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How to Perform FaceTime Reaction Gestures on iPhone, iPad, & Mac

Nov 16, 2023 - 6 Comments
FaceTime Reaction Effects and Gestures

Apple has introduced all new reaction gestures for FaceTime on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, meaning if you make certain hand gestures, symbols, or movements, you will trigger a digital effect reaction. For example, if you make a thumbs up gesture with your hand, a thumbs up emoji will appear on the screen, or if … Read More

How to Disable “Click Wallpaper to Show Desktop” in MacOS Sonoma

Nov 15, 2023 - Leave a Comment
How to disable Click Wallpaper to Show Desktop on Mac

MacOS Sonoma introduced a feature on the Mac that activates Expose which hides all open windows and apps, whenever you click on the desktop. This feature happens seamlessly, and when you click on the desktop wallpaper, you’ll reveal the desktop by pushing aside all other open apps and their windows, thus revealing the desktop and … Read More

How to Make Stickers from Photos for Messages on iPhone

Nov 14, 2023 - 3 Comments
Stickers in Messages on iPhone

Stickers are a fun and creative way to enhance your iMessage experience, and the latest versions of iOS support a feature that allow you to easily make your own stickers from any of your own photos, right from your iPhone. For example, maybe you have a picture of a great dog or cat, or yourself, … Read More

How to Turn Off iMessage on Mac

Nov 13, 2023 - 1 Comment
How to stop getting iMessages, messages, and text Messages on the Mac

Some Mac users may wish to not receive messages, iMessages, and texts messages on their Mac, but by default if you have logged into iCloud on a Mac you will find that iMessage is also enabled, meaning you will get messages in MacOS. If you’re wondering how to stop messages from going to the Mac, … Read More

PSA: Content Blockers May Break Captive Portal Wi-Fi Login Pages

Nov 12, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Content blockers may break captive portal wi-fi login pages

Here’s a helpful bit of knowledge that you may want to keep in mind when traveling or using public wi-fi spaces; if you use Content Blockers in Safari or your web browser, that content blocker may break a wi-fi’s captive portal login page, thereby preventing you from joining that particular wireless network. This applies to … Read More

How to Turn Off Uber Promo Notifications & Ads

Nov 11, 2023 - 4 Comments
Uber

Uber and Uber Eats are undeniably useful apps, allowing you to get a ride or have food delivered quickly and conveniently, right from your iPhone (or Android) either from the app or even from Siri. But one thing that is very annoying and obnoxious about Uber and Uber Eats is that the apps default to … Read More

How to Use Standby Mode on iPhone with iOS 17

Nov 9, 2023 - 13 Comments
iPhone Standby Mode

StandBy Mode is perhaps the most interesting feature for iPhone users who update to iOS 17, transforming the iPhone into a customizable display clock whenever the iPhone is placed horizontally and is charging. With StandBy Mode, your iPhone can become a table clock, a photo frame, an information display, amongst other possibilities, and since it’s … Read More

How to Verify & Repair Mac Disk from Command Line

Nov 8, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Mac Terminal icon

The Disk Utility application on MacOS has a command line counterpart, that allows Mac users to run disk maintenance and disk administration tasks, including verifying and repairing disks. There are obvious advantages and benefits to using the command line for tasks like this, particularly for troubleshooting scenarios, and remote management, but some advanced users may … Read More

How to Use Game Mode on MacOS Sonoma

Nov 7, 2023 - 4 Comments
Game Mode on the Mac explained - how to use it and how to enable it and disable it

If you’re a Mac gamer, you’re likely excited about Game Mode in macOS, and it may even be the reason you installed MacOS Sonoma in the first place. Game Mode is a new feature in MacOS Sonoma that allows games to run at their absolute best, by prioritizing the game for both CPU and GPU, … Read More

How to Make a Contact Poster on iPhone

Nov 6, 2023 - 3 Comments
How to setup Contact Poster on iPhone

Contact Posters are a feature added to iPhone with iOS 17 and newer, that allow you to choose a custom photo, poster, and name that appears when you call another iPhone user (or send them a message). These personalized Contact Posters can be a fun way to further customize your iPhone experience, and they’re unique … Read More

How to Find Your Instagram Password & Username

Nov 5, 2023 - 13 Comments
Find your Instagram password and Instagram username

Instagram is one of the most popular social networks in the world, where people post and share videos, reels, pictures, and so much more. You may occasionally come across a situation where you need to find your exact Instagram username, login information, or even Instagram password, and that’s what we’re going to help you out … Read More

How to Edit Messages on WhatsApp

Nov 4, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Whatsapp iOS Icon

WhatsApp now offers the ability to edit sent messages, a convenient feature for correcting typos, errors, mistakes, or hastily sent messages that you soon regret. If you’re ever in this situation and using WhatsApp, there’s no need to freak out, because you can simply edit the message, correct or modify whatever you typed or sent, … Read More

How to Drop a Pin in Google Maps on iPhone or iPad

Nov 3, 2023 - 2 Comments
How to drop a pin in Google Maps

Dropping a pin on Google Maps allows you to mark a location on the map for sharing with others, for saving that spot for yourself to reference later, or even for getting directions to that pinned location. It’s a very useful feature of Google Maps that has wide applications, so if you’re a Google Maps … Read More

Messages Using High CPU on Mac, Slowing Performance: 6 Troubleshooting Tips

Nov 2, 2023 - 2 Comments
Messages app using high CPU slowing the Mac

If your Mac feels excessively slow at random, or unreasonably slow for seemingly no apparent reason, you may want to check to see if the Messages app is open, as the Messages app for Mac has been known to use heavy amounts of processor and system resources. Next, you can investigate Activity Monitor for CPU … Read More

What do Laundry Symbols Mean? Your iPhone Will Tell You!

Nov 1, 2023 - Leave a Comment
Get Laundry symbol meanings from iPhone

Your iPhone can help to decipher those crazy laundry symbols on your clothes, but if you didn’t know that, you’re certainly not alone. Anyone who has ever done laundry in their lifetime has undoubtedly looked at the back of a clothing tag and seen a variety of symbols, some of which may seem sort obvious, … Read More

How to Use iPhone as Microphone for a Mac

Oct 31, 2023 - 1 Comment
Use iPhone as a microphone on Mac

You can use the built-in microphone on your iPhone as an external microphone on your Mac, thanks to the Continuity Camera feature of MacOS. Yes, the same feature that allows you to use iPhone as a FaceTime camera on a Mac also lets you just tap into the microphone if you’d like to. The iPhone … Read More

Watch YouTube Without Ads with FreeTube for Mac, Windows, Linux

Oct 30, 2023 - 16 Comments
FreeTube lets you watch YouTube without ads

YouTube is the webs most popular video site by a long shot, practically serving as a television replacement for millions. But as any Youtube viewer knows, the ads can be very aggressive and there are times where you’ll have to watch a 30 second ad before you can watch one minute of content, which is … Read More

How to change media sync options on iPhone & iPad to make more storage available

Oct 28, 2023 - 1 Comment
unable to update iOS or iPads because you must change media sync options to make more storage available error message

If you’re trying to use a Mac to update iOS on iPhone or iPadOS on iPad, you may see an error message that says something along the lines of “Updating to iOS 17.1 requires at least 975.2 MB of free space on your iPad. Please change your media sync options to make more storage available.” … Read More

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