How to Fix Photos App Crashing & Freezing on iPhone or iPad

Jan 8, 2019 - 6 Comments
How to fix Photos app crashing freezing and not working on iPhone or iPad

Some iPhone and iPad users may rarely discover the Photos app freezes up when attempting to use it, or the Photos app crashes repeatedly or is unusable when trying to open the app. Typically this is associated with an unresponsive screen as well, and the only thing you can do is exit out of the … Read More

MacOS Mojave 10.14.3 Beta 3 Released for Testing

Jan 7, 2019 - Leave a Comment
MacOS Mojave beta

Apple has released MacOS Mojave 10.14.3 beta 3 for users enrolled in the beta testing programs for Mac system software. A developer build is usually available first, soon followed by the same build for public beta testers. Separately, Apple also released iOS 12.1.3 beta 3 along with new betas for tvOS and watchOS.

iOS 12.1.3 Beta 3 Released for Testing

Jan 7, 2019 - 1 Comment

Apple has released iOS 12.1.3 beta 3 to developers and public beta testers who are running beta system software on their compatible iPhone or iPad. The newest iOS beta likely focuses on various bug fixes and security updates, and is unlikely to include any major new features or sweeping changes. Separately, Apple has also release … Read More

How to Clear WhatsApp Data Storage on iPhone

Jan 6, 2019 - 5 Comments

If you’re a frequent WhatsApp user, you may find that WhatsApp data and cache can take up a considerable amount of storage space on an iPhone, iPad, or Android phones, and thus it’s reasonable if some users will want to clear out WhatsApp cache and data to free up storage space on their device. Separately, … Read More

42 of the Best Troubleshooting Guides from 2018

Jan 5, 2019 - 1 Comment
Troubleshooting

Happy New Year week continues with yet another roundup guide! This roundup collection focuses on some of the most helpful troubleshooting guides from 2018, tackling a variety of potential problems that people may have encountered with a Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Of course troubleshooting guides are rather specific, so if you’re looking for some more … Read More

25 of the Best Terminal Tips from 2018

Jan 4, 2019 - 4 Comments
Terminal tips

The Happy New Year week continues! Here we have another roundup of some of the best tips and tricks for the Terminal from 2018, this time aimed at more advanced Mac users who spend a lot of time at the command line. Many command line tips are just general unix tips, thus a fair amount … Read More

22 of the Best Miscellaneous Tech Tips from 2018

Jan 3, 2019 - 3 Comments
Misc tech tips from 2018

Happy New Year! If you enjoyed our roundup of the best Mac tips from 2018 and the best iPhone and iPad tips from 2018, you might also enjoy this little collection of assorted tech tips that we covered in the past year too. These are truly miscellaneous tech tips, and while a few are specific … Read More

41 Great Tips for iPhone and iPad from 2018

Jan 2, 2019 - 2 Comments
Great iOS tips from 2018

Happy New Year! We’ve rounded up a collection of some interesting and useful tips and tricks for the iPhone and iPad that were covered in the last year. This 2018 tip roundup covers a broad range of iOS topics, so browse around, and you might even learn something new about your portable device(s)! Onward with … Read More

33 of the Best Mac Tips from 2018

Jan 1, 2019 - 3 Comments
Great Mac tips from 2018

Happy New Year! We’ve put together a collection of some of the best Mac tips and tricks we covered from the past year, 2018. These are certainly not the most popular tips from the year prior, but they are some of the more interesting or useful tips and tricks for Mac users to know, covering … Read More

How to Install VirtualBox in MacOS Mojave if Installation Fails or Shows Kernel Driver Errors

Dec 31, 2018 - 37 Comments
Install and run Virtualbox in MacOS Mojave

If you have attempted to install VirtualBox in macOS Mojave you may have noticed the installation sometimes fails with a generic “The installation failed” error message. Then, when trying to run VirtualBox you may experience another error saying “Kernel driver not installed” and VirtualBox fails to function. We’ll cover two different resolutions to the installation/running … Read More

What Alarm Clock Badges on iPad Dock Apps Mean, and How to Get Rid Of Alarm Clock Icons

Dec 30, 2018 - 28 Comments
iPad Dock app icons with an alarm clock badge icon on them and what it means

Have you noticed that some apps will appear automatically in the iPad Dock with a little tiny alarm clock icon on them? You may be wondering why those app icons with the alarm clock badge appear in the right side of iPad Dock at random and what their purpose is, and perhaps you’re even wondering … Read More

How to Use zsh as Default in Terminal for Mac OS

Dec 29, 2018 - 5 Comments
Terminal in macOS

Zsh, or z shell, is a popular shell alternative to bash and tcsh, complete with many improvements and customization options offered through the Oh-My-ZSH project. If you’d like to use zsh as the default shell in Terminal for Mac OS rather than bash, you can do so rather easily with taking the following steps:

How to Use BBEdit Dark Mode Color Schemes on Mac

Dec 28, 2018 - 5 Comments
BBEdit Dark Mode themes

BBEdit, the excellent text editor for Mac, includes some very nice Dark Mode favorable color schemes, each of which compliment the Mac Dark Mode theme quite well. If you spend a considerable amount of time in a text editor for scripting, programming, development, code review, or writing and editing with a markup language, and you … Read More

How to Fix “Cellular Update Failed” on iPhone with iOS 12.1.2 SMS, LTE, Cellular Data Issues

Dec 27, 2018 - 91 Comments
iPhone cellular update failed alert no service cellular failed

Some iPhone users have discovered that their cellular data and cellular connectivity has failed recently, with iPhone no longer working to send or receive calls or access the internet, particularly after installing the iOS 12.1.2 update, iOS 12.1.3, or iOS 12.1.4 updates. The inability for iPhone to have cell network connections is usually accompanied by … Read More

How to Enable the Light Theme in Mac OS

Dec 26, 2018 - 1 Comment
How to enable the Light appearance theme on Mac

If you’re currently using the Dark mode theme in Mac OS, you may wish to change to the Light visual theme. The Light theme in Mac OS was the default visual option on the Mac for ages, but with MacOS Mojave came the new visual option for enabling the Dark mode theme for the Mac … Read More

5 Ways to Decorate a Mac Desktop for the Holidays

Dec 24, 2018 - 3 Comments
Mac Christmas desktop decorations

Feeling festive? Want to decorate your Mac for the holidays? How would you like to have a lovely falling snow screen saver, some holiday lights blinking around the perimeter of the Mac display, and maybe even some snow falling on the desktop itself? With the help of a handful of utilities, you can get all … Read More

How to Get a Santa Hat for Memoji with iPhone

Dec 23, 2018 - 6 Comments
Make a Santa Memoji on iPhone

Tis the Season! If you have previously created a custom Memoji on the iPhone, perhaps you want to spruce it up for the holiday season and toss a fancy Santa hat on your Memoji creation. Or maybe you want to create a brand new custom Memoji of your own uniquely special Santa Claus for your … Read More

Download 6 Classic Novels as Audiobooks Free from Apple

Dec 22, 2018 - 17 Comments
Free classic audiobooks from Apple

Want to read some classic literature? Or rather, would you like to hear some classic literature read to you? Apple has released a free set of audiobooks for classic novels, including Pride and Prejudice, The Time Machine, Frankenstein, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Secret Garden, and Winnie the Pooh. Each of the audiobooks is … Read More

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