Mac users may occasionally come across a situation where a process is locking a port, preventing another app or process from using that port. If you come across such a situation, for example maybe you’re trying to use React.js and find out that something is already running on port 3000, you can easily track down … Read More

Apple has issued the fourth beta version of MacOS Ventura 13.5, iOS 16.6, and iPadOS 16.6 to users who are testing betas of the current generation of system software. No significant features or changes are expected in iOS 16.6, iPadOS 16.6, and macOS Ventura 13.5, as Apple is undoubtedly spending the majority of their beta … Read More

If you have a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air running the latest versions of MacOS system software, like Sonoma or Ventura, you may be interested in knowing how you can show the battery percentage in your Mac menu bar. Displaying the battery percentage indicator MacOS in Sonoma and Ventura has moved to a new settings … Read More

CAPTCHA’s are those annoying “prove you are a human” tests that are common on the web, making you do things like select all the motorcycles, crosswalks, or cars in a series of images, or type out a series of fuzzy characters to match, before you can proceed to login or access a particular website. The … Read More

Homebrew is a fantastic package manager for the command line on Mac, but something that is perhaps less fantastic for some individuals is that Homebrew defaults to enabling ‘analytics’, which means your Mac will transmit data from your Mac to Homebrew about Homebrew usage. No thanks! The Homebrew analytics include everything from user agent, Google … Read More

Pixelmator is arguably the best photo and image editing app for Mac, other than the much more expensive Photoshop anyway. If you bought Pixelmator Classic some time ago, and you haven’t yet went for the upgrade to Pixelmator Pro (or perhaps you don’t need the new features), then you may be interested in downloading and … Read More

Want to get ahead of the curve and run watchOS 10 beta on your Apple Watch? WatchOS 10 features freshly redesigned apps, a new smart stacks feature, new watch faces, and other refinements to the Apple Watch operating system, and some advanced users may be interested in trying out the newest watchOS on their wrists. … Read More

Apple has released MacOS Monterey 12.6.7 and MacOS Big Sur 11.7.8 for Mac users who are continuing to run those versions of MacOS, rather than Ventura. Additionally, macOS Ventura 13.4.1, iOS 16.5.1, iPadOS 16.5.1, iOS/iPadOS 15.7.7, and updates to watchOS are available.

iOS 15.7.7 and iPadOS 15.7.7 have been released for older iPhone and iPad models that are not running iOS/iPadOS 16, of which iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1 updates were just released. iOS/iPadOS 15.7.7 include important security updates, and are recommended to install. Separately, Apple has also released updates for iOS 16.5.1, iPadOS 16.5.1, MacOS Ventura … Read More

Apple has released iOS 17 beta 2 and iPadOS 17 beta 2 to users actively participating in the beta testing programs for system software. Anyone can install iOS 17 beta or install iPadOS 17 beta right now by enrolling in the Apple Developer program, which is now free.

The second beta version of MacOS Sonoma has been released to users enrolled in the developer beta testing program for Apple system software. MacOS Sonoma, versioned as macOS 14, includes a variety of new features for Mac, like new screen savers, a new Lock Screen, the reintroduction of widgets to the Mac, new Messages features, … Read More

Apple has released iOS 16.5.1 as a software update for iPhone users running the iOS 16 operating system. iOS 16.5.1 and iPadOS 16.5.1 includes important security fixes for iPhone and iPad, along with a bug fix to resolve an issue with charging the iPhone with a Lightning to USB camera adapter. Updates are also available … Read More

MacOS Ventura 13.4.1 has been released as an update for Mac users running the Ventura operating system. The MacOS Ventura 13.4.1 update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, making it a recommended update for Mac users running that operating system. Software updates are also available for macOS Monterey and Big Sur, along with iPhone, iPad, … Read More

You can easily monitor and view the temperature of an Apple Silicon equipped Mac with the help of a free app called Hot. Hot displays the Mac’s CPU temperature in the menu bar, allowing you to keep an eye on thermal conditions on the Mac. And while we’re focusing on the Apple Silicon Macs here, … Read More

Many Mac users are interested in downloading the full installer for MacOS Sonoma beta, but when they go through the typical process of installing the MacOS Sonoma beta and downloading the update from System Settings, they’re given only a smaller stub installer that can not be used for things like making a USB boot install … Read More

Any interested Apple TV user can install the tvOS 17 beta onto their Apple TV right now. Thanks to a recent change in the Apple Developer program, which has opened up access to all developer betas to anyone who enrolls in the free dev program, tvOS 17 beta is available, along with iOS 17 beta, … Read More

File sharing is one of the quintessential features of just about every networked computer, and if you’ve got a Mac on a local network then you might be wondering how you can seamlessly share files over local networks with other Macs, Windows PCs, and Linux PCs. Thanks to MacOS support for SMB and Windows File … Read More

iPadOS 17 includes a snazzy new wallpaper that you might appreciate using on your devices to spice up the wallpaper or desktop background picture, and you don’t even have to install iPadOS 17 beta to get it. Linked below are the two iPadOS 17 default wallpapers in full resolution 2400 × 2400, available in both Light and … Read More