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How to Fix the MacOS Tahoe Beta Virtual Machine “software update is required” Error

Jun 18, 2025 - 2 Comments
Software Update required for installing macOS Tahoe in a virtual machine but the update fails

If you have attempted to install MacOS Tahoe beta into a virtual machine by using the Tahoe installer or IPSW file, you might run into a looping failure where you’ll see a request to install a software update, to which you may attempt to install the update but it fails, followed by an “Installation failed. … Read More

iPadOS 26 Compatible Device List: Does My iPad Support iPadOS 26?

Jun 18, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iPadOS 26 features

iPadOS 26 has been announced, and it offers some of the most significant changes to iPadOS in a while. With a huge emphasis on improving multitasking capabilities, iPadOS 26 introduces a windowing system, a menu bar, window tiling, Expose, and you can now place files and folders in the Dock too. But that’s not all, … Read More

How to Install MacOS Tahoe 26 Beta Right Now

Jun 17, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to install MacOS Tahoe 26 beta

MacOS Tahoe 26 features the all new Liquid Glass interface, brings the Phone app to the Mac, big Spotlight changes with actions, new Apple Intelligence features, a new Games app, backgrounds are added to Messages for the WhatsApp fans, Live Activities from iPhone, and much more. With so many new features combined with a significant … Read More

iOS 26 Supported iPhone List: Will Your iPhone Run iOS 26?

Jun 16, 2025 - 3 Comments
iOS 26 compatible iPhone list

iOS 26 is out, with it’s all new shiny Liquid Glass interface, and new features like backgrounds and polling in Messages app, improvements to Apple Intelligence, Live Translation in FaceTime, Phone, and Messages, CarPlay improvements, enhancements to the Phone app, a new Games app, and more. It’s no wonder there’s so much interest in iOS … Read More

MacOS Tahoe 26 Compatible Mac List & System Requirements

Jun 13, 2025 - 2 Comments
MacOS Tahoe 26 compatible Mac list

MacOS Tahoe 26 is here, and right from the start you can see the difference with the all new Liquid Glass interface appearance and styling, with it’s heavy use of translucency, shiny icons and buttons, and all around revamped appearance. Of course MacOS Tahoe is much more than skin deep though, and there’s many new … Read More

How to Install iOS 26 Beta on iPhone Right Now

Jun 12, 2025 - Leave a Comment
How to install iOS 26 beta

iOS 26 for iPhone and iPadOS 26 for iPad has been announced by Apple, and the first beta versions are available to users partcipating in the developer beta programs. With the beta for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, users can get an early look at the nifty shiny new Liquid Glass interface and it’s redesigned … Read More

Anyone Can Install iOS 26 Developer Beta (But You Probably Shouldn’t)

Jun 11, 2025 - Leave a Comment
You can install iOS 26 beta right now, but you should not

Apple has enthralled the world with some pretty significant visual overhauls to the iPhone and iPad system software, featuring the all new Liquid Glass appearance style. With a new look, plus many new features, it’s no wonder that so many Apple users are curious about downloading iOS 26 beta and installing it right away. And … Read More

CodeEdit Might be the Best Free Code Editor for Mac

Jun 5, 2025 - 4 Comments
CodeEdit for Mac

CodeEdit is an increasingly popular, free, open source native code editor for Mac that offers a super lightweight and speedy alternative to other code editors for Mac like Xcode, Zed, Visual Studio Pro, and other similar apps and IDEs. CodeEdit offers a fast experience that feels like it was built for MacOS, with many of … Read More

How to Adjust Font Smoothing in macOS Sequoia & macOS Sonoma

Jun 4, 2025 - 1 Comment
The Mac Finder icon

Font Smoothing is a longstanding feature in MacOS that aims to make rendered screen text more legible, and it works by subtly blending the edges of display fonts with the background by using anti-aliasing. The idea is to reduce the jaggedness of screen text, but in practice nowadays it basically makes screen fonts on the … Read More

