How to Fix the Apple Watch Squiggly Charging Cable Screen

Mar 29, 2024 - 1 Comment
Fix the Apple Watch squiggly line screen with a lightning bolt

If you have an Apple Watch, or you just bought an Apple Watch, you may occasionally run into a situation where the Apple Watch displays a squiggly line charging cable on the screen, sometimes with a little lightning bolt icon as well. Some people have even referred to this screen as the ‘green snake screen’ … Read More

NewsToday2: What it is & How to Disable NewsToday2 on Mac

Mar 27, 2024 - 3 Comments
Kill the NewsToday2 process on Mac

Some Mac users have discovered a process named “NewsToday2” running on their Mac, typically found after they’ve noticed a slowdown on their machine, or if they’re browsing through active processes running in MacOS. We’re going to dive into the NewsToday2 process in MacOS, discuss what it is, and show you how to stop it from … Read More

Create a Resume with Pages on Mac, iPhone, iPad

Mar 26, 2024 - 1 Comment
How to create a resume in Pages for Mac, iPhone, or iPad

Creating a resume is one of those tasks that can be stressful, but it does not need to be if you’re in the Apple ecosystem. That’s because your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, all have a readily accessible series of resume templates that you can access. Whether it’s updating a resume into a new format, or … Read More

How to Use the Apple Watch Keyboard: Typing on Apple Watch Directly, & with Dictation, or iPhone

Mar 25, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Use the Apple Watch keyboard

The Apple Watch may be small and on your wrist, but believe it or not the Apple Watch also has a keyboard. Yes, even with the small screen, you can use a full size QWERTY keyboard on Apple Watch to type things out, whether it’s a quick response to a message, or an email. In … Read More

Use Both Dark & Light Mode Themes Per App on Mac with Gray

Mar 24, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Gray app lets you mix dark mode theme and light mode theme per app on MacOS

Mac users have the option of using either the Light theme or Dark mode theme of MacOS, or they can have the system theme change with the time of day automatically on a schedule. But what if you prefer one theme over the other for some apps, but not others? What if you want some … Read More

How Secure are Personal Hotspot Connections from iPhone?

Mar 23, 2024 - 3 Comments
iPhone Personal Hotspot Security

The Personal Hotspot feature on iPhone turns your iPhone cellular connection into a wi-fi hotspot that other nearby devices and computers can use to access the internet. It’s one of those really great features available for iPhone that allows you to work from just about anywhere that you have a cellular connection, and can also … Read More

Why Did My iPhone Alarm Stop Automatically & Turn Itself Off?

Mar 18, 2024 - 2 Comments
The iPhone alarm clock will turn itself off automatically after 15 minutes

If you use your iPhone as an alarm clock, as many iPhone owners do, you may have discovered that if the iPhone alarm is sounding and ringing continuously on it’s own, eventually the iPhone alarm turns itself off automatically. While this may be confusing if you’re used to old analog alarm clocks that will ring … Read More

Use an iPad as an HDMI Display with Orion & a USB-C Capture Card

Mar 17, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Orion app turns iPad into an HDMI display

You can turn your iPad into a portable HDMI display with the help of a neat app named Orion, plus a USB-C Capture Card. How this works is really straight forward; you connect the USB-C Capture Card dongle to the iPad Pro USB-C port, then you connect your device to that dongle via HDMI, that … Read More

What is fileproviderd on Mac & Why Does it Use High CPU?

Mar 16, 2024 - Leave a Comment
The fileprovidered process on Mac

A process named fileproviderd may be discovered by some Mac users, usually seen in Activity Monitor when someone has discovered that their Mac feels like it’s running slower than usual. There, fileproviverd may be using high amounts of CPU, and by using heavy system resources, the Mac slows down.

How to Find Universal Control Settings on MacOS Sonoma & Ventura?

Mar 15, 2024 - 3 Comments
Universal Control settings as found in System Settings

Universal Control is one of the most useful features available for Mac users who have multiple Macs and iPads that they’d like to control with a single mouse and keyboard, it works really well and offers a great experience once it’s setup and working. But, like so many other recent changes to the Mac that … Read More

USB Hub & External Monitors Not Working After MacOS Sonoma 14.4 Update for Some Mac Users

Mar 13, 2024 - 9 Comments
USB hubs are not working for some Mac users after updating to the latest Sonoma release

Some Mac users are discovering that USB-C hubs and external monitors are no longer working with their Mac after updating to macOS Sonoma 14.4. This issue can apparently impact anything connected to the USB Hub as well, leaving the USB hub devices undetected by the Mac, including keyboards, mice, external displays, SD card readers, cameras, … Read More

Compare Loans Easily on iPhone, Mac, iPad, with Numbers App

Mar 13, 2024 - Leave a Comment
You can compare loans easily with the Numbers app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

If you’re shopping for a loan, let’s say for buying a car, you’ll undoubtedly have a few loan options. Comparing loans can be intimidating and daunting, and it’s hard to know which option is right for you, or which loan may make the most sense for your particular situation, especially when the pressure is on … Read More

Fix WeatherWidget Using Heavy CPU & Slowing a Mac

Mar 10, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Terminate the WeatherWidget process to restore CPU behavior

WeatherWidget is a process you may encounter on a Mac when looking through Activity Monitor or a system stats app, a task that many advanced Mac users find themselves doing if they notice their Mac performance is slowing down. The reason, of course, is that Activity Monitor (or similar) will show you what processes are … Read More

How to Lock Your Apple Watch Screen to Prevent Accidental Touch

Mar 6, 2024 - 2 Comments
How to lock the Apple Watch screen to prevent accidental touch input

If you are working out with Apple Watch, or wearing gloves of any kind with Apple Watch that may cover your wrist or rub against the device, it’s a good idea to lock the screen of your Apple Watch to prevent accidental input and touches. While the Apple Watch touch screen is pretty good at … Read More

Create a Budget on iPhone, Mac, & iPad, with Numbers

Mar 4, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Make a personal budget easily on your iPhone, Mac, or iPad, with the Numbers app and a spreadsheet

Budgeting is a critical part of life and financial management, allowing you to easily allocate your income and manage expenses. While anyone can overcomplicate the budget process, it doesn’t have to be that way, and thanks to Apple software that is freely available for iPhone, Mac, and iPad, you can easily setup a budget in … Read More

Apple Launches New MacBook Air with M3 Chip, Support for 2 External Displays

Mar 4, 2024 - 2 Comments
M3 MacBook Air

Apple has released fresh updates to the MacBook Air lineup of computers, bringing the powerful M3 chip to the popular Mac laptop, along with some other nice new features. According to Apple’s press release announcing the products, the new M3 MacBook Air is up to 60% faster than the M1 model, and up to a … Read More

Arc Browser is a Web Browser, Reimagined

Mar 3, 2024 - 7 Comments
Split screen browser view

Arc is an interesting new take on the web browser, aiming to be more like a little mini operating system than just another browser app. It has some fascinating features and a little bit of a learning curve, but once you get the swing of things, you may find you really appreciate the reimagined browser … Read More

Get Real-Time Sport Scores & Live Stats with Apple Sports

Mar 2, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Apple Sports app

Sports fans will be pleased to know that Apple has released an Apple Sports app for iPhone, which offers real-time score information, live stats, and betting odds. Apple Sports intends to be fast, direct, and features a simple user interface that is not overengineered. Given some of the other sports apps out there with very … Read More

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