Access 40+ Beautiful Wallpapers Hidden in OS X El Capitan & Mavericks

Oct 25, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Hidden wallpapers in OS X Mavericks

Some of you may recall that a series of beautiful new screen savers were introduced with the OS X Mountain Lion, and we here at OSXDaily showed you how to uncover the amazing images from those screen savers with a little bit of digging to use as your desktop wallpaper. It turns out you can … Read More

6 of the Best Simple Tips for OS X Mavericks

Oct 24, 2013 - 4 Comments
Simple but great tips for OS X Mavericks

OS X Mavericks is an excellent update for Mac users that has tons of great features, but even though the free update is aimed at power users with many advanced behind-the-scenes improvements, that doesn’t mean that all the tricks are complex. In fact, some of the best features new to Mavericks are some of the … Read More

Enable Subtle Fading Transition Effects in iOS 12, iOS 11, iOS 10 etc to Replace the Zoom Motions

Oct 23, 2013 - 10 Comments
Fading transition effects introduced in iOS 7.0.3

Have you ever noticed that iOS moves around a lot? With lots of zips, zooms, motions, parallax, there’s a lot going on with the animations on iPhone and iPad If all the crazy user interface zooming in-and-out effects of iOS 12, iOS 11, iOS 10, iOS 9, iOS 8, & iOS 7 aren’t your cup … Read More

Create an OS X Mavericks Installer Drive in 4 Simple Steps

Oct 23, 2013 - 145 Comments
Create an OS X Mavericks Install Drive

OS X Mavericks is now available to everyone as a free download, and while you can update as many Macs as you want by downloading the installer repeatedly from the Mac App Store, a better option for many is to create a simple bootable USB install drive. We covered this some time ago using a … Read More

OS X Mavericks Now Available to Download for Free

Oct 22, 2013 - 4 Comments
OS X Mavericks

Apple surprised everyone when they announced that OS X Mavericks would be released for free to Mac users, and that download is now available from the Mac App Store. Don’t forget to prepare your Mac for the Mavericks update, but if you’re impatient, at the very least you need to start a Time Machine backup … Read More

iOS 7.0.3 Available Now [IPSW Direct Download Links]

Oct 22, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Settings

Apple has released iOS 7.0.3 for iPhone, iPad, and IPod touch users. The update includes iCloud Keychain support, which syncs your login and password data between iOS and OS X devices, fixes problems with iMessage, and also includes many bug fixes, feature enhancements, and security updates. iPhone 5S users will find an update to the … Read More

iPad Mini with Retina Display Release Set for Late November

Oct 22, 2013 - 1 Comment
iPad Mini with Retina display

Apple has released a new iPad Mini with Retina display. Announced alongside the the new iPad Air, it shares much of the same impressive hardware internals and specs, but unlike the iPad Air, the iPad Mini Retina is slightly more expensive. iPad Mini Retina Specs 7.9″ Retina display with a resolution of 2048×1536 pixels 326 … Read More

iPad Air Announced, Released Date Set for November 1

Oct 22, 2013 - 1 Comment
iPad Air

Apple has announced the all new iPad, and rather than naming it iPad 5, it has been renamed to iPad Air. Featuring a thinner screen bezel, a 20% thinner unibody aluminum enclosure, and as the iPad Air name suggests, it’s quite a bit lighter in weight tipping in at barely one pound. iPad Air Specs … Read More

New Mac Pro Release Set for December, Price Starts at $2999

Oct 22, 2013 - Leave a Comment
The new Mac Pro

Apple has announced the features, hardware specs, release date, and pricing details for the highly anticipated new Mac Pro. The new Mac Pro won’t come cheap, but the machine is an absolute beast of a workhorse aimed at the professional market. The base hardware configuration is as follows: Intel Xeon E5 CPU’s 3.7GHz Quad Core … Read More

OS X Mavericks Release Date is Today, October 22

Oct 22, 2013 - Leave a Comment
OS X Mavericks

Update: OS X Mavericks is now available as a free download, you can get it from the Mac App Store. Here is how to make an install drive with it. Apple has announced that OS X Mavericks will be released today, October 22. OS X Mavericks is the next major release of the Mac operating … Read More

Show the Last Time a File Was Opened & Accessed in Mac OS X

Oct 21, 2013 - 6 Comments
Show file access time on a Mac

You can show the precise last time a specific file was opened, an app was launched, or folder was accessed on a Mac, and the information is visible directly in the OS X Finder. There are actually two simple ways to see this file access information, and both are equally useful though as you’ll see … Read More

iPhone 5S Commercial “Metal Mastered” Now Airing

Oct 21, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Apple iPhone 5S Commercial

Apple has started airing the first iPhone 5S commercial, titled “Metal Mastered”. The TV ad focuses on the 5S’s optional gold color, as well as the fingerprint based TouchID sensor. The commercial shows liquid gold pouring into the shape of the iPhone 5S casing, which is then unlocked with a finger to display the iOS … Read More

Prepare a Mac for OS X Mavericks the Right Way

Oct 19, 2013 - 3 Comments
Prepare a Mac for OS X Mavericks

OS X Mavericks is the newest major operating system release for Mac users, versioned as OS X 10.9, and it’s now available as a free download. Packed with over 200 new feature enhancements and refinements, it includes some very handy new features that will make a lot of Mac users happy, ranging from Finder tags, … Read More

How to Use Private Browsing with Safari for iOS 14, iOS 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, etc

Oct 19, 2013 - 13 Comments
Safari icon for iOS

Private Browsing is an optional Safari browsing mode that causes no data from the browsing session to be saved, this means no cache files, cookies, or browsing history will be stored or collected in iOS, making for a fairly anonymous session on the client side. Using Safari Private Browsing is a popular browsing choice for … Read More

How to Quickly Create Beautiful Abstract Wallpapers for iOS 7

Oct 18, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Before and After wallpaper creation

Many have noticed that iOS 7’s overall appearance is largely dependent on the devices wallpaper, and a good or bad wallpaper can make or break the look of things along with general usability, particularly for the home screen. It turns out that some of the best looking wallpapers on iOS 7 are very abstract, multicolored, … Read More

Hide Contact Photos from “Favorites” on the iPhone

Oct 17, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Phone app

The iPhone now displays a small contact photo thumbnail alongside contacts in the “Favorites” section of the phone app. This certainly looks nice if you have a lot of custom pictures set for contacts, but having a bunch of goofy contact photos can look unprofessional in some environments, and for users without a contact photo … Read More

7 Handy Command Line Tips You Don’t Want to Miss

Oct 17, 2013 - Leave a Comment
Terminal icon in OS X

Getting comfortable with the command line is often just a matter of learning a few command tricks and finding uses for them, and we’re going to offer six handy tricks that you’re almost certain to find some use out of regardless of your skill level in the Terminal. Read on, you’ll be downloading files, using … Read More

How to View Only Videos Taken with iPhone in the Photos App

Oct 16, 2013 - Leave a Comment
View Only Videos on the iPhone

A very welcome change has arrived to the Photos app post iOS 7 that allows you to easily view only videos taken with an iOS device, presenting them in an easy to view and share format. This is a huge improvement to past editions of Photos app, and the new sorting feature prevents you from … Read More

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