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How to See Websites Visited with Screen Time on iPhone & iPad

May 9, 2021 - 6 Comments
How to See Websites Visited with Screen Time on iPhone & iPad

With Screen Time, you can keep an eye on what websites are visited and accessed on an iPhone or iPad. This Screen Time capability is completely separate from searching through Safari browser history to find past viewed websites, as it’s intended to keep track of web usage and what sites have been visited, which can … Read More

How to Manage Hidden App Purchases on Mac

May 8, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Manage Hidden Purchases on Mac

Have you hidden any downloaded apps on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad? Perhaps, you’re looking to unhide some of those apps or see how many purchases you’ve hidden so far? In that case, you’ll be pleased to know that unhiding purchased apps is pretty easy to do on a Mac.

How to Reset Cellular Plans on Apple Watch

May 8, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Reset Cellular Plans on Apple Watch

If you have a cellular Apple Watch and you’re planning to change the network provider that you use, you will have to reset or remove the current cellular plan on your Apple Watch first. In this article, we’ll cover how you can remove or reset the cellular plans on your Apple Watch.

How to Create and Edit Widget Stacks on iPhone & iPad

May 7, 2021 - 1 Comment
iOS 14 weidgets

Modern versions of iOS and iPadOS offer widgets to be added to the Home Screen. By allowing widgets to live amongst apps, Apple instantly made them more usable and more important for iPhone and iPad users. It also introduced stacks. Stacks are super widgets that house more than one standard widget. That not only brings … Read More

How to Trust an App on iPhone & iPad to Fix “Untrusted Developer” Message

May 7, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Trust an App on iPhone & iPad

Did you install an iOS or ipadOS app to iPhone or iPad that’s not from the Apple App Store by sideloading? If so, you will not be able to open this app on your iPhone or iPad right away and instead, you’ll get an “Untrusted Developer” message.

Problems with iOS 14.5.1 Update? Can’t Install? Battery Draining Issues?

May 6, 2021 - 4 Comments
iOS 14.5.1

It appears that some users are having issues with iOS 14.5.1 and ipadOS 14.5.1, ranging from problems installing the update, to battery issues or a hot iPhone / iPad after install. These type of problems are usually rare, but they can happen to some users after virtually any system software update, and thus these circumstances … Read More

How to Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch

May 6, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch

Do you use an Apple Watch alongside your iPhone? If so, you may be excited to know that you can now use your Apple Watch to quickly unlock your Face ID-equipped iPhone, this may be particularly handy when you’re wearing a face mask. That’s right, you no longer have to type in the passcode.

How to Convert WebP Images to JPG on Mac

May 6, 2021 - 8 Comments
How to Convert WebP Images to JPG on Mac

Do you want to convert some WebP images that are stored on your Mac to JPEG? If so, you’ll be pleased to know that you can get this done pretty easily on your Mac. The best part is that you don’t have to install any additional software on your computer, since the feature is natively … Read More

How to Check Your Headphone Volume Level In Real Time to Keep Your Ears Safe with iPhone & iPad

May 5, 2021 - Leave a Comment
iOS 14 headphone volume check

Plenty of us know that listening to music too loudly can impair our hearing in the long term, but how loud is too loud? Apple has offered historical data on how loud your earphones have been blasting music for a while, but with modern iOS and iPadOS versions, that feature is now available in real-time, … Read More

How to Change the Default Keychain on Mac

May 5, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Change the Default Keychain on Mac

Did you know that you can create multiple keychains on your Mac, in addition to the default keychain associated with your login? Moreover, you can set other keychains you created as the default keychain on your macOS computer, which then become where your login and password credentials are stored. Most users won’t need to do … Read More

How to Install Hidden Fonts in macOS Big Sur & Catalina

May 4, 2021 - 5 Comments
How to Install New Hidden Fonts in MacOS Catalina & Big Sur

Did you know that your Mac has hidden fonts that are disabled by default? If your Mac is running macOS Big Sur, Catalina, or later, you can access all these hidden fonts and install them for free.

How to Upgrade iCloud Storage Plan on Mac

May 4, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Upgrade iCloud Storage Plan on Mac

Are you running low on iCloud storage space? Or perhaps you’re running low on local disk space on your Mac and you want to offload more data to iCloud? Considering most modern Macs don’t have user-upgradeable storage, if you are pinched for space you’ll need to either get an external drive, or rely on Apple’s … Read More

How to Get macOS Big Sur as a DMG File

May 3, 2021 - 15 Comments
macOS Big Sur DMG

Some Mac users may be interested in obtaining macOS Big Sur as a DMG file, so that they can use the disk image with a virtual machine, to create bootable media, for archival purposes, for cloning, or any other reason. It turns out that macOS Big Sur is available to download as an installer application, … Read More

How to Enable LED Flash Notifications on iPhone

May 3, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Enable LED Flash Notifications on iPhone

How’d you like the LED camera flash on the back of iPhone to flash when a notification or phone call comes into the device? Do you place your iPhone face down on the desk? Or, do you keep it in silent mode most of the time? In any case, you might be interested in taking … Read More

How to Automatically Reduce Loud Headphone Audio on iPhone & iPad

May 2, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Automatically Reduce Loud Headphone Audio on iPhone

Did you know that your iPhone can automatically lower the audio level coming out of your headphones? That’s right, no more “RIP headphone users” moments when you’re watching YouTube videos. This feature is pretty easy to enable and use on iPhone and iPad.

How to Add Accessibility Features to Control Center on iPhone & iPad

May 2, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Add Accessibilty Features to Control Center on iPhone & iPad

Do you make use of the various accessibility features on your iPhone or iPad? If so, you may be surprised to know that you can add shortcuts and toggles for these features to the iOS and iPadOS Control Center, in order to access them faster.

Where to Find Minecraft Saved Game Files on Mac & Windows

May 1, 2021 - Leave a Comment
Minecraft

If you or a loved one are a Minecraft user, you may be interested in tracking down game save files on a Mac or Windows PC.

How to Use Screen Share With Discord on iPhone & iPad

May 1, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Use Screen Share With Discord on iPhone & iPad

Did you know you can screen share with Discord, right from your iPhone or iPad? Of course you can screen share from your other devices too, but we’ll be covering iOS and iPadOS here. Discord has become one of the more popular social networking platforms over the past couple of years with roughly 300 million … Read More

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