For Macs using the APFS file system, you can add a new volume to an existing APFS container by using Disk Utility in MacOS. APFS is somewhat unique in that it allocates disk space on demand, meaning a containers free disk space is shared (compared to HFS+ or FAT where disk space is partitioned into defined allocations).

You can treat APFS volumes sort of like a Mac-specific partition, and you can even install different MacOS versions onto unique volumes, sharing the same available disk space between the Mac OS releases.

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Apple has made available iOS 10.3.4 for iPhone 5 and iPad 4, and iOS 9.3.6 for iPhone 4s and some earlier model iPad and iPad mini models.

The software updates for older iPhone and iPad devices include bug fixes and are not expected to include any major new features or changes.

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Apple has released iOS 12.4 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The latest version of iOS system software focuses mostly on bug fixes and improvements and is therefore recommended for all users to download and install. There is also the inclusion of a migration feature for wirelessly transferring data from an old iPhone to a new iPhone during setup.

Separately, Apple also released iOS 9.3.6 and iOS 10.3.4 for older model iPad and iPhones, and Mac users can download MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 update or Security Update 2019-004 for Sierra and High Sierra depending on which system version they are running. Additionally, new updates to watchOS 5.3 and tvOS 12.4 are available for Apple Watch and Apple TV users.

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Apple has released the final version of MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 to all Mac users. There are no major new features in macOS Mojave 10.14.6, but the latest MacOS Mojave version includes various bug fixes and is therefore recommended to all Mac uses who are running MacOS Mojave.

Additionally, Mac users running macOS Sierra and High Sierra will also find “2019-004” security updates available for those releases along with a Safari update, and Apple has also released iOS 12.4 update to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users, along with updates for watchOS and tvOS.

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Wondering how to mark an email as unread in the Mac Mail app? Maybe you want to mark an email as read in Mail for Mac? If so, you may have noticed there’s no easy “Mark as Read” or “Mark as Unread” buttons in Mail for Mac, but that doesn’t mean you can’t change emails status to be unread or read.

Read on to learn how to perform this simple function to “Mark as Unread” and “Mark as Read” in the Mail app for Mac, we’ll cover three different methods to achieve this common emailing task.

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Want to delete Microsoft AutoUpdate from a Mac? Perhaps you uninstalled Microsoft Office or some other Microsoft applications from the Mac and thus have no further need for Microsoft applications to automatically update themselves. In any case, you can remove the Microsoft AutoUpdate application from Mac OS.

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Want to use your Apple Watch as an alarm clock? Whether you wear your Apple Watch to bed, or use it in nightstand clock mode, you can set your Apple Watch to function as an alarm clock.

There are a few different ways to add alarms to Apple Watch, we’ll show you various methods to setting an alarm using Siri for both repeating alarms and one-off alarms, as well as using the Apple Watch Alarms app to set an alarm.

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If you have a ton of files in the Mac Trash can but don’t want to empty the entire trash for whatever reason, you can use a handy feature to delete specific files or single folders from the Trash. This allows you to selectively target and delete individual items that are in the Mac Trash without emptying and deleting everything, which can be helpful if you’re wanting to review other files in the Trash before completely deleting them from the Mac.

For example, if you have 1000 items in the Trash can on a Mac but you want to delete a single file that is 8GB, you can target that 8GB file to delete right away while ignoring the other items in the Trash. Using this handy ‘delete immediately from Trash’ trick is quite easy, here’s how it works.

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Enrolled in the public beta testing programs for iOS 13, iPadOS 13, or MacOS Catalina?

Apple has released fresh updates to the public beta builds of their operating systems, with downloads for iOS 13 public beta 3, iPadOS 13 public beta 3, MacOS Catalina 10.15 public beta 3, and tvOS 13 public beta 3 immediately available.

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Apple has released the downloads for iOS 13 beta 4 and iPadOS 13 beta 4 to developers involved in the iOS and iPadOS beta system software testing programs.

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Apple has released the fourth beta version of MacOS Catalina 10.15 to users enrolled in the developer beta testing program for the next major MacOS system software release.

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Apple has released iOS 12.4 beta 7 to users enrolled in the iOS 12 beta testing program. This beta release is separate from the ongoing iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 beta testing programs.

Apple usually goes through a variety of beta builds before issuing a final version to the general public, this could indicate that a final release of iOS 12.4 is just around the corner.

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Apple has released the fifth beta version of MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 to users enrolled in the Mojave beta testing program.

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AppleCare Plus is an extended warranty program available for iPad and iPhone. If you have recently bought an iPhone or iPad, you can add AppleCare+ within 60 days of that devices purchase.

AppleCare+ Plus will provide 24 months of tech support, repair, and replacement coverage for an iPad or iPhone, along with major components that are included with the device. You can even use the extended warranty to cover accidental damage for an additional fee, so for example if you dropped an iPhone and the screen is broken, that type of damage would be covered by the accidental damage fee which is almost always notably cheaper than replacing the screen without the AppleCare Plus plan.

There are several ways to add AppleCare+ to an iPhone, Pad, iPad Pro, iPad Air, or iPad mini.

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Need to find the model name and model number of an iPad? Many iPad tablets visually look the same or similar, so you can’t always tell which iPad model a device is simply by looking at it. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to quickly find the iPad product name and iPad model number.

We’ll show you how to see the iPad model name and model number directly in the Settings of the device.

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Wondering how to switch back to a mobile site after requesting a desktop site in Safari for iPhone? You may have noticed there’s not a “Request Mobile Site” option in Safari on iPhone and iPod touch, but changing back to the mobile version of a desktop site is quite simple on iPhone with Safari as we’ll show you in this tutorial.

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Want to prevent a Mac app from using the camera on your computer? MacOS makes it easy to manually control and manage which apps can access the front-facing camera on a Mac. Being able to manually control which apps access the camera on a Mac can be helpful for privacy and security purposes, and perhaps it may even inspire you to remove the tape over the Mac camera that so many techy computer users seem to rely on for some privacy.

This article will show you how to directly control which apps can access the camera on a Mac, and how to block apps from using the camera, as well as the demonstrate how to grant apps access to the camera on the computer.

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Need to archive an iTunes backup of an iPhone or iPad for safe-keeping? Creating an archived backup in iTunes is helpful because it allows you to preserve a specific device backup while still allowing for backing up to iTunes on Mac or PC, without those new backups overwriting the archived backup.

Creating routine backups of iPhone and iPad are important in general, but if you ever plan to try a beta release of system software like iOS public beta or iPadOS public beta, you’ll want to go a step further and archive an iTunes backup as well, since it makes it easier to revert to a prior release (like downgrading iOS 13) if necessary.

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