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How to Fix Error Code 1109 When Restoring or Updating iPhone

Feb 27, 2026 - Leave a Comment
Fix iPhone error 1109 when updating or restoring a device with computer

A frustrating error message may appear for some iPhone users when they’re using a computer to restore an iPhone or install an update. The error code in question here is “Error Code (1109)” which is cryptic and vague, and if you experience this error it typically comes with a failure to update or restore the … Read More

Is iPhone Battery Life Worse After Installing iOS 26.3?

Feb 26, 2026 - 3 Comments
Some users believe iOS 26.3 impacted their battery life

Some iPhone users feel that battery life is worse after updating to iOS 26.3, and that the battery drains faster even after the typical background maintenance routine completes. If you’ve recently installed the update and noticed your battery draining faster than expected, you’re not alone, and there are many complaints online of battery issues with … Read More

How to Mirror iPad on Mac, like iPhone Mirroring

Feb 25, 2026 - Leave a Comment
iPad Mirroring on the Mac

Ever wanted to use iPad Mirroring on your Mac, like the iPhone Mirroring app? iPhone Mirroring is one of the most handy features introduced to modern MacOS versions, allowing you to seamlessly mirror and use your iPhone screen directly from your Mac with ease. It’s so useful that many Mac users have wondered if iPhone … Read More

How to Use Full Screen Split View on macOS Tahoe

Feb 24, 2026 - 3 Comments
Split View on MacOS Tahoe in Full Screen

Split View is a useful feature in MacOS that lets you split the screen between two different apps or app windows, in complete full screen mode. Split View is appreciated by many users who find it to boost productivity and focus, particularly if they already enjoy and appreciate full screen app mode on the Mac. … Read More

Beta 2 of macOS Tahoe 26.4 & iOS 26.4 Released for Testing

Feb 23, 2026 - 1 Comment
New iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 betas

Apple is moving fairly quickly through this particular beta cycle, with beta 2 arriving already for iOS 26.4, iPadOS2 26.4, macOS Tahoe 26.4, and the rest of the OS 26.4 suite. The first beta debuted just a week ago. Anyone enrolled in the beta testing programs can find and download the OS 26.4 beta 2 … Read More

4 Tips for Helping Fix iOS 26 Keyboard Complaints & Issues

Feb 19, 2026 - 3 Comments
iOS 26 keyboard issues are commonly reported on iPhone and there are a few workarounds that can help

A fair number of iPhone users are complaining of problems with the keyboard in iOS 26. From typing lag, slow responsiveness, sluggish typing, incorrect characters, weird typos, entire words being corrected to the wrong word, aggressive autocorrect and autocorrection failures with typos, missed characters when typing words, and what those irritated say is a general … Read More

Tinkle Highlights Your Active Window on MacOS

Feb 18, 2026 - 4 Comments
Tinkle temporarily draws a visual effect on active windows to make them obvious to see on the Mac

One of the major complaints of the new Liquid Glass design on macOS Tahoe is that it’s difficult to differentiate windows, and that there is so little contrast between the active window and a background window that it can be challenging for many users to tell them apart quickly. Tinkle attempts to help you immediately … Read More

Restart Spotlight on Mac with an Unorthodox Easy Method

Feb 17, 2026 - 2 Comments
An interesting way to restart Spotlight on Mac

Restarting and relaunching Spotlight on the Mac have been helpful troubleshooting tricks since the debut of the search engine to the MacOS platform. Often if you restart Spotlight, rebuild the index, or kill specific Spotlight processes, you can typically resolve many common issues with the MacOS search engine. Given the utility of relaunching the Spotlight … Read More

Apple Event Set for March 4, Updated Hardware Expected

Feb 16, 2026 - Leave a Comment
Apple event invite for March 2026

Apple has scheduled an event for Wednesday, March 4, and it’s a good bet that updated hardware will be unveiled. Somewhat unusually, Apple has scheduled the event for three different locations around the world; New York, London, and Shanghai. Usually Apple just hosts events at their Cupertino Apple Park location, so making this a global … Read More

