If you’d like the keyboard backlighting on a MacBook Pro or Air to turn itself off after the Mac laptop has been inactive for a determined amount of time, you can toggle a system setting to allow for that.

This setting is aimed at specifically the keyboard backlighting, independent of what’s going on with the screen or the Mac itself, which is what makes this different from the general Energy Saver settings that turn off the Mac display or cause a MacBook to sleep after inactivity.

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Want to see the size of an app update that is available in the Mac App Store? Some Mac users may be interested in knowing the size of an available app software update before starting to download or install the app update, but the App Store in MacOS Mojave doesn’t openly display the size of available app updates by default. Instead, you’ll need to dig a little deeper to see the size of an app update in the Mac App Store.

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Apple has released a new iPhone commercial focusing on using Group FaceTime on the iPhone.

The charming new TV advertisement is somewhat humorous in that it shows various Elvis impersonators singing along together on a Group FaceTime video call from varying locations around the globe, including in hotel rooms, high rises, a stormy boat, a rainy bus stop, and some other forlorn locations.

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Apple has released the fourth beta version of macOS Mojave 10.14.2 to Mac users enrolled in the Mojave beta testing program.

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Have you ever lost an iPhone somewhere in a house, office, or car, and can’t quite find it? Trying to locate a misplaced iPhone can be frustrating, but if you have another iOS device, Apple Watch, or Mac nearby then you can use Siri to help find a lost iPhone.

With this great trick, you’ll be using Siri to play a sound alert on the lost iPhone to help you locate it and track it down. This is perfect for those routine scenarios of an iPhone getting buried under a seat cushion, falling into a car abyss, or just generally being misplaced.

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Your iPhone or iPad may randomly display a Photos alert that says “You have a new memory – On this day (date)” right on the iOS devices lock screen. While some people may be thrilled with having the iOS Photos app resurfacing random photos from the past, other iOS users may be less than enthusiastic about the ‘you have a new memory’ feature putting old pictures in notifications on their devices lock screen.

This walkthrough will show you how to turn off the Photos “you have a new memory” alerts and notifications on iPhone or iPad.

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Tags allow you to organize, prioritize, arrange, and label any files or folders on the Mac.

After a file is tagged in the Mac Finder, that file will be marked by the color-coded tag and its associated label, and you can then reference and access those tagged files by whatever assigned tag. You can even tag the same file or folder with multiple different tags, if you want to apply multiple colors or labels to them.

This article will show you how to tag files or folders in the Mac Finder.

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Many iPhone and iPad users may wish to connect their device to a Bluetooth speaker, particularly since Bluetooth speakers are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in the world, and the AUX jack / headphone port is no longer included on new iOS devices. Apple seems to be nudging us into the wireless world, and Bluetooth speakers are certainly part of that world.

Connecting an iPhone or iPad to Bluetooth speakers is quite easy, and while it may not be as simple as plugging a cable into a port like a headphone jack, we’ll show you how to quickly connect an iOS device to a Bluetooth speaker device.

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If you’re a Hackintosh PC user, you may appreciate knowing that Unibeast now allows you to install and run MacOS Mojave on supported Intel PC hardware.

Like all else involved in the Hackintosh process, this is for advanced users, as unofficially installing MacOS system software onto select supported generic Intel PC hardware is not necessarily simple or for the faint of heart. But it does work!

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Looking for a movie to watch? YouTube is putting together a movie streaming service and now offers a selection of free movies to watch online in any web browser or YouTube app.

There are a variety of genres available ranging from comedies, to action, kids movies, documentaries, and you’ll find classics like The Terminator, Rocky, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Man in the Iron Mask, Hackers, Throw Momma from the Train, and even some more modern documentaries like Jiro Dreams of Sushi and Jesus Camp.

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The Holiday shopping season is here, and if you’re in the market for a new some new Apple gear, then you might want to check out Amazon for some great deals on iPad, iPad Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and more.

Some of the better ongoing deals at Amazon include:

• iPad 32GB for $249 ($80 off, depending on color)
• iPad Pro 12.9″ 64GB for $949 ($50 off)
• iPad Pro 11″ 64GB for $749 ($50 off)
• MacBook Pro 15″ with Touch Bar for $2149 ($250 off)
• MacBook Air with 13″ Retina display, 256GB, starting at $1269 ($130 off, depending on color and storage size)
• MacBook Pro 13″ with Touch Bar for $1649 ($149 off)
• $20 off $100 iTunes & App Store gift card with coupon code ITUNES20 used at checkout

There are many other great Amazon deals going on this Holiday season, so check out their prepaid iPhone deals, Mac desktops like the iMac and Mac Mini deals, Apple Watch, and many other Apple products at Amazon.com.

