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How to Turn Off Crash Detection on iPhone & Apple Watch

Dec 9, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Crash detection on iPhone and Apple Watch

Some iPhone and Apple Watch users have noticed the Crash Detection feature of their device is inappropriately activating during activities that do not involve car accidents. For example, some users are finding the crash detection feature is activated on rollercoasters, when skiing or snowboarding, while mountain biking or road biking, long boarding, and many other … Read More

9 Handy Universal Control Tips & Tricks for Mac & iPad

Dec 8, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Universal Control with Mac and iPad

Universal Control is a fantastic feature for Mac and iPad that allows you to share a keyboard and mouse or trackpad between devices. But aside from the convenient ability to share the keyboard and mouse, there are some additional handy tips and tricks available to Universal Control that you may not be familiar with, and … Read More

How to See Keyboard Shortcuts in macOS Sonoma & Ventura

Dec 7, 2022 - 5 Comments
See Keyboard Shortcuts App Shortcuts etc in MacOS Ventura

Some Mac users have found it difficult to see keyboard shortcuts in macOS Sonoma and Ventura, specifically within the freshly redesigned new System Settings experience that replaced System Preferences. Gone is the obvious and here comes obscurity, so it’s not too surprising that some users aren’t able to see the keyboard shortcuts for custom added … Read More

How to Hide External Drives from Mac Desktop

Dec 7, 2022 - Leave a Comment
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By default, the Mac desktop will show external drives and volumes, including things like external hard drives, USB flash keys, and other external storage. If you wish to not show those external volumes on the desktop, you can adjust a setting in MacOS to hide external drives form the Mac desktop. Hiding external drives from … Read More

Creating a “Save as PDF” Keyboard Shortcut in MacOS Ventura

Dec 6, 2022 - 20 Comments
How to Save as PDF keyboard shortcut on Mac

If you work with a lot of PDF files, you’d probably appreciate having the ability to press a keyboard shortcut to save files, webpages, and documents as PDF files on the Mac. You can set that up rather easily, and we’ll walk through the process. If you have long been using the old trick to … Read More

How to Rename Mac Computer Name in MacOS Sonoma & Ventura

Dec 5, 2022 - 4 Comments
How to rename computer name in macOS Ventura

Renaming your Mac computer name offers a way to customize your Mac, differentiate it between other machines when using AirDrop, and make it easy to identify on a network. With modern versions of macOS Ventura 13 and newer, how you change a Mac computer name is different than before, and you may have become accustomed … Read More

How to Add Music to Your Instagram Story

Dec 4, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Add music to your Instagram Story

Instagram Stories are a popular way for people to share photos and videos of moments throughout their day that are presented in a slideshow. One fun way to customize your Instagram Story posts is to add music to your stories as you add them.

How to Get Your Spotify Wrapped for 2022

Dec 3, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Spotify Wrapped 2022

Spotify Wrapped is a fun annual tradition that allows Spotify users to check out their most listened to music for the year, as well as review some other fun stats on their music and podcast listening habits. You’ll even find a Spotify Wrapped 2022 playlist of your top songs, so you can enjoy them all … Read More

How to Show File Extensions on iPad & iPhone in Files App

Dec 2, 2022 - Leave a Comment
File extensions showing on iPad and iPhone Files app

The Files app on iPad and iPhone offers the ability to always show file extensions, making it easy to determine what file types certain documents or files are, and is a welcome feature for power users and those who simply like to see file extensions and file types at a glance when looking at file … Read More

Check for Power Outage with iPhone, Mac, or iPad, by Looking for Wi-Fi

Dec 1, 2022 - 1 Comment
Use Wi-Fi to check for power outages

Electrical power outages are not particularly fun, but should you have the experience of encountering one, you may find this tip helpful which aims to determine if a power outage is impacting only your specific location or if it is neighborhood wide. All that you need is any battery powered device with wi-fi, meaning any … Read More

Finding System Preferences & Using System Settings in MacOS Sonoma & Ventura

Nov 29, 2022 - 63 Comments

System Preferences has been replaced by System Settings in MacOS Sonoma & MacOS Ventura, and it’s quite a change not only in name but in how the system control panels are navigated, and also where many preferences, settings, and toggles are located. You can access the new System Settings from the  Apple menu just … Read More

How to Enable Stage Manager on iPad

Nov 28, 2022 - 6 Comments
Turn On Stage Manager on iPad

Stage Manager is the intriguing multitasking interface that allows for multiple app windows to be open at the same time on iPad. It’s an optional multitasking experience that some iPad users may really like and appreciate, but to make that determination you will need to turn Stage Manager on and see if you like it.

Take Full Webpage Screenshots on Mac via Command Line with webkit2png

Nov 27, 2022 - 3 Comments
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Ever needed to take a full webpage scrolling screenshot on the Mac through the command line? While there are various approaches to taking full webpage screenshots on a Mac easily with Firefox or another browser, and many ways to take screenshots on the Mac, including taking screenshots from the Terminal, none of the native options … Read More

How to Setup Auto Pay for Apple Card

Nov 23, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Apple Card is a fancy credit card that has some nice perks and cash-back bonuses, but it’s still a credit card, which means paying it on time is critical. For this reason, setting up auto-pay is convenient, and can guarantee that you’re not missing payments or getting unnecessary fees. To avoid interest charges and accruing … Read More

How to Clear DNS Cache in MacOS Tahoe, MacOS Ventura, & MacOS Monterey

Nov 21, 2022 - 2 Comments
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Mac users may need to occasionally clear out and flush DNS cache in MacOS, perhaps because they modified their hosts file, or for troubleshooting purposes. Resetting DNS cache on the Mac is generally only needed by advanced users, but even novice Mac users should find the process to be pretty easy, though it is achieved … Read More

How to Install macOS Ventura on Mac

Nov 20, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Install MacOS Ventura

Installing MacOS Ventura onto a Mac is pretty simple, but if you’re unfamiliar with the process of installing major system software updates, it may seem a little intimidating to jump into. Not to worry, we’ll walk through the process, and soon you’ll have macOS Ventura 13 running on the Mac in no time.

How to Open Google Chrome from Terminal on Mac

Nov 19, 2022 - 2 Comments
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Command line users may encounter situations where they’d like to open the Google Chrome web browser directly from the Terminal on the Mac.

How to Delete Focus Modes on iPhone & iPad

Nov 18, 2022 - 6 Comments
How to delete Focus modes on iPhone

The Focus Modes feature arrives with a few default Focus’s that include things like Work, Driving, Sleep, and of course users can add their own for anything under the sun. If you don’t want to have a bunch of Focus modes available, either because you’re accidentally enabling them, can’t figure out how to turn them … Read More

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