The fourth beta versions of iOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, and iPadOS 17.5 have been released to users engaging in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. Additionally, new betas for watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5, and visionOS 1.2, are also available.

While it’s not clear when the final versions of these system software versions will be made available, it’s widely assumed they will be released at or near the scheduled May 7 Apple Event next week.

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One of the many handy features and capabilities of AirPods is that they can be used with an Apple TV. This is perfect for situations where you’re in a shared environment or house and want to watch something on TV without disturbing others who are nearby, and there are many other obvious uses of this capability as well.

There are a few different ways to get your AirPods working with Apple TV, and they’re all super simple, so we’re going to cover three particular approaches; two that are quick and easy for any AirPods that are already paired with an iPhone that will be using the same Apple ID as the Apple TV, and a third approach which pairs the AirPods directly to any Apple TV. These tricks will work with any compatible Apple TV or set of AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max.

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Thinking about getting an Apple Watch or upgrading to a newer model? If so, the Series 9 is available at a whopping 25% off, taking $100 of the retail price right now on Amazon.

Plus, there’s some great deals on AirTags and AirPods too, so check out the deals and grab something if it strikes your fancy!

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Apple Watch is a unique device that has a wealth of features crammed into a small wristwatch. By learning some handy tips and tricks, you can get the most out of your Apple Watch. From preventing accidental input, to customizing the watch face, sending messages, using as a remote control, and more, read along to learn some useful tips for Apple Watch.

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If you use Microsoft Edge as your web browser, whether for free GPT 4 access or and DALL-E use, for cross-platform syncing, or any other reason, you may have noticed that you will often see blue underlined text when you’re typing within the browser.

If you’re like me, you’re probably wondering what on earth the blue underlines on text mean or signify in Microsoft Edge, and so that’s what we’re going to discuss here; what blue underlines mean on text, and how to turn them off if you don’t like the feature.

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File types and file formats can be a bit of a mystery, especially when you stumble into a file that you don’t necessarily recognize. One such case that you may come across is a file that has a .pxm file extension, and if you haven’t heard of a PXM file before you understandably might be wondering what it is, where it came from, and how to open it.

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Some Apple Watch users have experienced a situation where their Apple Watch seems to respond to phantom touches, which some users have come to call ghost touches. These false touches can happen in a variety of different situations, from the Apple Watch simply being on your wrist and doing nothing out of the ordinary, to situations where you are wearing gloves or long sleeves, to when in a shower or washing dishes – where presumably some water contact on the screen registers as a false touch – and are even sometimes accompanied by the Apple Watch display being unresponsive to intentional touch as well.

If you’re experiencing ghost touches or false touches on Apple Watch, there are a few tricks you can try which may help to resolve or remedy the situation for you.

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AirPods are extremely popular wireless earbuds, and while most people associate them with the Apple ecosystem, they can be used outside of that too. One common situation that appeals to many people is the idea of connecting AirPods to a smart TV, allowing for the use of the wireless headphones for watching a show, movie, or even playing video games with a console. This is entirely possible, as long as the TV you are looking to connect the AirPods too has Bluetooth functionality built-in to it, since AirPods rely on Bluetooth for connections as well.

And sometimes, while a TV itself may not have Bluetooth support, a streaming device attached to the TV may instead, like a Roku, FireStick, or even Apple TV.

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Apple has issued the third beta versions of iOS 17.5, macOS Sonoma 14.5, iPadOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5, visionOS 1.2, and tvOS 17.5, to all users participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software.

The new beta builds are available to both developer beta and public beta testers on any actively enrolled device, though beta system software is generally only appropriate for advanced users.

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Do you want to change the way the sidebar looks on your Mac when you open a new Finder window? This is done by customizing the Finder Preferences according to your liking. Apple offers several ways to customize the Finder sidebar on macOS computers.

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Uninstalling and removing apps is a necessary task on any computer, and the Mac is no exception. One of the benefits of MacOS is that it makes uninstalling applications pretty easy, and there are several ways to go about participating in the removal of apps from your Mac computer. One of the handiest ways to uninstall Mac apps is also one of the simplest, and that is by using System Settings in macOS Sonoma and macOS Ventura.

