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How to Delete Downloaded Videos from iPhone & iPad

Jul 18, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Delete Downloaded Videos on iPhone & iPad

Are you unable to keep up with all the videos you’ve downloaded from various apps installed on your iPhone or iPad? In that case, you may be excited to find out that Apple has provided its users with the option to manage them all from one place.

How to Make Video & Audio Calls Using Telegram

Jul 18, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Make Video & Audio Calls Using Telegram

Are you new to Telegram? Perhaps, your friends, family, or colleagues made you switch to the more secure instant messaging app? Regardless, considering you’re just getting started, you may have trouble figuring out how to take advantage of some of the core features like being able to video call and voice call other users. So … Read More

How to Share Song Lyrics in Apple Music on iPhone & iPad

Jul 17, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Share Song Lyrics in Apple Music

Have you ever wanted an intuitive way to share song lyrics from your iPhone and iPad? In that case, it’s safe to say the time has come, at least if you’re an Apple Music subscriber. And, the way Apple has implemented this can’t get any better.

How to Use a Different Apple ID for FaceTime on iPhone & iPad

Jul 17, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Change Apple ID for FaceTime on iPhone & iPad

Do you want to use a different Apple ID / email address for making and receiving calls over FaceTime? Fortunately, this is pretty easy to do on an iPhone and iPad, and all you need is a minute or two of your time.

How to Download Books from iCloud to iPhone & iPad for Offline Access

Jul 16, 2021 - 9 Comments
How to Download Books from iCloud on iPhone & iPad

Do you want to access all your ebooks and audiobooks in the Apple Books app on iPad or iPhone, even when you’re not connected to the internet? If you want to have offline access to ebooks in the Books app (once called iBooks), you’ll need to download the books from iCloud so that they are … Read More

How to Discover Most Played Apple Music Songs in Your City

Jul 16, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Discover Most Played Apple Music Songs in Your City

If you’re someone who enjoys discovering new songs, you may have wanted to listen to popular songs from around the world. Well, if you use Apple Music, let’s just say it’s going to be a whole lot easier from now on.

How to Install macOS Big Sur in VirtualBox on Windows

Jul 15, 2021 - 97 Comments
How to Install macOS Big Sur Using VirtualBox on Windows

Are you interested in running macOS Big Sur or Monterey from a Windows PC? If you don’t want to spend money on a Mac, you can use a virtual machine and still try out macOS, thanks to VirtualBox.

How to Check Apple Watch Battery Health

Jul 15, 2021 - 7 Comments
How to Check Apple Watch Battery Health

If you’ve been using your Apple Watch for a long time, you may want to check its battery health to see if it’s still operating at peak performance, or if it requires a battery service. It’s pretty easy to check the health of your Apple Watch battery, so let’s review how to do that.

How to Repair the Startup Disk on M1 Apple Silicon Macs

Jul 14, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Repair the Startup Disk on M1 Apple Silicon Macs

If you are having any peculiar disk issues or disk errors with an Apple Silicon Mac, you may want to try using the repair tools within Disk Utility, available in Recovery Mode.

How to Forward Delete on iPad Keyboard

Jul 13, 2021 - 7 Comments
iPad Magic Keyboard

iPad users may be interested in learning how to perform a forward delete with the iPad Smart Keyboard or iPad Magic Keyboard. As you probably know, the standard delete key on the iPad keyboards deletes backwards, but another keystroke offers the ability to perform a forward delete on iPad as well.

How to Check Your Mac’s Battery Health

Jul 13, 2021 - 5 Comments
How to Check Mac Battery Health

Wondering about the health of your Mac laptop battery? It’s pretty easy to check the condition and maximum capacity of a battery in modern macOS versions, and if you’ve had your MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air for aw while now, you may have noticed the battery performance isn’t quite what it was when you … Read More

How to Factory Reset M1 Mac (MacBook Pro, Air, iMac, Mac mini)

Jul 12, 2021 - 12 Comments
How to Factory Reset M1 Mac

Do you have an M1 Mac that you’d like to factory reset as if it were brand new? The process of factory resetting the M1 Mac line to restore the Mac to factory defaults – basically erasing all data and reinstalling a blank macOS – is different with the M1 Mac line, including M1 MacBook … Read More

How to Beta Test iOS Apps with TestFlight

Jul 12, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Beta Test iOS Apps with TestFlight

Have you ever wanted to try out beta versions of your favorite apps? Perhaps, you want to get early access to certain app features that the developers are working on? TestFlight makes it easy to beta test apps on iPhone and iPad, so let’s review how it all works.

How to Enable Headphone Notifications on Apple Watch

Jul 11, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Enable Headphone Notifications on Apple Watch

If you purchased an Apple Watch mostly to keep track of your activity, fitness goals, and health, you may be interested in this new health-oriented feature that aims to keep your hearing in check.

Fixing M1 Mac External Display Issues (Flickering Screen, White Noise, Black Screen, etc)

Jul 10, 2021 - 28 Comments
Fix M1 Mac external display issues like flickering and white noise

Some M1 MacBook Pro, M1 MacBook Air, and M1 Mac Mini users have discovered display issues when using an external display connected to their M1 Mac. Typically the M1 Mac external display issues are either a flickering display, a display that won’t wake from sleep and where the screen stays black, or a white noise … Read More

How to Remove a Device from your Apple Account

Jul 10, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Remove a Device from your Apple Account

Do you use your Apple account on several devices? What if you sell or give away an old iPhone, iPad, or Mac? Well, if you no longer use or own one or more of these devices, you should remove them from your Apple account.

How to Add Third-Party Accessories to Find My on iPhone & iPad

Jul 9, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Add Third-Party Accessories to Find My on iPhone & iPad

Did you know that you can use Apple’s Find My service with third-party accessories? That’s right, you don’t have to own Apple’s AirTags accessory. Although the list of supported devices is somewhat limited right now, it’s certainly a feature that you may want to keep your eye on.

How to Convert Burst Photos to GIF on iPhone or iPad

Jul 9, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Convert Burst Photos to GIF on iPhone

Do you take a lot of burst shots using your iPhone or iPad? How’d you like to convert a bunch of burst images into an animated GIF? You can easily convert these photos to a GIF right on your iOS or ipadOS device without having to install a third-party app from the App Store, thanks … Read More

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