Some YouTube users on iPhone and iPad have noticed that videos fail to play at random, instead showing an error message that says “Something went wrong. Tap to retry”. YouTube is apparently aware of the issue, as it is being commonly reported by many iPhone and iPad users on Twitter and throughout social media. If … Read More

Amazon is back with some nice end-of-holiday-season deals, this time with a great price on the all new M2 iPad Pro 11″ model in Space Grey with 128 GB storage, and the matching black Magic Keyboard for the 11″ iPad Pro. Why not treat yourself or a loved one? iPad Pro 11″ 128 GB – … Read More

The iPhone camera can measure a persons height, a feature that may be useful for a variety of purposes. Some users may wish to measure someones height from a photo, but with this iPhone trick you don’t need a photo at all, you just simply point the iPhone camera at the person you’d like to … Read More

Some Mac users have discovered a “Confirm Mac Password” message in System Settings or System Preferences on their Mac, and while it can appear at random, it often shows up soon after installing a system software update. For example, perhaps you recently installed macOS Ventura 13.1 onto a Mac and now you see the “Confirm … Read More

HomeBrew, the command line package manager, has native support for macOS Sequoia 15, MacOS Sonoma 14, and macOS Ventura 13, so if you have recently updated to macOS Ventura or bought a new Mac with Sequoia/Sonoma/Ventura preinstalled, you’ll probably want to install Homebrew on the Mac running Ventura. Like most command line tools, HomeBrew is … Read More

If you have a multi-device household with different brand of AirPlay speakers, like a combination of Sonos speakers and Apple HomePod or HomePod Mini’s, you may be thinking it would be nice to be able to AirPlay music, podcasts, audiobooks, or other audio to all the speakers, despite them being different brands. Thanks to AirPlay, … Read More

HomePod Mini and HomePod are setup to automatically install available software updates for the devices, but if you’re the type of person who likes to expedite system updates when they become available, or if you disabled auto-updates, you may be interested in manually updating the system software on your HomePod Mini.

Did you know you can AirPlay audio output to your Mac speakers and a Sonos or other AirPlay speaker system, concurrently, even if the Mac speakers are not directly AirPlay compatible? Let’s say your Mac has some good shelf speakers connected to it through the audio port, and you also have a Sonos speaker or … Read More

Some Mac users have discovered that SSH is not working on their Mac since updating to macOS Ventura 13 or newer, including Sonoma. Typically they’ll see an error message when attempting to ssh into another server along the lines of “no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-rsa“. The apparent reason for this issue … Read More

Some Mac users who are attempting to use Sidecar with iPad may encounter an error that says “Unable to connect to iPad – The device timed out.” This error prevents Sidecar from turning the iPad into a second display on the Mac, and can be quite frustrating. This article will run through a variety of … Read More

AirDrop offers a fantastic wireless file sharing option for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users, but not everyone may want to have it enabled. If you’re a Mac user you may find yourself in a situation where you’d like to disable AirDrop on the Mac for whatever reason. Using AirDrop is super easy, and you’ll find … Read More

Looking for some last minute Christmas gifts? Amazon has you covered, with many great Apple deals that can still arrive by Christmas! Leading the way are AirPods Pro at a great discount, Apple Pencil 2 at a great discount, and the M2 MacBook Air at a nice discount, all of which are excellent gifts for … Read More

If you’re on a Mac and and have used AirPlay to mirror your Mac screen to a TV or to another Mac, you may now be wondering how to disconnect and turn off AirPlay to stop the display extension or screen mirroring. There are a few ways to turn off AirPlay on the Mac, we’ll … Read More

Want to make the Dock not visible on screen when in Stage Manager for iPad? You can easily hide it through a settings adjustment. Stage Manager is the optional multitasking interface available for iPad that allows you to have windowed apps of sorts open on the iPad screen, and juggle between multiple apps at the … Read More

Tor, the web browser that allows users to browse the web anonymously without being tracked or surveilled, has updated the Tor client for Mac to have native Apple Silicon support. Tor works by distributing your web traffic through a series of relays, thereby hiding the origin of the traffic. Its usage is often encouraged by … Read More

Amazon continues to offer great deals and discounts on various Apple products, so if you’re still doing some holiday shopping for a loved one or even yourself, it’s worth taking a look. Some items can still be delivered before Christmas, so take a look at delivery estimates as well, while others may arrive after the … Read More

Longtime Mac users who miss the Network Utility toolkit from nearly all prior versions of macOS may wish to bring it back to MacOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, and macOS Big Sur. Alas, a working version of Network Utility is no longer found in the system location on modern MacOS versions that it was … Read More

You likely know already that the Mac has a built-in dictionary, accessible from the Dictionary app, but also through keyboard shortcut, Spotlight, and three finger tap. But did you know you can also edit the dictionary on the Mac to add or remove your own words to a user dictionary? This is useful if you … Read More