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How to Save Webpage as PDF from Mac in Safari

Jul 9, 2019 - 8 Comments
Save webpage as PDF on Mac with Safari

Need to save a webpage as a PDF file on a Mac? Safari on the Mac makes saving webpages as a PDF very easy. Exporting a webpage in PDF format is useful for many purposes, whether you want to access an offline version of a webpage or article, to transmit information on a webpage as … Read More

How to Download an Original PDF Document from DocumentCloud

Jul 7, 2019 - Leave a Comment
How to download original document from DocumentCloud

Find a document on DocumentCloud that you want to download and keep locally as a PDF? It’s pretty easy, we’ll show you how to do it.

How to Record Time Lapse Video on iPad

Jul 6, 2019 - 6 Comments
How to record Time Lapse Video with iPad Camera

The iPad Camera has the ability to record beautiful time-lapse videos. Time-lapse offers a fun way to record activities and events over time, for example it can be a fun way to record a video of a fireworks show, a busy road, clouds moving in the sky, the change in colors of a sunrise or … Read More

How to Watch MKV Video on iPad from Files App

Jul 5, 2019 - 2 Comments
Watching an MKV video on iPad from Files app

Want to watch MKV videos stored in the Files app on an iPad? You can do that easily once you learn how. This makes it simple to keep locally stored MKV movies on iPad within the Files app to be able to watch directly on the device.

How to Adjust Mac Fan Speed Manually with Macs Fan Control

Jul 3, 2019 - 21 Comments
Manually control Mac fans with Mac Fan Control

Advanced Mac users may wish to occasionally manually control their Macs fan speed, along with monitoring the active fan speed and keeping an eye on the various internal temperature gauges of their Mac. This can be helpful for performance reasons, but also for some troubleshooting situations, or even if you want to attempt some drastic … Read More

16 Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts for Pages on iPad

Jul 1, 2019 - 2 Comments
Pages for iPad keyboard shortcuts

If you use Pages app with iPad and a physical keyboard, you’ll likely appreciate knowing a variety of handy keyboard shortcuts to perform many tasks within the Pages word processing app of iOS. To be able to use these keyboard shortcuts in Pages for iPad, you must have an external keyboard connected to the device, … Read More

How to Install tvOS 13 Public Beta on Apple TV

Jun 29, 2019 - 1 Comment
tvOS 13

Want to run tvOS 13 public beta on an Apple TV? You can do so with relative ease by following these instructions. tvOS 13 includes a revised Apple TV interface and new Home Screen design, multi-user support, picture-in-picture mode, support for a variety of controllers from other video game consoles, and many other smaller features … Read More

How to Check Progress of iCloud Restore on iPhone or iPad

Jun 28, 2019 - 2 Comments
How to check progress of iCloud Restore to iPhone or iPad

Wondering how long an iCloud backup restore to an iPhone or iPad will take to complete? Restoring an iPhone or iPad from an iCloud Backup can take a while, depending on the size of the iCloud backup, and the speed of the internet connection the iOS device is connected to. If you want to check … Read More

How to Install iPadOS 13 Public Beta on iPad

Jun 27, 2019 - Leave a Comment

iPadOS 13 public beta is now available for anyone to download and install. If you’re an adventurous and advanced iPad user who wants to explore the all new iPadOS 13 public beta release, this tutorial will walk you through how to install iPadOS 13 onto a compatible iPad, iPad Pro, iPad Air, or iPad mini. … Read More

How to Install MacOS Catalina Public Beta

Jun 26, 2019 - 8 Comments
How to install MacOS Catalina public beta

MacOS Catalina public beta is now available for the adventurous to download and install. With MacOS Catalina public beta you’ll be able to try out all the interesting new features of macOS 10.15, including Sidecar which allows you to use an iPad as a secondary display, Screen Time for Mac, Activation Lock for Mac, enhancements … Read More

How to Install iOS 13 Public Beta on iPhone

Jun 25, 2019 - 5 Comments
iOS 13 GM

Now that anyone can download iOS 13 public beta onto a compatible iPhone, many people may wish to experiment with the iOS 13 beta and try out the new features like Dark Mode, revamped Photos, Reminders, and Notes apps, new Animoji, new Messages features, and others. This tutorial will walk through how to install iOS … Read More

How to Fix iPad Stuck on Apple Logo Screen

Jun 23, 2019 - 7 Comments
iPad stuck on Apple logo screen

Rarely, an iPad may get stuck on an Apple logo screen when the device is booting or restarting. Getting stuck on the Apple logo usually happens during a failed software update, whether it was interrupted or incomplete, but it can sometimes happen during restores and during other operations as well. If an iPad, iPad Pro, … Read More

How to Enter DFU Mode on iPad Pro (2018 and Later)

Jun 22, 2019 - Leave a Comment
How to enter DFU mode on iPad Pro

Sometimes, an iPad Pro must be placed into DFU mode as a troubleshooting step before being able to restore the iPad Pro. DFU stands for Device Firmware Update and DFU mode is basically a lower-level device restore state than regular Recovery Mode for iPad Pro. Placing an iPad Pro into DFU mode is for advanced … Read More

How to Enable Do Not Disturb on Mac

Jun 21, 2019 - 3 Comments
How to enable Do Not Disturb on Mac

Enabling Do Not Disturb on a Mac will instantly silence and hide all notifications and alerts that arrive to the computer. This makes Do Not Disturb a great feature if you use your Mac to get work done and want to focus, since you can hush the pestering notifications and alerts that bug you about … Read More

16 Word for iPad Keyboard Shortcuts

Jun 20, 2019 - 1 Comment
Microsoft Word for iPad keyboard shortcuts

If you use Microsoft Word for iPad, you can improve your typing experience and workflow by mastering and memorizing a wide variety of keyboard shortcuts to perform many frequently used tasks, from applying styles to modifying text, or navigating within the Word document itself. In order to use these Word for iPad keyboard shortcuts you … Read More

How to Downgrade from MacOS Catalina Beta

Jun 19, 2019 - 13 Comments
How to downgrade macOS Catalina

Have you decided you no longer want to run the MacOS Catalina 10.15 beta? You can revert from MacOS Catalina by downgrading. The simplest way to downgrade from MacOS Catalina beta back to a prior stable build of MacOS like MacOS Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, or otherwise, is by formatting the computer and … Read More

How to Resume a Download in Safari on Mac

Jun 18, 2019 - 8 Comments
File download resuming in Safari on Mac

Safari on the Mac can resume stopped downloads and restart failed downloads rather easily. For example, if you were downloading Xcode from Apple but your internet connection was interrupted and the download stopped, you can resume the download where it left off rather than restart the entire download over again. This is a great way … Read More

How to Enter Recovery Mode on iPhone XR, iPhone XS & XS Max, iPhone X

Jun 16, 2019 - 13 Comments
How to enter Recovery Mode on iPhone XS, XR, XS Max, X

Sometimes an iPhone must be placed into Recovery Mode to be able to effectively troubleshoot the device. Usually this is only necessary when an iPhone XS, XR, XS Max or X is stuck on the  Apple logo for an extended amount of time and does not boot, is stuck on the iTunes logo with … Read More

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