Show All Open Files, Directories, Sockets, Pipes, Devices, by All Running Processes on Mac with Sloth

Feb 20, 2023 - 2 Comments
Sloth GUI for lsof Mac app

If you’re an advanced Mac user and you’d like to easily see all running processes and which files, directories, sockets, and pipes are open by those processes, the free Sloth tool may be useful to you. The Sloth app is basically a GUI front-end to lsof, a powerful command line tool that allows you to … Read More

Run MacOS Ventura on Unsupported Mac with OpenCore

Feb 17, 2023 - 26 Comments
OpenCore Legacy Patcher

Do you have an older Mac that is not able to run MacOS Ventura, but that you’d like to run MacOS Ventura on? You may be able to accomplish that through the help of a third party tool called OpenCore. While the official list of Macs compatible with MacOS Ventura is fairly limited and requiring … Read More

How to Schedule Sending Email in Mail for Mac

Feb 16, 2023 - 3 Comments
How to schedule sending emails on Mac

The Mail app in MacOS now supports the ability to schedule the sending of emails. Scheduling email is fantastic for so many obvious reasons, for both work and personal purposes, and for people like myself who forget important days like anniversaries and birthdays. You will need to have Mail app in macOS Ventura 13.0 or … 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

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 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.

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 Shuffle Between Wallpapers on iPhone Lock Screen

Jan 25, 2023 - 5 Comments
Shuffle iPhone wallpapers on the lock screen

One of the more fun ways to customize an iPhone is to set the lock screen wallpaper to shuffle between a collection of photos. Maybe you’d like to rotate through a variety of your favorite wallpapers on your lock screen, or perhaps you’ve got a collection of vacation photos, favorite pictures, or fancy wallpapers that … Read More

How to Get More Frequent Updates from Live Activities on iPhone

Jan 17, 2023 - 3 Comments
Live Activities on iPhone lock screen

Live Activities on the iPhone are interactive notifications that stay updated with real-time data, like sports scores, weather reports, orders, or updates from a delivery app, and they can appear right on your lock screen. If you like the Live Activities feature but want the data to be even more frequently updated, you can adjust … Read More

How to Change the Undo Send Delay on Mac Mail

Jan 12, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Mail icon for Mac

The Mail app for Mac has an ability to undo the sending of email in the latest versions, but the default setting for how long you have to retract an email is 10 seconds. If you’d like to change the undo send delay in Mail for Mac, you can do so easily through the apps … Read More

How to Access System Report on MacOS Ventura

Jan 7, 2023 - 2 Comments
System Information on MacOS shows a system report

The System Information tool in Mac OS is very useful for getting all sorts of details about your Mac, including hardware specifics, serial numbers, networking information, and software specifics like applications, fonts, language info, accessibility settings, and so much more. The system report is so useful for troubleshooting, assessing, and diagnosing Macs, that it’s a … Read More

How to Prevent Mac from Sleeping When Display is Off (MacOS Ventura)

Jan 2, 2023 - 15 Comments
Mac Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off

The Mac defaults to going to sleep after a while when the display is off, but if you wish to change this behavior you can prevent the Mac from sleeping when the display is off. How this is accomplished in MacOS Ventura is a little different than before, however, so if you’re running MacOS Ventura … Read More

How to Turn Off AirPlay on Mac

Dec 19, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to turn off and disconnect AirPlay on Mac

If you’re on a Mac and and have used AirPlay to mirror your Mac screen to a TV or to another Mac, you may now be wondering how to disconnect and turn off AirPlay to stop the display extension or screen mirroring. There are a few ways to turn off AirPlay on the Mac, we’ll … Read More

How to Edit the Mac Dictionary

Dec 15, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to edit local dictionary file on Mac

You likely know already that the Mac has a built-in dictionary, accessible from the Dictionary app, but also through keyboard shortcut, Spotlight, and three finger tap. But did you know you can also edit the dictionary on the Mac to add or remove your own words to a user dictionary? This is useful if you … Read More

How to Setup Auto Pay for Apple Card

Nov 23, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Apple Card is a fancy credit card that has some nice perks and cash-back bonuses, but it’s still a credit card, which means paying it on time is critical. For this reason, setting up auto-pay is convenient, and can guarantee that you’re not missing payments or getting unnecessary fees. To avoid interest charges and accruing … Read More

How to Rename “My Home” in Home App on iPhone, iPad, Mac

Nov 13, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Hy Home in Home app can be renamed to avoid confusion of multiple Homes

The Home app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac is a useful hub for managing your Homekit accessories, smart speakers, Homepods, and other smart devices. One nice customization to add to the Home app is to rename your Home setup from “My Home” to something more specific, perhaps your street name or something more easily identifiable, … Read More

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