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How to Stop Apple Music from Opening on Mac Randomly

Sep 20, 2024 - 14 Comments
How to stop Music app opening on Mac randomly

A fair number of Mac users have discovered that the Apple Music application will seemingly spontaneously open itself at random, and even play music, without being prompted to do so. That Apple Music will randomly open itself and even start playing music is highly undesirable behavior for many Mac users, and thus it’s reasonable to … Read More

6 Features in macOS Sequoia You Will Actually Use

Sep 19, 2024 - 15 Comments
iPhone Mirroring

Now that MacOS Sequoia is available for all Mac users to update and install, you might be wondering which of the many new features and changes are particularly enticing, and that you might actually use. Rather than overwhelm you with a list of twenty seven trillion new things that you will quickly forget about, here … Read More

How to Prepare Your iPhone for iOS 18

Sep 13, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Preparing iPhone for iOS 18

iOS 18 will become available as a software update for iPhone on Monday, September 16, alongside iPadOS 18 for iPad. With some fun new features, customization options, and capabilities, it’s easy to see why people are excited about installing the new software update on their iPhone or iPad. Before you dive into updating your iPhone … Read More

Which Apple Watch Models Support WatchOS 11? Here’s the List

Sep 5, 2024 - Leave a Comment
WatchOS 11 supported Apple Watch models

WatchOS 11 features some intriguing new capabilities for Apple Watch, particularly for health and fitness. With a new Vitals app, training load feature, customizations for and the ability to pause Activity rings, Translate app for Apple Watch, Cycle Tracking app, Smart Stack, customizations to the Photos face, and more, it’s easy to see why Apple … Read More

iPadOS 18 is Compatible with These iPads

Sep 4, 2024 - 2 Comments
iPadOS 18 compatible device list from Apple

iPadOS 18 for iPad includes some exciting new features for iPad users, from more interface customization options like Dark Mode icons and widgets, color hued icons and widgets, a customizable Control Center, the debut of a Calculator app for iPad, Passwords app, a Photos redesign, improvements to Notes app, new features in Safari like Distraction … Read More

iOS 18 is Compatible with These iPhone Models

Aug 27, 2024 - 3 Comments
iPhone models that support iOS 18 are listed here

iOS 18 for iPhone includes a variety of new features that many users are excited about, from all new Dark Mode icons and widgets, to color hued icons/widgets, customizable Control Center, Apple Intelligence AI features that will write emails and texts for you and summarize data or generate images, a confusing Photos redesign, Game Mode … Read More

MacOS Sequoia is Compatible with These Macs

Aug 26, 2024 - 5 Comments
macOS Sequoia compatible Macs

MacOS Sequoia, versioned as macOS 15, is an exciting new operating system for Mac users. MacOS Sequoia includes a variety of intriguing new features that could make you even more productive while using your Mac, including iPhone Mirroring, new window tiling features, AI enhancements to Safari and Mail, a dedicated Passwords app, new screen savers … Read More

Listen to Apple Podcasts on the Web

Aug 23, 2024 - Leave a Comment
Listening to podcasts in Podcasts on Apple website

Apple has released a web version of the Podcasts app, allowing anyone to listen to podcasts through the web interface. You can browse through podcasts to find new ones, search podcasts for specific guests or shows, see the ‘Top Charts’, or just have a look at what Apple considers noteworthy. The web version of Podcasts … Read More

How to Run Llama LLM on Mac, Locally

Aug 22, 2024 - 8 Comments
How to install Ollama on Mac

Llama is a powerful large language model (LLM) developed by Meta (yes, the same Meta that is Facebook), that is able to process and generate human-like text. It’s quite similar to ChatGPT, but what is unique about Llama is that you can run it locally, directly on your computer. With a little effort, you’ll be … Read More

Launch All Apps & Documents Related to a Project with Stapler for Mac

Aug 14, 2024 - 2 Comments
Using Stapler on Mac you can add and remove apps and files or launch them all directly easily

Longtime Mac users may recall a handy old shareware application for the Classic Macintosh called Stapler, which essentially helped manage projects by grouping a series of apps and documents into a single document that when opened would then launch all of those documents and their respective programs. Much easier than digging around in your file … Read More

How to Recover an Unsaved PowerPoint on Mac

Aug 2, 2024 - 1 Comment
PowerPoint for Mac

As you might know already, using the latest versions of PowerPoint on Mac offers two handy features that are aimed to prevent data loss; autosaving, and autorecovery. Autosaving does just what it sounds like, and it will automatically save a file that you’re working on even if you don’t manually save it yourself. The next … Read More

How to Uninstall VMWare Fusion on Mac

Aug 1, 2024 - 6 Comments

You might be aware that VMWare Fusion Pro is now free to download and install, and perhaps you installed it on a Mac to test virtual machines or to play around with, and now you’ve decided you no longer need VMware on the Mac. But VMware Fusion Pro does not come with a dedicated uninstaller, … Read More

How to Get Apple Intelligence on Your iPhone, iPad, or Mac

Jul 31, 2024 - 9 Comments
Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence is a set of AI features that Apple is rolling out in beta, and will debut to a larger set of Apple device owners in the fall. Apple Intelligence offers many features from writing and creating text and emails, to taking actions and operating across different apps, to image generation, document and text … Read More

Access & Use Apple Maps on the Web with Maps Beta

Jul 26, 2024 - 4 Comments
Apple Maps directions on the web

Apple Maps is now available on the web, just in case you’d like to use a web based interface for Apple Maps instead of the Maps app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The introduction of a web interface for Apple Maps also means that Android users and Windows users can access Apple Maps now, if … Read More

How to Switch from iOS 18 Public Beta to Developer Beta, or Vice Versa

Jul 24, 2024 - Leave a Comment
iOS 18 beta

Want to switch from the iOS 18 public beta to the iOS 18 developer beta? You can easily do that if you want to, on your iPhone or iPad. The main benefit to being on the iOS 18 developer beta track is that you typically get beta updates a little before the same build is … Read More

How to Install iPadOS 18 Public Beta

Jul 22, 2024 - Leave a Comment
How to install iPadOS 18 public beta

With the public beta for iPadOS 18 available, any curious iPad user is now able to install the iPadOS 18 public beta onto an eligible device. Running iPadOS 18 public beta provides an opportunity to test out features and the new operating system before the system software is finalized, giving early access to features like … Read More

How to Install watchOS 11 Public Beta on Apple Watch

Jul 19, 2024 - 2 Comments
Install watchOS 11 public beta

If you’re an advanced Apple Watch user, you might be intrigued by the idea of running the watchOS 11 public beta on your Apple Watch, to accompany your paired iPhone running iOS 18 public beta. Sure, beta system software is buggier than final versions and may have issues with performance and battery life, but running … Read More

How to Install iOS 18 Public Beta on iPhone

Jul 18, 2024 - Leave a Comment
How to install iOS 18 public beta

Now that iOS 18 is in public beta, intrepid iPhone users who are not developers may be interested in testing out the new operating system on their own devices. The iOS 18 public beta offers early access to intriguing new features, including dark mode icons and widgets, Passwords app, a redesigned Photos app, iPhone Mirroring … Read More

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