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How to Share Pictures from Photos on Mac

Jul 31, 2017 - 7 Comments
Sharing a picture from the Photos app on Mac

Do you have a great picture on your Mac within Photos app that you want to share? Photos for Mac makes sharing pictures, videos, and other images very easy, and you share a picture from the Mac directly to another user through messages, email, iCloud, social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr, or locally to … Read More

How to Stop Auto-Playing Music in Car Bluetooth from iPhone

Jul 29, 2017 - 138 Comments
Stop autoplaying music from iPhone over Bluetooth in Car

Many newer cars have Bluetooth stereo systems that sync wirelessly with an iPhone. One common and prominent feature of this experience is that music will automatically start playing from the iPhone through the Bluetooth speakers when you get into the car, sometimes autoplaying from a local music library or sometimes from a streamed music service. … Read More

How to Watch Netflix Offline on iPhone and iPad by Downloading Shows & Movies

Jul 28, 2017 - 4 Comments
Netflix

Netflix is the increasingly popular video streaming service with a great collection of original shows and movies. But you no longer need to stream every episode or video you wish to watch, as Netflix offers an ability to download any Netflix video to be able to watch it offline directly on an iPhone, iPad, Android, … Read More

How to Search in Notes on iPhone and iPad

Jul 27, 2017 - 30 Comments
Search in Notes on iPhone and iPad

Are you looking for a specific note on the Notes app of your iPhone or iPad, but you can’t quite remember which note it was or where to find it? Maybe you have a bunch of notes and you want to quickly get to one about a particular topic? No problem, you can search through … Read More

How to Find What System Software Version is in a MacOS Installer

Jul 26, 2017 - 6 Comments
Find what system software version of a Mac OS Installer

If you have ever downloaded an installer for Mac OS from the Mac App Store, you may have wondered which exact system software version of Mac OS the installer corresponds to. While the installers file name will reveal the major system software release (for example, “Install macOS High Sierra” or “Install OS X El Capitan”) … Read More

How to Hide Menu Bar Icons on Mac with Vanilla

Jul 25, 2017 - 15 Comments

If your Mac menu bar is looking increasingly cluttered with various menu bar icons, you may be interested in a nice little free utility called Vanilla. Vanilla allows you to hide Mac menu bar icons by placing them into a collapsible and expandable shelf of sorts contained within the menu bar.

Public Beta 3 of macOS High Sierra and iOS 11 Available Now

Jul 25, 2017 - Leave a Comment
Downloads of beta 1 for macOS High Sierra and iOS 11

Apple has released the third public beta builds of macOS High Sierra 10.13, iOS 11, and tvOS 11. This comes a day after the developer builds of iOS 11 beta 4 and macOS High Sierra beta 4 were released to testers in the developer preview program.

How to Remove Siri from Touch Bar on MacBook Pro

Jul 24, 2017 - 16 Comments
Remove Siri from Touch Bar on Mac

Some Mac users may find the Siri button on Touch Bar to be less than useful, and some may accidentally hit the Siri button and inadvertently trigger Siri when trying to hit another key on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar keyboard. If you don’t want Siri so readily available on your Pro Mac for whatever … Read More

Download iOS 11 Beta 4 & macOS High Sierra Beta 4 Now

Jul 24, 2017 - Leave a Comment
iOS 11.1 and macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 beta

Apple has released the fourth beta version of iOS 11, macOS High Sierra 10.13, tvOS 11, and watchOS 4 to users enrolled in the developer beta testing programs.

How to Get iMessage Access on Windows PC & Linux

Jul 23, 2017 - 27 Comments
How to get iMessage on PC

Want to get iMessage on a PC? You’re not alone, because iMessage is the wonderful messaging platform for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users that allows for free and easy messaging between other iMessage users. Not surprising then that one common question regarding iMessage is if there is a way to run iMessage on a Windows … Read More

How to Search for a Reminder on iPhone and iPad

Jul 22, 2017 - Leave a Comment
Reminders icon in iOS

If you’re frequently adding Reminders to your iPhone or iPad through Siri or to return phone calls, you may quickly arrive at having dozens if not hundreds of reminders stored in the iOS app. Rather than wade through them all one by one, the Reminders app has a nice feature that allows you to search … Read More

How to Draw on Photos on a Mac

Jul 21, 2017 - 13 Comments

The Mac Photos app has a set of simple drawing tools called Markup which can be used to draw, doodle, sketch, and otherwise markup or write on any picture. Markup in Photos can offer a fun way to scribble on an image, put a remark on a picture, add a blurb, or just to draw … Read More

How to Remove Location from Photos on Mac

Jul 20, 2017 - 3 Comments
Remove geographic location from Photos on Mac

Many pictures taken with an iPhone, Android phone, or digital camera include location data with the picture, which gives anyone who has the image file the ability to see exactly where the photo was taken. Additionally, the Photos app for Mac allows users to add a location to any picture as well. If you don’t … Read More

macOS Sierra 10.12.6 Update Released for Mac

Jul 19, 2017 - 24 Comments
macOS Sierra available to download now

Apple has released the final version of macOS Sierra 10.12.6 for Mac users running the Sierra operating system. The update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, but does not provide any new features or major changes to the operating system. Separately, Mac users running El Capitan and Yosemite will find security updates available as well.

iOS 10.3.3 Update Released for iPhone, iPad [IPSW Download Links]

Jul 19, 2017 - 29 Comments
iOS 10.3.3 download update

Apple has released the final version of iOS 10.3.3 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The update is said to include bug fixes and security enhancements for iOS, and no new features are included in the software update. Links to download iOS 10.3.3 IPSW are included below, though the majority of users are best served … Read More

How to Deauthorize a Computer in iTunes

Jul 18, 2017 - 9 Comments
iTunes

Apple puts a limit on how many computers you can use with some of your owned iTunes and App Store content, including music, movies, apps, TV shows, books, iBooks, this process is known as iTunes authorization. Most users don’t pay much attention to this, but if you own multiple Macs or PCs concurrently or over … Read More

How to Create a New Administrator Account on Mac OS

Jul 17, 2017 - 7 Comments
How to create a new Admin account on Mac

An administrator account has full access to everything on the Mac, it can install software updates, uninstall and install applications, access and delete system files, access other user files on the same computer, and perform any other administrative type of task. Sometimes it can be helpful to create a new separate administrator account on a … Read More

How to Delete Music on iOS 13, iOS 12, iOS 11, iOS 10

Jul 16, 2017 - 15 Comments
How to Delete Music from iOS

Would you like to remove a song from your iPhone or iPad with iOS 13, iOS 12, iOS 11, or iOS 10? You can delete music from the Music app in the latest iOS versions with a multi-step process, it’s a bit different from removing music in prior versions of iOS Music app however. There … Read More

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