How to Enable iCloud Private Relay on Mac

Jun 3, 2025 - 2 Comments
How to enable iCloud Private Relay on Mac

iCloud Private Relay is a fantastic privacy feature that is part of the iCloud+ subscription that helps to protect your internet activity and browsing by obfuscating your IP address (via using a temporary IP address) and encrypting your DNS lookups, so that third parties can’t see what websites you’re visiting. The end result is that … Read More

How to Play Fortnite on Mac with FnMacAssistant & Sideloadly

May 31, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Downloading Fortnite onto the Mac and then using fnMacAssistant to patch the Fortnite app too

Gamers everywhere are happy that Fortnite is back for iPhone and iPad users, but there’s no Mac client in sight (yet anyway). That doesn’t mean you can’t play Fortnite on the Mac though, because if you have an Apple Silicon Mac, and you’re comfortable running some mods and tweaks, you can get the iOS/iPadOS version … Read More

How to Disable Backtrack on Apple Watch Turning On Automatically

May 30, 2025 - 1 Comment
How to disable Backtrack on Apple Watch automatically enabling with Compass

One of the more curious features of Apple Watch is how the Compass Backtrack feature automatically activates and takes over the Apple Watch screen during workouts, seemingly at random, or even every time a “Hiking” workout or sometimes any outdoor workout of any sort is selected or initiated. Given that the vast majority of hikers, … Read More

How to Make MacOS Sequoia Feel Faster: Tips to Speed Up Slow MacOS

May 28, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to speed up macOS Sequoia

macOS Sequoia is a pretty solid operating system with some great features like iPhone Mirroring, and while performance is fantastic for most, not all users are experiencing the speediest of experiences. If you feel like macOS Sequoia is running slower than your Mac was on prior operating system versions, you might appreciate some of these … Read More

How to Enable Volume Slider on iPhone Lock Screen

May 27, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to get the Volume Slider on iPhone Lock Screen back again

For the majority of existence for iPhone, anytime that music, podcasts, audiobooks, or media was being played on the device but the screen was locked, a volume slider was visible on the iPhone Lock Screen. The volume slider made it easy to see what volume something was playing at, and also made it very easy … Read More

Where is “Hide My Email” on iPhone & iPad?

May 23, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Where is "Hide My Email" on iPhone

The “Hide My Email” feature on iPhone is incredibly useful, allowing you to create random unique email addresses that forward to your real email address inbox. This feature can help protect your privacy by allowing you to sign up for apps or services without sharing your real email address, while enhancing security from phishing attempts, … Read More

How to Flush DNS Cache on macOS Sequoia & Sonoma

May 21, 2025 - 2 Comments
How to flush DNS cache on macOS Sequoia and Sonoma

If you’re running macOS Sequoia or macOS Sonoma, you might occasionally find yourself in a situation where you need to flush the DNS cache on your Mac. This can be necessary to fix DNS related issues or errors, to clear out outdated DNS settings or records, to resolve issues with certain websites, or even to … Read More

How to Use Surfshark DNS on Mac, iPhone, iPad

May 20, 2025 - 7 Comments
How to use Surfshark DNS on Mac, iPhone, or iPad for better privacy

Did you know that your internet service provider default DNS servers almost certainly track and log your online activity? Basically this means that every time you visit a website or use an internet-connected application from your Mac, iPhone or iPad, your ISP is aware of that. Many ISP’s will not only log and track your … Read More

6 Super Useful Continuity Features for Mac, iPhone, & iPad, You Should Be Using

May 19, 2025 - 3 Comments
Continuity features on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, are incredibly useful and worth exploring

Continuity is a broad set of features for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, that make using all three of the devices together as seamless and easy as possible. Many of the Continuity features also will undoubtedly improve your workflow, making using MacOS, iOS, and iPadOS even better together. We’re going to focus on six of the … Read More

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