How to Find a Misplaced Apple Watch with iPhone’s Ping My Watch

May 29, 2024 - 1 Comment
How to find a missing Apple Watch with iPhone Ping My Watch feature

If you’re an Apple Watch user, you should know about a convenient feature for iPhone that helps you to easily find a misplaced Apple Watch. Much like how you can ping an iPhone with Apple Watch to find an iPhone, you can now go the other direction too, by pinging your Apple Watch from your … Read More

PSA: Updating to MacOS Sonoma or iOS 17 May Enable iCloud Keychain

May 28, 2024 - 4 Comments
iCloud Keychain may turn itself on after software updates

Mac users, iPhone users, and iPad users, should all be aware that updating to macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17, or iPadOS 17, may silently enable iCloud Keychain on their devices. Essentially this means that by updating to the latest iOS, iPadOS, or MacOS, you may be unintentionally enabling the feature and thereby uploading your saved … Read More

How to Confirm Before Closing Windows with Multiple Tabs in Chrome, Edge, Brave

May 25, 2024 - 2 Comments
Ask before closing all tabs in a browser window in Chrome and Edge

If you use a lot of tabs when browsing the web with Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, or any other Chromium based browser, you might want to enable an optional feature that asks to confirm whether or not you wish to close any browser window with multiple tabs open. This can help to prevent you … Read More

How to Search the Web (Minus AI Junk & Clutter) with Google on Safari for Mac

May 24, 2024 - 4 Comments
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If you’re a Safari user, as many of us are, you might be interested in actually searching the web with Google and then seeing a list of actual web link results, without seeing any of the new AI junk, video and image recommendations, knowledge panels, related searches, suggested searches, or the other junky clutter that … Read More

How to Use ChatGPT for Mac Right Now, Bypassing the Waitlist

May 23, 2024 - 7 Comments
How to get ChatGPT for Mac right now and use it skipping the waitlist

OpenAI recently announced that an official ChatGPT app for Mac was coming with ChatGPT 4o support, complete with some pretty cool features like a keyboard shortcut to open a ChatGPT query from anywhere (kind of like Spotlight, but for ChatGPT), screenshot capabilities, ability to initiate discussions based on photos (for example, provide a picture of … Read More

How to Search Google Without AI Rubbish & Clutter

May 22, 2024 - 14 Comments
How to see web results in Google searches again

Remember when you used to use Google search and it would only return a list of links for web results, letting you easily find what you’re looking for? Google was once the best way to search the web, but as almost all Google users have noticed, the web search engine has become less of an … Read More

How to Disable Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Edge

May 18, 2024 - 3 Comments
Disable Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Edge

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is a feature in the Microsoft Edge web browser for Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android (and it’s also in the Windows operating system, in case you have a PC or run it in a virtual machine) that aims to protect your computer or device from malicious sites and downloads. Because of … Read More

How to Listen to Voicemail from Apple Watch

May 10, 2024 - Leave a Comment

As an Apple Watch owner, you likely have noticed that phone calls from your iPhone will ring on your Apple Watch, where you can answer and reject those calls as you wish. If you reject or mute the call from the Watch, the caller will have the option to leave a voice message on the … Read More

New M4 iPad Pro, M2 iPad Air, Apple Pencil Pro, & Magic Keyboard Released by Apple

May 7, 2024 - 2 Comments
M4 iPad Pro

Apple unveiled updates to their iPad lineup today, featuring newly redesigned iPad Pro models with M4 chips, and updates to the iPad Air which now include the M2 chip and a 13″ display size option. Additionally, Apple introduced a new Apple Pencil Pro for iPad Pro, and a redesigned Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro.

What Does the Number Badge Mean on Microsoft Edge Icon?

May 5, 2024 - 4 Comments
Mysterious badge number on Edge icon in MacOS Dock

Using Microsoft Edge as the default browser on MacOS has been a mostly positive experience, for speed, utility, access to GPT-4, and other neat features. But it’s also not without some degree of confusion, like wondering what on earth the number badge icon on the Edge icon in the Mac Dock means. One key component … Read More

How to Import Google Chrome Data into Microsoft Edge

May 3, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Microsoft Edge

If you’re making a switch from Google Chrome to the Microsoft Edge browser on your Mac, you’ll almost certainly want to import your Chrome data into Edge. Doing so will allow Edge to have immediate access to your saved logins and passwords, bookmarks, history, extensions, settings, and more, allowing you to seamlessly transition from Chrome … Read More

Beta 4 of macOS Sonoma 14.5, iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, Available for Testing

Apr 30, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Betas

The fourth beta versions of iOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, and iPadOS 17.5 have been released to users engaging in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. Additionally, new betas for watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5, and visionOS 1.2, are also available. While it’s not clear when the final versions of these system software versions … Read More

What do Blue Underlines on Text Mean in Microsoft Edge?

Apr 28, 2024 - Leave a Comment
How to disable Microsoft Editor and spelling and grammar check

If you use Microsoft Edge as your web browser, whether for free GPT 4 access or and DALL-E use, for cross-platform syncing, or any other reason, you may have noticed that you will often see blue underlined text when you’re typing within the browser. If you’re like me, you’re probably wondering what on earth the … Read More

Fixing Apple Watch False Touch & Ghost Touch Issues

Apr 26, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Fix the false touch issue on Apple Watch

Some Apple Watch users have experienced a situation where their Apple Watch seems to respond to phantom touches, which some users have come to call ghost touches. These false touches can happen in a variety of different situations, from the Apple Watch simply being on your wrist and doing nothing out of the ordinary, to … Read More

How to Connect AirPods to a Smart TV

Apr 25, 2024 - Leave a Comment
How to connect AirPods to a smart TV

AirPods are extremely popular wireless earbuds, and while most people associate them with the Apple ecosystem, they can be used outside of that too. One common situation that appeals to many people is the idea of connecting AirPods to a smart TV, allowing for the use of the wireless headphones for watching a show, movie, … Read More

Apple Event Set for May 7, New iPads Expected

Apr 23, 2024 - 2 Comments
Apple Event set for May 7

Apple has set an online event for 7:00AM PST on Tuesday, May 7, for the early birds on the west coast, or mid-morning east coast folks. While Apple offers only a vague hint of what’s to come with the event artwork, the rumor mill speculates that updated iPad models will be revealed that feature the … Read More

How to Mute a Call on Apple Watch

Apr 22, 2024 - 1 Comment
How to mute calls on Apple Watch

Since the Apple Watch is tied to your iPhone, you’ve likely noticed that phone calls can be made or answered on your wrist. While you might know how to answer or reject phone calls on the Apple Watch, did you know that you can silence or mute a call to your Apple Watch too? These … Read More

Make a Website Your Mac Wallpaper with Plash

Apr 20, 2024 - 1 Comment

A unique third party Mac app allows you to turn any web page, including YouTube videos and links to animated GIFs, into your Mac desktop wallpaper. Sound like fun? Well it definitely is, and depending on how creative you want to be, you can accomplish some really fascinating wallpaper experiences on the Mac with this … Read More

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