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Adjust External Display Brightness on Mac with MonitorControl

Feb 15, 2023 - 1 Comment
Control external display brightness with MonitorControl on Mac

Have you ever wished the keyboard brightness adjustment keys on a Mac could control the brightness of your external displays? Ever wanted to change the brightness on a secondary display, right from your Mac? For users with multi-monitor setups, controlling brightness on multiple screens can be a chore when you have to manually fiddle with … Read More

How to Delete a Page in Word (Mac & Windows)

Feb 14, 2023 - 4 Comments
Microsoft Word icon

As just about any Microsoft Word user knows, often you will create a Word document that ends up containing unwanted blank pages, usually at the end of the document, and these wind up getting printed or included in Word-to-PDF files unnecessarily. You may encounter this with any Word document creation, or even converted Pages docs … Read More

MacOS Ventura 13.2.1 Update with Bug Fixes & Security Patches Available

Feb 13, 2023 - 2 Comments
MacOS Ventura update

Apple has released macOS Ventura 13.2.1 as a software update for Mac users running the Ventura operating system. The update is said to include bug fixes and security updates, and is therefore recommended to install for all eligible Mac users. Separately, Apple released iOS 16.3.1 for iPhone, iPadOS 16.3.1 for iPad, along with updates to … Read More

iOS 16.3.1 & iPadOS 16.3.1 Update Released with Bug Fixes, Download Now

Feb 13, 2023 - 2 Comments
iOS 16.3.1 update download

Apple has released iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1 for iPhone and iPad, respectively. The update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, and is therefore recommended for all eligible users to download onto their devices. Additionally, Apple has released software updates for MacOS Ventura 13.2.1, watchOS 9.3.1, HomePodOS 16.3.2, tvOS 16.3.2, and Safari updates for Big … Read More

How to Mount SMB Share from Command Line on Mac

Feb 13, 2023 - 4 Comments
Mac Terminal icon

Need to mount an SMB network share from the command line of MacOS? There are a few different approaches to mount SMB shares from the command line, and we’ll cover two different methods to mount network shares on the Mac using Terminal.

How to Hide Venmo Transaction History

Feb 12, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Hide Venmo public transactions

Venmo is a very popular mobile payments app that is used for everything from paying for goods, services, rent, bills, splitting checks, and so much more. By default, Venmo chooses to publicly display all of your Venmo transaction payment history, including both sent and received payments. If you would like to hide your Venmo transaction … Read More

How to Disable Clean Energy Charging on iPhone

Feb 11, 2023 - 9 Comments
iPhone Clean Energy Charging setting

The newest versions of iOS have introduced an interesting feature that Apple calls “clean energy charging” which aims to ‘reduce your carbon footprint’ by timing when your iPhone charges to align with when ‘lower carbon emission electricity’ is available. Putting aside the stark realities and illusions of green energy, whether or not you want your … Read More

How to Stop Pages & Numbers Saving to iCloud on Mac by Default

Feb 10, 2023 - 4 Comments
How to Stop Pages & Numbers Saving to iCloud on Mac by Default

If you’re someone who uses Apple’s Pages and Numbers apps to work on documents on your Mac, you’d probably know that the files are saved to iCloud by default. Not everyone wants to store these documents on iCloud and this could be an annoyance to some. Thankfully, you can change this in two different ways.

How to Change a File Type’s Default App in MacOS

Feb 9, 2023 - 1 Comment
How to Change a File Type's Default App in macOS

Do you want to change the default application that your Mac uses to open a specific file type or file format? You’ll be excited to know that there are multiple ways to go about this and it’s pretty easy to change the default app for various file types on your system.

How to Fake a Dropped Call on iPhone

Feb 8, 2023 - 2 Comments
Fake a dropped call on iPhone

Have you ever been on a phone call you want to get off of but you can’t figure out a way out of the conversation? Dropped call to the rescue! With iPhone, you can fake a dropped call from poor service by quite literally forcing the phone call to drop from a cellular connection or … Read More

How to Use iPhone as FaceTime Camera on Mac

Feb 7, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Use iPhone as a FaceTime Camera on Mac

The latest versions of macOS system software allow for using your iPhone as a FaceTime camera and webcam, offering a much higher resolution and higher quality video chat experience, especially compared to the built-in cameras on most Mac computers.

Open Terminal by Keyboard Shortcut on Mac

Feb 6, 2023 - 4 Comments
Open Terminal by keyboard shortcut on Mac

Ever wished you could instantly launch the Terminal app on Mac by keyboard shortcut? Instead of relying on Spotlight and typing Terminal and hitting return, which works great and has for many years, you can actually create your own custom keyboard shortcut to open the Terminal app on MacOS. This article will detail how you … Read More

Set Custom Dock Settings for Mac When Connected to External Displays with HiDock

Feb 5, 2023 - 1 Comment
HiDock for Mac

Have you ever wished that MacOS could have different settings for the Dock, when connected to an external display, versus using only the built-in display? Or that MacOS would know when your MacBook Pro is connected to an external display and automatically adjust the Dock positioning, or size? That’s exactly what HiDock does, a free … Read More

WhatsApp for Mac with Native Apple Silicon Support Available in Beta

Feb 4, 2023 - 3 Comments
WhatsApp for Mac with Apple Silicon support

WhatsApp, the popular messaging client, is now available for the Mac with native Apple Silicon support. The WhatsApp client for Apple Silicon is currently in beta, but it is stable and functions fairly well, and should offer better performance compared to builds intended for older Intel Macs. Interested users who don’t mind beta testing software … Read More

How to Change Undo Sending Delay on Mail for iPhone & iPad

Feb 3, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Change Undo Send Delay on Mail for iPhone and iPad

One of the better new features in modern versions of Mail for iPhone and iPad is the ability to undo the sending of an email, which offers you a grace period to retract an email before it gets sent out. This is nice when you forgot something to include in the email, caught a typo … Read More

How to Change Wallpaper on MacOS Sonoma & Ventura

Feb 2, 2023 - 21 Comments
How to change the desktop wallpaper in MacOS Ventura

Setting your desktop background picture to an image of your choice is an easy and fun way to customize your desktop Mac experience. With MacOS Sonoma and Ventura, how you change the Mac desktop wallpaper has changed a bit, which has led to some confusion for some longtime Mac users. Long gone is the familiar … Read More

How to Open Activity Monitor by Keyboard Shortcut on Mac

Feb 1, 2023 - 4 Comments
Use a keyboard shortcut for opening Activity Monitor on Mac

Many Mac users rely on Activity Monitor to quickly terminate processes and monitor system resources on their Macs. Creating a keyboard shortcut for quick access to Activity Monitor can be a beneficial trick to more easily access the task manager in MacOS. This article will demonstrate how to use the Shortcuts app to make a … Read More

Deals: AirPods 38% Off, Apple Watch 8 $50 Off, iPad Air $100 Off

Feb 1, 2023 - 2 Comments
Apple deals at Amazon

If you’re shopping for AirPods, Apple Watch, or iPad Air, don’t miss these great discounts available right now from Amazon. AirPods 2nd generation at 38% Off Starting off with the 2nd generation AirPods at $99, a $30 discount. AirPods for $99 (down from $129) Apple Watch Series 8 for $50 Off Next up is the … Read More

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