Apple made some very exciting announcements regarding Macs at their all-online WWDC 2020 event. While the planned transition of Macs to Apple Silicon may have stolen the spotlight, the upcoming macOS Big Sur release might be their biggest software update in years. Dubbed as macOS version 11, macOS Big Sur brings a visual overhaul to the Mac in addition to key new features and improvements. You might already be aware of this if you were keeping up on recent tech news, but you might be wondering when exactly you can install the upcoming version of macOS on your computer.

But when can you get MacOS Big Sur? When is the final version set to be released? And what about the beta versions? That’s what we’ll discuss here.

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iOS 14 will be available in the fall for compatible iPhone and iPod touch models. Of course, this leads many users to wonder if their iPhone will support iOS 14 when it comes out.

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Want to create a new partition on a Mac hard disk? Then read on!

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Do you want to launch your iPhone or iPad camera in a specific mode? If so, you’re in luck. Thanks to the iOS Control Center, it’s fairly easily to select a specific capture mode before you even open the Camera application on your device. Instead, you an jump directly to selfies, portraits, video recording, or even a portrait selfie.

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If you use VirtualBox to run virtual machines, you may find yourself needing VirtualBox Extension Pack as well. The VirtualBox Extension Pack includes support for USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices, webcam passthrough, disk image encryption, VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP), and network booting with Intel PXE Boot ROM, and along with some other capabilities as well. Installing VirtualBox Extension Pack is necessary to run some particular operating systems as well, like for using macOS Big Sur in VirtualBox.

This article will detail how to install VirtualBox Extension Pack in VirtualBox on Mac, Windows, and Linux. The screenshots here are showing MacOS, but the process is basically the same in the other environments for VirtualBox.

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Do you want to manually add contacts to your WhatsApp account for initiating conversations? Regardless of whether you’re using an iPhone or Android, this is a fairly simple procedure.

By default, WhatsApp automatically syncs contacts that are stored on your phone and checks if they have a WhatsApp account. However, if you want to manually add a new contact to your WhatsApp account at a later point, you don’t really have to use the Contacts section on your smartphone and wait for it to sync with WhatsApp.

If you’re interested in learning how you can manually add contacts to WhatsApp on both iPhone and Android smartphones, you’re in the right place.

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Apple Watch users may be interested in trying out watchOS 7 beta, complete with new watch faces, hand-washing detection, improved workout tracking and sleep tracking, and more. Like all Apple developer betas, watchOS 7 beta is available to registered developers for testing, writing software, and other development purposes. If you’re a registered developer and are looking to find out how to get watchOS 7 beta on your Apple Watch, you’ve come to the right place, as we’ll walk through the process of installing the watchOS 7 beta onto your device.

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Do you want to quickly enable or disable Apple’s Night Shift feature on your iPhone or iPad? With Control Center, it’s convenient to turn Night Shift on and off within a matter of seconds.

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Apple showcased the redesigned iOS 14 to the world during their first all-online WWDC event and it’s already available for download as a beta for developers. If you’re an Apple developer yourself, you might want to stay up to date on Apple’s latest and greatest software and install iOS 14 dev beta onto your iPhone or iPod touch.

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Do you want to quickly enable or disable Apple’s True Tone feature on your iPhone or iPad? If so, you’re in luck. Thanks to Control Center, it’s fairly convenient to turn True Tone on and off within a matter of seconds.

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Apple’s developer betas are a good way to see what Apple has cooking for a final release to the public, and iPadOS 14 beta is no exception. Apple does run a public beta program too, but if you want the fastest access to the latest beta software, you need to be registered as a developer (FWIW, the iPadOS 14 public beta starts in July). Once that’s squared away, actually downloading and installing the iPadOS 14 beta is surprisingly simple. You just need to know where to tap.

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iPhone and iPad feature a built-in password management tool called iCloud Keychain, it stores online account information and automatically fills out log-in details, credit card information, address info, Wi-Fi passwords, and more.

If you use iCloud Keychain, you might want to know where all the stored account information is located on your iPhone or iPad.

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Apple has released the first iPadOS 14 beta for iPad, iPad Pro, iPad mini, and iPad Air. This is a developer beta release, meaning it’s intended only for users who are enrolled in the Apple developer program. A public beta will for iPadOS 14 will arrive in the coming weeks.

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Apple has released the first iOS 14 beta for iPhone and iPod touch, the first beta release is for developers only and is available to any user who is enrolled in the Apple developer program.

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Apple has released the first beta version of MacOS Big Sur to Mac users who are enrolled in the developer beta access program.

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Apple showcased the redesigned iOS 14 to the world during their first all-online WWDC event, and it’s already available for download as a beta. However, only developers who are part of Apple’s Developer Program have access to the iOS 14 developer preview (soon, a public beta of iOS 14 will be available however).

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Do you use the same password for multiple online accounts? It may be wise to fix that, as accounts with shared passwords are theoretically at risk of a security breach (for example, if one service is breached and you use the same password on other accounts, it’s possible someone nefarious would be able to gain access to those other accounts). It’s highly recommended to use unique passwords for each account that you may have, and this is exactly where password managers come in and make things easier.

On iPhone and iPad, it’s easy to find duplicate passwords with iCloud Keychain, for which you can then change or update them as needed.

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Apple has announced the next major system software release for Mac; MacOS Big Sur. The release is named after Big Sur, a stunning stretch of coast line in Central California south of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Versioned as Mac OS 11 (or 10.16, depending), macOS Big Sur includes a visual overhaul and a variety of new features and capabilities that further blur the lines between Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Let’s check out some of the new features of MacOS Big Sur.

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