Other than being super simple, the benefit to using System Settings to uninstall apps is that you can see exactly how much storage space the Mac app is taking up, and therefore how much storage capacity you will recover by removing the app from macOS. This approach is a relatively new feature that has been implemented in MacOS, so if you’re unfamiliar you’re certainly not alone. Just read along and you’ll be up to speed shortly, removing apps quickly.

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Apple has set an online event for 7:00AM PST on Tuesday, May 7, for the early birds on the west coast, or mid-morning east coast folks.

While Apple offers only a vague hint of what’s to come with the event artwork, the rumor mill speculates that updated iPad models will be revealed that feature the M2 or M3 processor, perhaps alongside an updated Apple pencil, and new Magic Keyboard accessory case. One of the event artwork pieces shows a hand holding and twirling an Apple Pencil, which is obviously suggestive of the iPad and Apple Pencil, providing a distinct clue as to the events focus.

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Since the Apple Watch is tied to your iPhone, you’ve likely noticed that phone calls can be made or answered on your wrist. While you might know how to answer or reject phone calls on the Apple Watch, did you know that you can silence or mute a call to your Apple Watch too? These are important tricks to know so that if your wrist starts buzzing and chiming and making a ringing sound while you’re either in a public place, or wanting some peace and quiet, you can quickly mute the Apple Watch.

We’re going to show you two different ways to mute and silence calls on your Apple Watch, and they’re both a little different but equally useful to know.

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A unique third party Mac app allows you to turn any web page, including YouTube videos and links to animated GIFs, into your Mac desktop wallpaper. Sound like fun? Well it definitely is, and depending on how creative you want to be, you can accomplish some really fascinating wallpaper experiences on the Mac with this free tool, called Plash.

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GPT 4 is an extremely advanced large language model with immense AI capabilities, and DALL-E 3 is a wildly impressive AI image generator that creates pictures from text descriptions. Both of these tools are incredibly powerful and impressive, and while you can access them for a fee through the parent company who developed the models, OpenAI, it turns out that you can get free use of GPT 4 and DALL-E 3 image generation on iPhone or iPad with the help of the free Copilot app, from Microsoft.

Whether you’re relatively new to AI, or just curious, or maybe you’re specifically looking for a way to use GPT 4 for free, or DALL-E 3 for free, read along and you’ll be dialed in shortly with the help of Copilot on iPhone or iPad.

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The second beta versions of iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, MacOS Sonoma 14.5, tvOS 17.5, watchOS 10.5, and visionOS 1.2, have been made available by Apple to participants in the beta testing programs for Apple system software.

Both developer and public beta testers are able to access the new builds on any enrolled device that is compatible with the system software version.

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One way that you can navigate apps quicker and more efficiently is by using, learning, and mastering keyboard shortcuts, and Mail for Mac is no different. You can speed up your routine tasks in Mail app (and elsewhere) with the help of keyboard shortcuts. Rather than using your mouse or trackpad to perform certain actions, pressing a combination of keys can be easier and faster in a lot of different scenarios. When it comes to the Mail app, you can use keyboard shortcuts to reply to emails, forward messages, mark items as junk, and much more.

The default Mail app is used by a lot of Mac users to manage, send, receive, and check important emails no matter what email service provider they use. Many prefer Mail app over third-party email clients since it’s integrated into the Mac operating system, plus it has a simple user interface which makes things nice and easy.

We’re going to dive into 15 different handy keyboard shortcuts for Mail app on the Mac, try them out the next time you’re using Mail app in macOS and see how you like them.

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Hover Text is an interesting macOS accessibility feature that magnifies the text that’s displayed on your screen. This can be any regular text, a menu item, or a button. As the name suggests, when you hover your mouse cursor over the text, macOS will magnify and display a high-resolution zoomed version of the text in a separate window. This makes reading content a whole lot easier, whether the font size is tiny, or even if the screen is far away from where you’re seated.

This is an accessibility feature, but really anyone who use computers with high-resolution displays can potentially find utility in this capability. Anyone who has used any modern device knows how difficult it can be to read tiny text sometimes, so having the ability to magnify text is obviously helpful. Sure, you can increase system text size by using a scaled display resolution, but that’s not always practical, or even possible. Whether you have a multi-monitor setup, are using a display that’s at a range (as is often the case when giving presentations or using a TV as external display), or even if your eyesight is less than perfect, this is exactly where Hover Text comes in handy on the Mac.

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