen feature of iOS is helpful for many reasons, but in order to use it you must first enable the ability within the device settings, and then learn how to use the speak function.

Download iOS 11 Public Beta Now for iPhone, iPad

Jun 26, 2017 - 8 Comments
iOS 11 on iPhone and iPad

Apple has opened the public beta testing program for iOS 11, launching iOS 11 Public Beta to all users who are interested in running the latest beta system software on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

How to Send Invisible Ink Messages from iPhone and iPad

Jun 26, 2017 - 2 Comments
Messages

iOS Messages includes the Invisible Ink feature which allows people to send obfuscated messages to and from iPhone and iPad. The invisible messages arrive visibly obscured, and the content of the invisible message can only be revealed by swiping a finger on the blurred message(s) to temporarily reveal the message text, image, or video. And … Read More

Watch 3 Interesting Videos on the History of iPhone

Jun 25, 2017 - 6 Comments
The Apple Logo icon

If you’re a fan of Apple history and iPhone lore (the iPhone is 10 years old this year!), you’ll enjoy watching this trio of video clips featuring various interviews with some of the original iPhone team members who were tasked with developing the project.

Tackling ‘Photos Agent’ Heavy CPU & Resource Usage on Mac

Jun 24, 2017 - 15 Comments
Photos app icon in Mac OS X

“Photos Agent” is a little Photos app helper process that often runs on the Mac, it’s for Photos app users and it handles background tasks like downloading and uploading to iCloud Photo Library, downloading and updating Photo Streams and shared streams, and other related iCloud Photos and Photos app tasks. For users who don’t use … Read More

Access Maps from the Command Line Rendered in ASCII with Mapscii

Jun 23, 2017 - 5 Comments
Ascii maps command line

Have you ever wished you could access a mapping application from the command line? Now you can with Mapscii, which is sort of like Google Maps or Apple Maps but for the Terminal, with all of the mapping data rendered in ASCII text and characters.

How to Check iCloud Drive File Upload Progress on a Mac

Jun 22, 2017 - 16 Comments
How to check iCloud Drive upload progress on Mac

Whether you’re moving a file over to iCloud Drive or copying a file to iCloud Drive from the Mac, you may want to know the upload progress as the file is transferred to iCloud. Fortunately the Mac Finder makes this easy, and you’ll be able to see the status of uploads to iCloud Drive from … Read More

Download iOS 11 Beta 2, macOS High Sierra Beta 2, and More Now Available for Developers

Jun 21, 2017 - 5 Comments
Downloads of beta 1 for macOS High Sierra and iOS 11

Apple has released the second beta versions of iOS 11, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, tvOS 11, and watchOS 4. Each update is available now for users participating in the developer beta testing programs.

How to Search Safari Browser History on iPhone & iPad

Jun 21, 2017 - 11 Comments
Search Safari history in iOS

Did you know you can search through web browsing history in Safari on an iPhone or iPad? With the excellent Safari History search feature you can easily retrieve and find previously visited sites, webpages, and videos, whether from earlier in the day or even well over a year ago – assuming the searchable Safari history … Read More

New iPhone TV Commercial “The Archives” Shows Off Memories Feature

Jun 20, 2017 - Leave a Comment
The Archives iPhone commercial shows off Memories feature

Apple is airing a new iPhone 7 commercial, this time focusing on the Memories feature built into the new Photos app of iOS.

See All Open Windows on a Mac with Mission Control

Jun 20, 2017 - 15 Comments
Mission Control activate with Trackpad on Mac

Mission Control is one of the better productivity enhancing features on the Mac, allowing you to quickly see all open windows, documents, and applications on Mac OS in a broad overview screen. This offers a fantastic way to quickly navigate through depths of open apps and windows and to quickly get to what window or … Read More

macOS 10.12.6 Beta 4, iOS 10.3.3 Beta 4 Available for Testing

Jun 19, 2017 - 3 Comments
Apple beta system software

Apple has released the fourth beta version of macOS 10.12.6 for users participating in the beta testing program. Additionally, iOS 10.3.3 beta 4 and tvOS 10.2.2 beta 4 are available.

How to Add Google Hangouts to Messages on Mac

Jun 19, 2017 - 12 Comments
Choose Google as account to messages for mac

Did you know the Mac Messages app can support chatting with Google Hangouts natively? This is a nice feature for Mac users who chat with Google Hangout and leave a web browser window open to do so, since you’ll be able to communicate and message through Google Hangouts (aka modern Google Talk) but directly in … Read More

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