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Call Sound Issues with iPhone? 23 Tips to Troubleshoot & Fix iPhone Call Quality Problems

Apr 30, 2019 - 15 Comments
How to fix iPhone phone call sound issues

Does the audio quality of iPhone sound bad when you’re making or receiving phone calls? Are you struggling to understand what people are saying on the phone, or they have a hard time hearing you as you talk on your iPhone? Occasionally, some iPhone users report that phone call audio is muffled, sound distant, sounds … Read More

Use an iPad as a Desk Workstation with Stand and Keyboard for $35

Apr 29, 2019 - 13 Comments
iPad desk setup with stand and keyboard

Want to use an iPad like a desktop workstation? With a couple of low-cost third party accessories, you can easily do just that and quickly setup a functional environment for using an iPad at a desk kind of like a mini-computer. All you need is an iPad stand and an external keyboard, and you’re good … Read More

Beta 4 of iOS 12.3 & MacOS 10.14.5 Released for Testing

Apr 29, 2019 - Leave a Comment
macOS and iOS beta testing

Apple has released iOS 12.3 beta 4 along with MacOS 10.14.5 beta 4 for users enrolled in the various system software beta testing programs. Separately, Apple has also released new beta builds for watchOS 5.2.1 beta 4 and tvOS 12.3 beta 4.

How to Change Downloaded Music Quality in Spotify

Apr 28, 2019 - 2 Comments

If you want to adjust the audio quality of music downloaded from Spotify, you can easily do so in the apps settings on an iPhone, iPad, or Android. The default music quality setting is “Normal” at 96 kbit/s, but you can choose to download music at “High” 160 kbit/s, or even “Very High” at 320 … Read More

How to Create a New Apple ID the Easy Way, from iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC

Apr 27, 2019 - 19 Comments
How to create a new Apple ID

Need to create a new Apple ID? You can easily do so from anywhere using a variety of methods, which we’ll discuss below. Most people will likely have created an Apple ID at some point during the setup of an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or using iTunes, but if you haven’t done that, or if you … Read More

How to Cancel Apple News Plus Subscription

Apr 26, 2019 - 7 Comments
How to cancel Apple News Plus subscription

Did you sign up for Apple News+ as a paid service or trail and want to cancel the subscription? You can easily stop the Apple News Plus monthly $9.99 subscription fee if you are no longer interested in using the Apple News Plus service. For the unfamiliar, Apple News Plus is a paid subscription service … Read More

How to Convert Numbers File to Excel on Mac

Apr 25, 2019 - 3 Comments
Convert Numbers to CSV on Mac

Have a Numbers file that you need to convert to an Excel document? Numbers spreadsheets and files can be easily converted to Excel files, with the resulting Excel file being either a .xls or .xlsx format that is compatible with Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet applications. This tutorial will show you how to quickly convert … Read More

How to Turn Off Apple News Notifications on Mac

Apr 24, 2019 - 7 Comments
How to turn off Apple News Notifications on Mac

Apple News sends notifications to the Mac by default, splashing a steady stream of “news” alerts across the desktop, onto the locked screen, and into Notification Center of MacOS. If you don’t want to see these frequent Apple News notifications on the Mac, you can disable them completely for the News app.

How to Use Do Not Disturb on iPhone or iPad

Apr 23, 2019 - 13 Comments
How to use Do Not Disturb on iPhone and iPad

If you want your iPhone or iPad to be silent for a while and not beep, buzz, chime, and pester you with notifications and alerts, then Do Not Disturb mode is for you. Do Not Disturb is an excellent feature which places the iPhone or iPad into basically a silent mode, where all inbound calls, … Read More

Beta 3 of iOS 12.3, MacOS 10.14.5 Released for Testing

Apr 22, 2019 - Leave a Comment
macOS and iOS beta testing

Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 12.3 and macOS Mojave 10.14.5 for users enrolled in the beta testing programs. Separately, new beta version of tvOS 12.3 and watchOS 5.2.1 are also available for beta testers.

How to Change Mouse & Trackpad Speed on Mac

Apr 21, 2019 - 1 Comment
How to change the tracking speed on Mac of Trackpad or Mouse

Want to change the tracking speed of the cursor on a Mac? Maybe you want your mouse to move around on the screen faster? Perhaps you want the Mac trackpad to move the cursor slower? You can manually change the tracking speed of either a mouse or trackpad connected to a Mac, and you can … Read More

iPhone Shows Photos in Storage, But None on Device? Here’s Why!

Apr 20, 2019 - 19 Comments
iPhone shows photos when there are none

Have you ever looked in the iPhone Storage section of your iOS Settings and discovered that the Photos section shows that it’s taking up storage space, but you don’t have any Photos in the Photos app? If you have deleted the photos from your iPhone but the iPhone Storage section shows that Photos are still … Read More

You Can Run Windows 1.0 Right Now, in a Web Browser

Apr 19, 2019 - 6 Comments
Windows 1.01 screen shot

You can run the very first version of Microsoft Windows 1.0 with almost no effort, and right in your web browser! If you’re feeling like experiencing what the Windows PC world was like in 1985, then you’re in for a real retro treat.

How to Turn Off “Hey Siri” on a Mac

Apr 17, 2019 - 1 Comment
How to turn off Hey Siri on Mac

If you’re using a Mac with Hey Siri voice activation enabled but you’d like to turn the voice listening feature off, you’ll find that it’s easy to selectively turn off Hey Siri while still leaving the usual Siri invocation methods enabled in MacOS.

22 Chrome for iPad Keyboard Shortcuts

Apr 16, 2019 - 4 Comments
iPad with Chrome and external keyboard

If you’re an iPad owner who uses Google Chrome web browser with an external keyboard connected to the iPad (Bluetooth or otherwise), you might appreciate learning a variety of handy keyboard shortcuts to help using Chrome and navigating within the app for iPad. This collection of keyboard shortcuts for Chrome on iPad works with basically … Read More

How to Enable Bold Text on iPhone or iPad

Apr 15, 2019 - 3 Comments
How to bold text on iPhone or iPad

Want to make the fonts and text on your iPhone or iPad a bit easier to read? Then you might want to try out the Bold Text option available in iOS, which might improve text legibility for some users. Also, some people might simply prefer the way the bolder text looks throughout apps, and want … Read More

What’s the Mac Equivalent to F5 Refresh Key from Windows?

Apr 14, 2019 - 16 Comments
The Mac F5 refresh equivalent from Windows is the Command R keyboard shortcut

Mac users who have switched from the Windows platform may be accustomed to hitting the F5 function key to refresh a web browser, web site, or webpage. The F5 key is used as refresh or reload in most Windows web browsers, so when Windows users switch to Mac they might be wondering what the equivalent … Read More

How to See Air Quality on Maps for iPhone & iPad

Apr 13, 2019 - 6 Comments
AQI Index information from AirNow website

Want to know what the air quality index is at a particular destination? The Apple Maps app on iPhone and iPad can give you this information. Those who are concerned about air quality will find it useful to know that the Maps app on iPhone and iPad has an optional feature that allows you to … Read More

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