Amazon also has a ton of deals on discounted gift cards, and you can shop on Amazon for anything through these links to help support this site through an affiliate program.

Some of these deals are going in and out of stock rather quickly, so if you’re interested in a particular item and it’s not available then try refreshing the page a bit later, changing the devices color, or adjusting storage size, as some of these products (and prices) seem to be changing frequently on the Amazon storefront.

New Apple hardware is rarely discounted, so taking advantage of limited time deals and offers is a great way to get some brand new Apple gear at lower prices.

Apple is running a new Holiday themed video, called “Share Your Gifts”.

The short animated story features a girl who is often busy creating something on her Mac but who keeps all of her creations to herself, until eventually her dog releases the secretive creations into the world for others to enjoy. The video has been embedded below, along with a few other related videos, for easy viewing.

A tagline accompanying the video from Apple asks “Have you ever made something wonderful but were too afraid to share it?”

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If you have connected an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a USB accessory, or even a Mac or PC lately, you may have seen an “USB Accessory – Unlock iPhone to use accessories” message appear on the screen (or “Unlock iPad to use accessories” for iPad of course).

This message appears on screen due to a new security feature introduced in iOS, which aims to better protect iPhone and iPad from unauthorized access attempts by USB connections. This is mostly a good thing, but until you approve the USB accessory and unlock the iOS device, you may find that the iPhone or iPad won’t communicate with the USB accessory, or it might not even charge.

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The iPhone Weather app can offer information about the air quality at specific locations, including an Air Quality summary and an Air Quality Index score rating.

Getting air quality details is helpful information for obvious reasons, whether you’re curious about your current location or a destination you intend on visiting or traveling to, but the air quality data should be particularly valuable to iPhone users who are asthmatic or have other breathing issues or sensitivities to air pollution and particulate matter in the air. So with that in mind, here’s how to find air quality information right on the iPhone.

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Have you been experiencing wi-fi problems since installing MacOS Mojave 10.14 on a Mac? While MacOS Mojave works great for most Mac users with compatible Macs (and even for many Macs that are unofficially able to run Mojave), a small number of MacOS Mojave users have discovered that wireless networking is having difficulties for them. Typically the Mojave wi-fi issues are that the connection has either failed, drops frequently, won’t reliably connect to wi-fi, is unable to connect at all, or even that general wi-fi performance is suffering, and the symptoms appear to have arrived only after updating a Mac to macOS Mojave.

This troubleshooting guide will aim to troubleshoot and resolve wi-fi problems and issues with MacOS Mojave.

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Want to take a screen shot on the new iPad Pro? Given that the latest iPad Pro models no longer have a Home button, the old method of taking screenshots for iPad no longer works, as there is simply no Home button to press for snapping the screenshot on iPad Pro. Thus if you’re wondering how to take a screenshot on iPad Pro without a Home button, you’ll need to learn the new method for doing so. Fortunately this is not difficult at all, but it will require a minor adjustment to your iPad Pro workflow and screenshot habits.

Read on to learn how to take screenshots on the new iPad Pro (2018 models and newer).

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Visual Voicemail on iPhone makes checking voicemail super easy, whether it’s just quickly listening to a voicemail message or reading voicemail transcripts, so it’s understandably frustrating if you discover that voicemail is suddenly not working on the iPhone.

One peculiar voicemail issue on iPhone can be where there are numerical indicators showing new voicemail messages, but iPhone Voicemail is unable to load any of them and instead suggests that voicemail isn’t setup or configured when it certainly is, with an error stating “to retrieve a voicemail first set a password and greeting.” without any option to set a greeting or password.

If you know for certain that you already have voicemail set up with a password and greeting and you’re seeing this message in the voicemail tab of the Phone app, you can likely quickly remedy the error and get access to your voicemail again.

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Do you wish your MacOS Mojave Mac was using Lucida Grande as the system font, back like it did years ago? There’s no need to rub a genie bottle for such a wish, because developer Luming Yin has created a simple utility that modifies the system font in MacOS Mojave to be Lucida Grande, rather than the default system font of San Francisco. And yes, it works with the Dark Mode theme!

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