Rosetta 2 is necessary if you want to be able to run older non-native Intel x86 apps on new Apple Silicon Macs, like the M1 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or Mac mini. Curiously, Rosetta 2 is not installed by default on these Macs however, so if you wish to run these apps you’ll need to … Read More

The second beta version of macOS Big Sur 11.1 is available to users who are enrolled in the Mac system software beta testing programs. Typically the developer beta build is available first and soon followed by the same build to public beta users. Separately, iOS 14.3 beta 3 and ipadOS 14.3 beta 3 are also … Read More

The third beta versions of iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 are now available to users enrolled in the beta testing programs for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Both public beta and developer beta versions are available. Separately, new beta builds of watchOS 7.2 and tvOS 14.3 are also available for users testing beta system software … Read More

Low Power Mode is a great feature on iPhone that can dramatically extend battery life of the device, with a few minor trade-offs. While many users are aware that they can enable the feature through Settings, or even with a Siri command, there’s another super fast way available to turn on Lower Power Mode, and … Read More

If you’re shopping this Black Friday for gifts, perhaps for loved ones or even to treat yourself, consider checking out the Amazon Black Friday deals. Check out Amazon.com Black Friday deals Some of the best deals on Amazon for Black Friday are broken into categories, but there are some particularly great deals on some popular … Read More

Rarely you may need to boot a Mac into Recovery Mode. Starting up Mac OS into Recovery Mode allows for various important troubleshooting and recovery features, including the ability to reinstall MacOS, repair a hard drive with Disk Utility, erase a boot disk, restore a Mac from a Time Machine backup, adjusting and setting Firmware … Read More

For Mac users trying to copy ringtones to their iPhone using a modern macOS release like Monterey, Big Sur, or Catalina, you’ll find it’s quite simple to do so, and a return to old habits. Basically, all you need to do is drag and drop the ringtone file from the Mac file system to the … Read More

Apple has released Security Update 2020-006 for MacOS Mojave and macOS High Sierra users. Additionally, Apple has also made available a new macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 build for select Macs, including Mac mini (M1, 2020), MacBook Air (M1, 2020), and MacBook Air (13-inch, 2020). The new MacOS Big Sur 11.0.1 build for those machines is … Read More

Apple has released iOS 14.2.1 for iPhone with resolutions to a few bugs, including afix for a problem where some MMS messages were not being received by iPhone, an issue with hearing devices having audio quality issues, and resolving a problem where the lock screen of an iPhone 12 Mini would become unresponsive. The iOS … Read More

If you’re one of the early adopters who acquired an M1 Apple Silicon Mac and find that Homebrew and many other x86 terminal apps don’t yet have support for the new Arm architecture, you’ll be happy to know there’s a fairly simple workaround. The trick is to run a parallel Terminal application through Rosetta. And … Read More

Apple has released the first beta version of macOS Big Sur 11.1 for Mac users who are participating in the beta testing programs for MacOS system software. Usually a developer beta build arrives first and is soon followed by the same build as a public beta. Separately, Apple also released iOS 14.3 beta 2 and … Read More

Apple has released iOS 14.3 beta 2 and iPadOS 14.3 beta 2 for users involved in the beta testing programs for iPhone and iPad system software. Separately, Apple also released macOS Big Sur 11.1 beta 1 for Mac beta testers.

If you’re a proud new owner of iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, or iPhone 12 Mini, you might be wondering how you can easily transfer all your data from your old iPhone to the new iPhone 12. There are several ways to transfer everything and migrate to a new iPhone, but we’ll focus on one … Read More

Ready to upgrade to and install macOS Big Sur on your Mac? MacOS Big Sur is here, with it’s redesigned user interface, new icons, new system sounds, and a refreshed general appearance. Of course, there’s plenty of new beyond the visual changes, with new features in Safari, Messages, Photos, and more. Here we’ll walk through … Read More

 If you use iPad with a Smart Keyboard or Magic Keyboard, you may find the default Globe key functionality of bringing up the Emoji picker to be not your preference. And perhaps you might want to replace the Globe key to serve as Escape key functionality instead, since these keyboards lack ESC by default. … Read More

Apple has released the first beta versions of iOS 14.3, iPadOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2, and tvOS 14.3. Both developer beta builds and a public beta version are available. Users who are actively enrolled in the beta testing programs for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, or tvOS, can find the new versions available to download and test on … Read More

Many Mac users are currently unable to download macOS Big Sur. This could be due to overwhelmed servers, or a number of other issues. If you’re experiencing problems trying to download macOS Big Sur, whether it’s an error message, a failed download, or an incredibly slow download, you’re not alone. We’ll go over a few … Read More

Apple has released macOS Big Sur to the general public. All Mac users with a compatible machine are able to download and update to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 right now. MacOS Big Sur 11 features a revamped user interface with updated visual elements that have more white space and brighter colors, in addition to new … Read More