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CodeEdit Might be the Best Free Code Editor for Mac

Jun 5, 2025 - Leave a Comment
CodeEdit for Mac

CodeEdit is an increasingly popular, free, open source native code editor for Mac that offers a super lightweight and speedy alternative to other code editors for Mac like Xcode, Zed, Visual Studio Pro, and other similar apps and IDEs. CodeEdit offers a fast experience that feels like it was built for MacOS, with many of … Read More

How to Adjust Font Smoothing in macOS Sequoia & macOS Sonoma

Jun 4, 2025 - Leave a Comment
The Mac Finder icon

Font Smoothing is a longstanding feature in MacOS that aims to make rendered screen text more legible, and it works by subtly blending the edges of display fonts with the background by using anti-aliasing. The idea is to reduce the jaggedness of screen text, but in practice nowadays it basically makes screen fonts on the … Read More

How to Enable iCloud Private Relay on Mac

Jun 3, 2025 - 2 Comments
How to enable iCloud Private Relay on Mac

iCloud Private Relay is a fantastic privacy feature that is part of the iCloud+ subscription that helps to protect your internet activity and browsing by obfuscating your IP address (via using a temporary IP address) and encrypting your DNS lookups, so that third parties can’t see what websites you’re visiting. The end result is that … Read More

Deals: M4 MacBook Air for $812! MacBook Pro 16″ M4 Max 48GB/1TB for $3440, & More

Jun 3, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Amazon deals

Amazon isn’t letting up on the great deals, with the M4 Macbook Air 13″ model now being offered at just $812 for the base 13″ model with 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and Midnight color. You can also get great deals on other colors, but the cheapest by far is the dark Midnight color at the … Read More

Explaining cloudd, photolibraryd, & cloudphotod Processes in MacOS

Jun 2, 2025 - 1 Comment
The MacOS processes cloudd, photolibraryd, nsurlsessiond, & cloudphotod may confuse some Mac users but they are normal processes as we explain here

If you’re a Mac user and you’ve ever opened Activity Monitor to explore why your Mac might be feeling slow, it’s likely that you’ve seen a few processes running that could be using a lot of CPU, energy, or memory, in particular cloudd, cloudphotod, photolibraryd, and nsurlsessiond. So what the heck are these processes that … Read More

Deals: M4 MacBook Air Deals – 13″ 16GB/256GB for $837, And $260 Off the 15″ 24GB / 512GB Model

Jun 2, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Amazon deals

The M4 MacBook Air is available at some all-time lowest prices from Amazon, with a whopper of a deal taking $160 off the base model 13″ 16GB/256GB and $260 off the 15″ 24GB/512GB models. If you’ve been thinking about getting a new MacBook Air in either 13″ or 15″ screen sizes, these deals are fantastic … Read More

How to Play Fortnite on Mac with FnMacAssistant & Sideloadly

May 31, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Downloading Fortnite onto the Mac and then using fnMacAssistant to patch the Fortnite app too

Gamers everywhere are happy that Fortnite is back for iPhone and iPad users, but there’s no Mac client in sight (yet anyway). That doesn’t mean you can’t play Fortnite on the Mac though, because if you have an Apple Silicon Mac, and you’re comfortable running some mods and tweaks, you can get the iOS/iPadOS version … Read More

How to Disable Backtrack on Apple Watch Turning On Automatically

May 30, 2025 - 1 Comment
How to disable Backtrack on Apple Watch automatically enabling with Compass

One of the more curious features of Apple Watch is how the Compass Backtrack feature automatically activates and takes over the Apple Watch screen during workouts, seemingly at random, or even every time a “Hiking” workout or sometimes any outdoor workout of any sort is selected or initiated. Given that the vast majority of hikers, … Read More

