Apple Back To School Promo for 2015: Free Beats Solo2 Headphones with Purchase of a Mac

Jul 23, 2015 - 10 Comments
Retina MacBook Pro

Apple has started their annual Back To School promotional deal for students and educators looking to purchase a Mac. This year, eligible buyers are able to get a free pair of Beats Solo2 On-Ear Headphones, valued at $199, with the order of a qualifying Mac.

How to Stop WhatsApp Saving Pictures & Video to iPhone Automatically

Jul 23, 2015 - 1 Comment
WhatsApp icon

The popular messaging app WhatsApp has a default media saving setting which will automatically download and save every received picture and video to the iPhone Photos apps Camera Roll. While some users may like this feature, others may wish to change the auto-saving media behavior so that images and movies sent and received in WhatsApp … Read More

iOS 9 Public Beta 2 Released for Testing

Jul 22, 2015 - 6 Comments
The default wallpaper for iOS 9

Apple has released iOS 9 Public Beta 2 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users choosing to participate in the beta testing program for iOS. The new build arrives as 13A4305g, meaning it matches the 4th developer beta which was recently pushed out as well.

OS X El Capitan Public Beta 2 Released for Testing

Jul 22, 2015 - 27 Comments
OS X El Capitan

Apple has released the second Public Beta version of OS X 10.11 El Capitan to users participating in the testing program. The version closely matches the 4th developer beta, arriving as build 15A225f, and should offer notable bug fixes along with improvements to stability and performance compared to the first public beta release of El … Read More

Download Civilization V for Mac for Free, No Strings Attached

Jul 22, 2015 - 32 Comments
Civilization V mac screen shot

Want to download Civilization V for Mac, entirely for free? For a limited time, you can get Civilization V: Campaign Edition for OS X entirely for free with basically no strings attached, thanks to a giveaway sponsored by game-maker Aspyr and MacRumors.

OS X El Capitan 10.11 Beta 4 Released

Jul 21, 2015 - 9 Comments

Apple has released new beta versions of OS X 10.11 El Capitan for Mac users. The fourth developer beta arrives as build 15A226f and marches the operating system ever closer to a stable release later in the year. At the moment, the latest OS X 10.11 beta is only available to users in the Mac … Read More

iOS 9 Beta 4 and WatchOS 2 Beta 4 Released for Testing

Jul 21, 2015 - Leave a Comment
iOS 9

The fourth beta version of iOS 9 has been released by Apple, alongside a new beta build of WatchOS 2. The new iOS 9 build arrives as 13A4305g and runs on all supported iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch hardware.

13 Force Touch Trackpad Tricks & Shortcuts for Mac

Jul 20, 2015 - 7 Comments
The Mac trackpad

The new Force Touch trackpads available for some Macs are really quite impressive. By using a haptic feedback mechanism and a tiny little speaker, the pressure-sensitive trackpad mimics a click with multiple layers of depth by pushing feedback into your finger – the trackpad itself does not move or click down like the prior generation … Read More

Not Happy with OS X El Capitan? How to Send Feedback to Apple

Jul 20, 2015 - 13 Comments
Send Feedback to Apple about OS X Yosemite

OS X El Capitan (10.11) is part of an open Public Beta, which means that any user can opt-in to install and run the beta version of the future OS X system software on their Mac. This is a chance for Mac users to help shape the future of OS X, and a great way … Read More

Change the Mac System Font to the OS X El Capitan Font in OS X Yosemite

Jul 18, 2015 - 35 Comments
OS X EL Capitan

When the San Francisco type face first debuted it was made for the Apple Watch, but some enterprising Mac users modified the San Francisco font to run in OS X Yosemite anyway. Fast forward to now, and the San Francisco font has been revised by Apple to be a bit more readable for the Mac … Read More

Siri Can Call Emergency Services For You with iPhone if Need Be

Jul 17, 2015 - 18 Comments
Call Emergency Services with Siri an iPhone if need be

Obviously nobody wants to be in an emergency situation, but if the need ever arises, Siri can come to your aid with a quick ability to dial the local emergency service line, and it works practically wherever you are in the world with the iPhone so long as it has a cellular connection. There’s not … Read More

How to Delete Old iCloud Backups on iPhone & iPad (in iOS 9, iOS 8, iOS 7)

Jul 16, 2015 - 13 Comments
Access iCloud backups from iOS

Backing up a device to iCloud is highly recommended, but sometimes users get a new iPhone or iPad and they have old backups laying around in their iCloud account, which may not do much and just end up taking space. Assuming you have no use for the old backups anymore, you can easily delete them … Read More

Four New Apple Watch Commercials Debut Highlighting Useful Features

Jul 16, 2015 - 7 Comments
Apple Watch Beijing commercial

Apple has released four new TV commercials for Apple Watch, two of which have an international travel focus, and the other two emphasize various fitness and communication features. Each ad demonstrates how the device is used in realistic scenarios, ranging from achieving activity and fitness goals, to helping translate foreign languages, to sending messages and … Read More

How to Add Gatekeeper Exceptions from Command Line in Mac OS X

Jul 15, 2015 - 11 Comments
Terminal in macOS

Typically if you want to have an application launch approved by the GateKeeper feature on a Mac, you right-click on the unidentified developers application and choose “Open”, or go through System Preferences to bypass Gatekeeper that way. Another option is to manually add application approvals and exceptions to Gatekeeper by turning to the command line … Read More

New 6th Generation iPod Touch Released by Apple

Jul 15, 2015 - 11 Comments
iPod Touch 6th generation

Apple has released hardware updates to the iPod line, with iPod Touch receiving improved hardware specifications and new colors, and iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle receiving new color options.

How to Export Contacts from Mac OS X

Jul 14, 2015 - 20 Comments
Contacts

Contact information can be some of the most useful data to export and share with others, and a comprehensive address book can be amongst some of the most important data a user gathers over time. The Mac makes exporting contact information from Mac OS X Contacts app very easy, so whether you want to share … Read More

OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Beta 1 Released for Testing

Jul 14, 2015 - 10 Comments
OS X Yosemite

Apple has released the first beta build of OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 to Mac developers and Public Beta users. The beta build arrives as 14F6a and is compatible with any Mac that is able to run OS X Yosemite.

iOS 8.4.1 Beta 1 Released for Developers

Jul 14, 2015 - 2 Comments
iPhone

The first beta version of iOS 8.4.1 has been released to users participating in the iOS Developer program. iOS 8.4.1 arrives as build 12H304 and is compatible with the same iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices that can run any other version of iOS 8 or iOS 9.

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