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Steve Jobs to Be Honored on 2026 American Innovation $1 Coin

Oct 18, 2025 - 4 Comments
Steve Jobs dollar coin

The United States Mint will feature Steve Jobs on a commemorative $1 coin next year, as apart of the 2026 American Innovation Coin Program, according to a press release from the US Mint.

You Can’t Downgrade from iOS 26 to iOS 18 – But a Goofy Workaround Has Been Found

Oct 16, 2025 - 4 Comments
How to get iOS 18 on iPhone again when you can not downgrade from iOS 26

When there’s a will, there’s a way. And in this case, some iPhone users are so committed to finding a way back to iOS 18, that they’ve come up with a fairly unconventional yet creative workaround to get away from iOS 26. As you likely know, there’s no longer any way to downgrade an iPhone … Read More

New M5 Chip Comes to iPad Pro, MacBook Pro 14″, & Apple Vision Pro

Oct 15, 2025 - 2 Comments
M5 MacBook Pro 14 inch model

Apple has updated the iPad Pro lineup, MacBook Pro 14″, and Apple Vision Pro, to feature the all new M5 chip. These are basically spec-bump updates focused on the new M5 chip architecture, with no new hardware redesign or major new features or changes otherwise. The new M5 chip architecture is apparently notably faster with … Read More

macOS Tahoe Battery Life Worse? Tips for Battery Issues with MacOS 26

Oct 14, 2025 - 4 Comments
Battery life problems with macOS Tahoe explored

A fair number of Mac users have found that macOS Tahoe has notably reduced the battery life and battery performance of their MacBook hardware. Looking around online, you’ll find a variety of complaints from MacBook Pro and MacBook Air users about quickly draining battery and significant reductions in battery life in general, since installing the … Read More

3rd Beta of iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, iPadOS 26.1 Available for Testing

Oct 13, 2025 - 1 Comment
Betas

Beta testing for iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 is accelerating pace, with the third beta release now being available for those participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. Beta 3 comes just a week after beta 2, and Apple usually goes through several beta versions before issuing a final … Read More

Where Did Voicemail Go in iOS 26? Finding iPhone Voicemail in the New iOS

Oct 13, 2025 - 5 Comments
Where is Voicemail in iOS 26? Here is how to find it

Wondering if voicemail no longer works in iOS 26? Convinced that iOS 26 removed the Voicemail feature from iPhone? Can’t determine how to check voicemail on iOS 26? If you can’t find voicemail on iPhone since updating to iOS 26, you’re not alone. The new unified Phone app design in iOS 26 features a complete … Read More

Stop Overlapping Text & Legibility Issues on macOS Tahoe with “Reduce Transparency”

Oct 10, 2025 - 1 Comment
Stop overlapping text in macOS Tahoe

The Liquid Glass interface of macOS Tahoe 26 can provide some accessibility and legibility challenges for some Mac users, and one of the recurring complaints is the heavy usage of transparency and translucency can lead to text overlapping other text throughout the operating system. Whether it’s a sidebar, menu, messages, or window, having text atop … Read More

How to Make a Bootable macOS Tahoe 26 Installer Drive

Oct 9, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to create a bootable macOS Tahoe installer drive

Now that macOS Tahoe 26 is out, you might be interested in making a bootable installer drive for the latest MacOS release. Bootable installers drives are super useful as they can be used to easily perform clean system installs, install or update multiple Macs to Tahoe without having to download the installer/update multiple times, and … Read More

Deals: $200 Off M4 MacBook Air, AirPods from $89, & More

Oct 9, 2025 - Leave a Comment

Amazon is cutting $200 off the price of all M4 MacBook Air models, starting at $799 for the 13″ Air, and $999 for the 15″ Air. 13″ M4 MacBook Air ($200 off) 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 256GB for $799 (MSRP: $999) 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 512GB for $999 (MSRP: $1,199) 13″ … Read More

Hate the New Phone App on iOS 26 for iPhone? Get the Old Phone Layout Back Again

Oct 8, 2025 - 13 Comments
How to restore the classic Phone layout and look on iPhone with iOS 26

While the most significant visual change in iOS 26 is the Liquid Glass interface, you’ll also find some pretty notable design overhauls of commonly used iPhone apps. The Phone app is one such example, with the new Phone app design in iOS 26 being wildly different from the prior versions, featuring a new cluttered design … Read More

How to Reduce Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe

Oct 7, 2025 - 7 Comments
How to turn off Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe as much as possible

The Liquid Glass interface appearance is a fairly significant change in macOS Tahoe, bringing a lot of transparency, translucency, and shininess to the Mac interface appearance. While some users enjoy the new look, other Mac users may find it distracting, cumbersome, or difficult to read and interact with, and perhaps even conducive to causing eye … Read More

Beta 2 of iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, iPadOS 26.1 Available for Testing

Oct 6, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Betas

Apple has released the second beta versions of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1. The new beta builds are available for all enrolled beta testers, and offer continued refinement of the new operating systems.

Deals: AirTags 4-pack for $65, M3 iPad Air from $449, & More

Oct 6, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Amazon deals

AirTags are super useful personal trackers with many uses from tracking a bag, purse, dog, cat, luggage, backpack, car keys, package, bike, car, or just about anything else you can imagine wanting to keep an eye on through the Find My network. Amazon is currently offering the AirTag 4-pack for just $65 ($16 per AirTag), … Read More

Create a MacOS Tahoe VM with tart

Oct 6, 2025 - 3 Comments
MacOS Tahoe virtual machine created with tart

The Mac command line tool tart continues to offer one of the simplest and fastest ways to setup a new virtual machine, and setting up a Tahoe VM is no exception. Whether you’re a developer, tinkerer, tester, or just someone who wants to give the latest MacOS Tahoe 26 operating system a trial run without … Read More

2 Ways to Install Homebrew in MacOS Tahoe

Oct 3, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Install Homebrew on MacOS Tahoe with two different options

Homebrew is a powerful command line package manager that allows you to easily install, update, and manage popular command line programs and tools, as well as traditional graphical apps with cask (and third party tools like Applite help you manage cask through the GUI too). It’s a popular tool with advanced Mac users and those … Read More

9 macOS Tahoe Tips You’ll Actually Use

Oct 2, 2025 - 11 Comments
MacOS Tahoe Tips

While the most obvious change to macOS Tahoe 26 is the newly rounded and translucent Liquid Glass interface appearance, there are also a variety of neat new features and customization options that you’re sure to appreciate easily well. Let’s review some of the most useful tips for macOS Tahoe that you’ll want to check out, … Read More

What is “com.github.squirrel” on the Mac?

Oct 1, 2025 - 1 Comment
Activity Monitor for Mac

If you’re a Mac user who watches system resource use by keeping an eye on Activity Monitor, htop, top, or any other monitor of deeper system processes, you may have seen a process called “com.github.squirrel” and wondered what it is, and perhaps even wondered if it’s bad. Is it dangerous or malware? github.squirrel has a … Read More

iOS 18.7.1 & iPadOS 18.7.1 Updates Released with Security Patch

Sep 30, 2025 - 1 Comment
iOS 18.7.1 and iPadOS 18.7.1 updates

Apple has released iOS 18.7.1 for iPhone and ipadOS 18.7.1 for iPad. The small software updates include security patches, and are offered as alternatives to iPhone and iPad users who either don’t want to install iOS 26 onto their device yet, or cannot for compatibility reasons. No new features or major changes are expected in … Read More

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