How to Make MacOS Sequoia Feel Faster: Tips to Speed Up Slow MacOS

May 28, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to speed up macOS Sequoia

macOS Sequoia is a pretty solid operating system with some great features like iPhone Mirroring, and while performance is fantastic for most, not all users are experiencing the speediest of experiences. If you feel like macOS Sequoia is running slower than your Mac was on prior operating system versions, you might appreciate some of these … Read More

Deals: Save $235 Off M4 MacBook Air 15″ 24GB / 512GB Model

May 28, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Apple deals at Amazon

Amazon is continuing to offer some great discounts on MacBook Air models, but by far the best deal is on the upper end 24GB RAM and 512GB SSD model with 15″ display, where you can save $235 off the retail price, bringing the price down to $1364 down from $1599. If you’re been shopping for … Read More

How to Enable Volume Slider on iPhone Lock Screen

May 27, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to get the Volume Slider on iPhone Lock Screen back again

For the majority of existence for iPhone, anytime that music, podcasts, audiobooks, or media was being played on the device but the screen was locked, a volume slider was visible on the iPhone Lock Screen. The volume slider made it easy to see what volume something was playing at, and also made it very easy … Read More

Deals: Up to $198 Off M4 MacBook Air in 13″ & 15″

May 27, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Amazon deals

Amazon is offering nice discounts on the M4 MacBook Air series, in either the 13″ or 15″ screen sizes. You’ll find the best deal on the 24GB RAM models ($198 off the 24GB / 512GB model in 13″!), but there are discounts available on all memory/storage configurations and color options (Sky Blue, Midnight, Starlight, Silver). … Read More

Where is “Hide My Email” on iPhone & iPad?

May 23, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Where is "Hide My Email" on iPhone

The “Hide My Email” feature on iPhone is incredibly useful, allowing you to create random unique email addresses that forward to your real email address inbox. This feature can help protect your privacy by allowing you to sign up for apps or services without sharing your real email address, while enhancing security from phishing attempts, … Read More

Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 for $299, iPad mini 7 for $399

May 23, 2025 - 1 Comment
Apple deals at Amazon

Amazon is offering some really great deals for Memorial Day Weekend, so whether you want a big discount on the iPad mini 7, Apple Watch Series 10, or a MacBook Air M4 model, don’t miss out on these deals. Apple Watch Series 10 – $299 (down from $399) Apple Watch Series 10 has excellent activity … Read More

How to Flush DNS Cache on macOS Sequoia & Sonoma

May 21, 2025 - 1 Comment
How to flush DNS cache on macOS Sequoia and Sonoma

If you’re running macOS Sequoia or macOS Sonoma, you might occasionally find yourself in a situation where you need to flush the DNS cache on your Mac. This can be necessary to fix DNS related issues or errors, to clear out outdated DNS settings or records, to resolve issues with certain websites, or even to … Read More

You Can Download & Play Fortnite on iPhone & iPad Again

May 21, 2025 - 1 Comment
Fortnite is available to download and play again on iPhone and iPad

Fortnite, the wildly popular online action game, is back on the App Store for iPhone and iPad users to download and play. The app has returned after Apple removed the popular game roughly five years ago while Apple and Epic engaged in an expensive drawn out legal squabble, which ultimately ended up disappointing and irritating … Read More

How to Use Surfshark DNS on Mac, iPhone, iPad

May 20, 2025 - 7 Comments
How to use Surfshark DNS on Mac, iPhone, or iPad for better privacy

Did you know that your internet service provider default DNS servers almost certainly track and log your online activity? Basically this means that every time you visit a website or use an internet-connected application from your Mac, iPhone or iPad, your ISP is aware of that. Many ISP’s will not only log and track your … Read More

6 Super Useful Continuity Features for Mac, iPhone, & iPad, You Should Be Using

May 19, 2025 - 3 Comments
Continuity features on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, are incredibly useful and worth exploring

Continuity is a broad set of features for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, that make using all three of the devices together as seamless and easy as possible. Many of the Continuity features also will undoubtedly improve your workflow, making using MacOS, iOS, and iPadOS even better together. We’re going to focus on six of the … Read More

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