Tips & Tricks

iOS 17 includes some fun new features that are compelling to many iPhone users, including custom phone cards, Live Voicemail, FaceTime video voicemail support, new Messages features, support for FaceTime with Apple TV, a really cool digital clock mode for iPhone called StandBy, interactive widgets, NameDrop to easily swap contact information, a new Journal app, … Read More

The Terminal application on Mac provides a powerful command-line interface that allows users to interact with their computer using text-based commands. It offers advanced control, customization, and automation options, making it beneficial for developers, system administrators, and power users who prefer a more efficient and flexible way to execute tasks, manage files, navigate the file … Read More

iPadOS 17 includes some great new features like a customizable Lock Screen, interactive widgets, Live Activities on the Lock Screen, support for FaceTime video voicemail, new Messages features and capabilities, support for Safari Profiles, the inclusion of the Health app on iPad, improvements to Spotlight, autofill support for PDFs, Safari Private Browsing locking, and much … Read More

All modern iPhone’s include excellent video recording capabilities and cameras, and while you can certainly simply hit the record button and you’ll get great video right away, there are some additional tips to maximize your video capturing experience. Read along and you’ll be able to master record the best possible videos on your iPhone. Technically … Read More

While the newest model 15″ MacBook Air is an amazing machine, and the 16″ M2 Max MacBook Pro is a dream to use, not everyone has the latest and greatest hardware. In fact, many Mac users rely on hardware and operating systems that are considered old by some standards, finding tons of life left in … Read More

One way to test out MacOS Sonoma beta but without installing it directly on a Mac is to install the Sonoma beta into a virtual machine instead. There are several different ways to do this, but for this particular article we will show you how you can setup and install MacOS Sonoma beta in a … Read More

If you have Fortnite on your Mac, and you no longer want to play it or you simply need some disk space, uninstalling Fortnite will free up a huge amount of storage on the Mac drive. Downloading and installing Fortnite on the Mac takes up nearly 100 GB of storage, making it one of the … Read More

The iTerm app for Mac is a great terminal alternative that has some unique features, one of which is that you can setup a hotkey or keyboard shortcut to instantly access an iTerm2 terminal as a slide-out command line from the top of the screen, from anywhere in MacOS.

The Mac comes well equipped by default, but even though MacOS comes with some excellent apps from Apple, there are a handful of features and tools that are missing. Maybe you’ve downloaded an archive file that you can’t open, or maybe your friend from the Windows world sent you a video you can’t watch, or … Read More

If you use Homebrew with your Mac, you probably want to install Homebrew in MacOS Sonoma as well. While it installs as intended for many Mac users, some are experiencing issues when attempting to install Homebrew in the Sonoma beta. We’ll cover the solution, showing you how to get Homebrew installed successfully in MacOS Sonoma … Read More

MacOS is loaded with features, and while some of them are obvious (like the Dock), there are a ton of other features on the Mac that may not be widely used by all Mac users. With that in mind, we’re going to discuss three super useful Mac features that all MacOS users should be using, … Read More

Want to run the MacOS Sonoma public beta on your Mac? It’s pretty easy, though as is typical with beta system software, you should understand the risks, ramifications, and potential hassles with running beta operating systems. While most Mac users who are curious about running MacOS Sonoma likely already installed the dev beta (which is … Read More

Steam is a popular digital gaming platform that offers a large library of games for purchase and download, making it simple to play a diverse selection of games on the Mac (as well as Windows and Linux, but I digress). If you installed Steam and perhaps you no longer need it anymore, or you don’t … Read More

Now that the iPadOS 17 public beta is widely available for anyone to install, you may be interested in running the iPadOS 17 public beta on your iPad. With a customizable Lock Screen, interactive widgets, FaceTime video voicemail, and much more, there’s a lot to like in the iPadOS 17 version of system software. It’s … Read More

Adventurous iPhone users may be interested in joining the iOS 17 public beta to get an early look and feel of what the upcoming iOS 17 system software version is like on their own iPhone. By enrolling in the public beta program and installing the public beta of iOS 17, you’ll get immediate access to … Read More

Apple has started issuing Rapid Security Response Updates for iOS and iPadOS. These small software updates for iPhone and iPad are intended to address known security risks and exploits, and without having to issue a full software update version for iOS, iPadOS, or MacOS. By default, rapid security response updates will install automatically onto your … Read More

iTerm2 is a popular Terminal application alternative for the Mac, and one fun way to customize the appearance of your terminal windows in iTerm2 is to set the terminal window to be transparent. Here’s how you can get a transparent terminal appearance in iTerm2 on the Mac.

Did you know you can use Apple Pay with ATMs to withdraw cash? Apple Pay and Apple Wallet work seamlessly with thousands of ATMs around the world, thanks to the large network of cardless ATMs available with major banks. While many people associate Apple Pay with the Apple Card and making contactless payments while shopping, … Read More