First Beta of macOS Tahoe 26.4 & iOS 26.4 Released for Testing

Feb 16, 2026 - Leave a Comment
Betas

Apple has released the first beta versions of macOS Tahoe 26.4, ipadOS 26.4, iOS 26.4, along with the rest of the OS 26.4 beta suite. The new betas are available now to registered developers and soon after for public beta testers. In the first beta builds, macOS Tahoe 26.4, ipadOS 26.4, iOS 26.4 all introduce … Read More

Reduce Transparency Works Again in macOS Tahoe 26.3

Feb 13, 2026 - 13 Comments
Reduce Transparency works in Tahoe 26.3 again

The freshly released macOS Tahoe 26.3 update has resolved an accessibility issue where the “Reduce Transparency” feature was not working properly on the Mac. Before macOS Tahoe 26.3, toggling the switch on would leave considerable transparent effects, including in sidebars, headers, titlebars, search boxes, and more, leading to situations where text would overlap and interface … Read More

MacOS Sequoia 15.7.4 & MacOS Sonoma 14.8.4 Security Updates Released

Feb 12, 2026 - Leave a Comment
MacOS Sequoia software update

Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.7.4 and MacOS Sonoma 14.8.4 as system software updates for the Sonoma and Sequoia operating systems, focusing on security patches for Mac users who are not running macOS Tahoe. Separately, macOS Tahoe 26.3, iOS 26.4, ipadOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, along with iOS 18 updates, are also available for … Read More

macOS Tahoe 26.3 Update Released

Feb 11, 2026 - 5 Comments
macOS Tahoe 26.3

Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.3 for all Mac users to install as a software update. macOS Tahoe 26.3 focuses on bug fixes and security enhancements, and are recommended to install for all Tahoe users. Mac users who are running Sequoia or Sonoma will find smaller security patch oriented updates available for those system software … Read More

iOS 26.3 Update Released for iPhone & iPad

Feb 11, 2026 - Leave a Comment
iOS 26.3 update available to download

iOS 26.3 for iPhone and iPadOS 26.3 for iPad have been released by Apple for all supported devices. The software updates aim to provide important security updates and bug fixes. Additionally, Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.3 update for Mac, along with updates to Sequoia, Sonoma, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and older iPhone and iPad models … Read More

Don’t Want Ads in ChatGPT? Try Claude Instead

Feb 10, 2026 - 3 Comments
Claude

If you’d like to maintain and ad-free AI experience, you might want to consider using Claude, which offers free AI tools, web chat, and clients for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, all of which are free from advertising clutter. Why are you mentioning this? Well, you might have seen that OpenAI has recently announced that ChatGPT … Read More

Release Candidate of macOS Tahoe 26.3 & iOS 26.3 Released for Testing

Feb 4, 2026 - Leave a Comment
Betas

Apple has moved on to the Release Candidate phase of the beta cycle for macOS Tahoe 26.3, iOS 26.3, and iPadOS 26.3. The new RC builds are available for users participating in the beta programs. Release Candidate builds indicate the end of the beta testing period, absent any major bugs or issues, and also serve … Read More

How to Run iPad Apps Full Screen Again in iPadOS 26

Feb 3, 2026 - Leave a Comment
Put iPad back into Full Screen Apps mode to focus on a single app again

If your iPad is running iPadOS 26, you might have already experimented with Windowed App mode which allows apps to be in self-contained windows, allowing for windowed multitasking more like a desktop operating system interface. That’s obviously quite a different experience than the traditional iPad interface, which was more single task oriented with a focused … Read More

Important Software Updates for MacOS Big Sur & Catalina, Older iPhones, iPads, & Apple Watch, Released

Feb 2, 2026 - 1 Comment

Apple has released important software updates to a variety of older devices, including older model Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watch’s. These new updates are released as macOS Big Sur 11.7.11 and macOS Catalina Security Update 2026-001 Catalina, iOS 16.7.14, iPadOS 16.7.14, watchOS 10.6.2, watchOS 9.6.4, and watchOS 6.3.1. According to release notes from Apple, … Read More

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