Some Mac users who also work with Windows, or who have drives, network shares, or other volumes that are from the Windows world, may occasionally come across LNK files with a .lnk file extension. If you’re wondering what these files are and how you can open them on the Mac, you should continue reading so … Read More

Perhaps you’ve come across a situation where you have an audio file, YouTube link, or video that you would like to transcribe the audio of that file into text, right on your Mac. That’s exactly what MacWhisper does, a free app which makes easy work of transcribing audio files into text using technology from OpenAI, … Read More

Spotify will sometimes default to using the shuffle feature on playlists, whether that playlist is from an artist, yourself, shared from a friend, or elsewhere. If you do not want to shuffle songs on Spotify, you will find that disabling the Shuffle feature is actually really easy. There are generally two different ways to disable … Read More

You can hide your Instagram following and followers lists, if you’d like to add some additional privacy to your account and your Instagram experience. With the method we’ll cover here, your Instagram followers and following lists will be hidden from all Instagram users who you have not approved to follow you.

Staying safe online with your Apple devices is an ongoing effort, and it’s important to keep yourself vigilant and informed about potential threats and risks. While the Mac, iPhone, and iPad, are generally much more secure than their competitor counterparts, that doesn’t mean you should be completely oblivious to risks to your personal information, logins, … Read More

Some Mac users have discovered an alarming message when using macOS Sonoma that says “Unknown is capturing your screen”, appearing in the users menu bar. The “Unknown is capturing your screen” message is not actionable, and typically it appears for a few seconds and then vanishes, making it more concerning. What’s going on that is … Read More

MacOS Sonoma is the upcoming new Mac operating system that features a return of desktop widgets, new screen savers, new video conferencing features for FaceTime, Safari Profiles support, privacy locked Private Browsing mode in Safari, new Messages capabilities, autofill support for PDFs, improved autocorrect with text completion prediction, Game Mode, and much more. If you’re … Read More

If you’re an iPhone user you may have received a message at some point in time and noticed that underneath the message content, a little note says “Sent with Siri”. You might be wondering what that means, and why the Sent with Siri message appears, and perhaps you’re wondering if your messages have the same … Read More

If you have ever been using Spotlight to search for stuff on your iPhone or iPad, and found a situation where photos are showing up in search, and you’d rather them not at all, then you can make a settings change to make sure this does not happen. Whether you’re wanting images to stop showing … Read More

iOS 17 includes some fun new features that are compelling to many iPhone users, including custom phone cards, Live Voicemail, FaceTime video voicemail support, new Messages features, support for FaceTime with Apple TV, a really cool digital clock mode for iPhone called StandBy, interactive widgets, NameDrop to easily swap contact information, a new Journal app, … Read More

iPadOS 17 includes some great new features like a customizable Lock Screen, interactive widgets, Live Activities on the Lock Screen, support for FaceTime video voicemail, new Messages features and capabilities, support for Safari Profiles, the inclusion of the Health app on iPad, improvements to Spotlight, autofill support for PDFs, Safari Private Browsing locking, and much … Read More

All modern iPhone’s include excellent video recording capabilities and cameras, and while you can certainly simply hit the record button and you’ll get great video right away, there are some additional tips to maximize your video capturing experience. Read along and you’ll be able to master record the best possible videos on your iPhone. Technically … Read More

If you are excited about MacOS Sonoma and it’s new features like the return of desktop widgets or new screen savers, you likely want to know when the release date of MacOS Sonoma will be. If you’re wondering when the final version of MacOS Sonoma will be released, you’re certainly not alone. Let’s discuss some … Read More

If you’re excited about updating your iPhone to iOS 17 when it is released to the general public, you’re probably filled with the same questions that many of us have; when does iOS 17 come out? When does iOS 17 leave beta? What is the release date of iOS 17? What is the release date … Read More

Someone at Apple appears to be a Bitcoin enthusiast, or at least intrigued by the technology, as the complete Bitcoin whitepaper appears hidden in MacOS. Specifically, the full Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto is stored as a PDF file within the resources of the Image Capture application – yes the app you can use to … Read More

Sometimes when you’re using Excel, you might have data inputted across multiple columns, and you may wish to combine columns. One of the major perks of using spreadsheet software like Excel is that you can easily combine columns with simple formulas and functions, merging two (or more) columns together. The simplest way to combine multiple … Read More

If you gave into the temptation of installing iOS 17 beta onto your iPhone and now regret doing so because of incompatibility issues, bugs, or performance complaints, you may be interested in downgrading iOS 17 beta back to stable iOS 16 release. We’ll show you how you can downgrade and remove iOS 17 beta from … Read More

iMessage is the messaging protocol that is limited to the Apple ecosystem – iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches – until now anyway. Thanks to Phone Link for Windows 11, you can now use iMessage on a Windows PC to text other iMessage and Android users back and forth, and you can even make phone calls … Read More