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, and to disable iMessage on the Mac so that you no longer receive any messages on a Mac, read along.
Amazon is back with some great early Black Friday deals on popular Apple products, including a pack of AirTags, the fantastic M2 MacBook Air 15″ model in 16GB RAM configurations (and 8GB RAM configs too), and the all new Apple Watch Series 9.
Check out the deals below, whether you’re shopping for yourself, a loved one, or any other purpose.
AirTags 4-pack for $87
A 4-pack of AirTags personal trackers are discounted down to $87 on Amazon right now, a great deal on the trackers that are rarely discounted.
The upgraded 15″ MacBook Air M2 models feature the powerful M2 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB or 1TB SSD storage, a 1080p FaceTime webcam, Touch ID, backlit keyboard, and a great slim lightweight design, and some neat color options including the popular Midnight Blue, Starlight, Silver, and Space Gray.
If you don’t need the extra RAM, the base 8GB / 256GB model and 8GB / 512GB model are both available with a $250 discount in all color options as well:
Amazon is offering a great deal on the all new Apple Watch Series 9 for just $349 in select colors, taking $50 off the retail price of $399. The Apple Watch Series 9 features fitness tracking capabilities, heart rate monitor, blood oxygen reader, ECG capability, ovulation tracking, crash detection, fall detection, an always-on display, GPS, and a powerful new chip to make the watch faster than ever before.
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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 content blockers on any web browser and any Apple operating system, whether it’s a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or otherwise (and Windows too of course, but that’s not our focus here).
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 sending you promo notifications and advertisement notifications, meaning you may get alerts on your phone from Uber and Uber Eats that are nothing but ads, promos, marketing material, or solicitations, and have nothing to do with a ride or delivery.
We’re going to show you how you can disable the annoying Uber promo notifications and ad alerts, while still keeping notifications for rides and other actually important stuff available on your device.
A fair number of Apple Watch users have been experiencing battery life issues lately, where the Apple Watch battery would drain much faster than expected or desired. In some instances, users would experience the Apple Watch battery draining from 100% to 50% or less in less than an hour, even with a perfectly healthy battery.
For the impacted Apple Watch owners, the devices poor battery performance began after updating to watchOS 10.1, and now Apple has released watchOS 10.1.1 update to fix that battery draining problem, which users should update to right away when they get the chance.
Apple has released the second beta versions of iOS 17.2 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.2 for iPad, and macOS Sonoma 14.2 for Mac. The beta versions are available now to users participating in the beta testing programs for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
iOS 17.2 beta includes the Journal app, which lets users track their lives in digital journal entries with photos, video, voice recordings, media, and whatever else you feel like feeding into the digital machine and iCloud.
Betas of macOS Sonoma 14.2, iPadOS 17.2, and iOS 17.2 also include an ability to add stickers from iMessage contextual menus. Presumably the versions will also patch bugs, add security enhancements, and provide other smaller changes to the operating systems as well.
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 easily customizable, how you use the feature is up to you.
The Apple Watch Series 9 features fitness tracking capabilities, heart rate monitor, blood oxygen reader, ECG capability, ovulation tracking, an always-on display, GPS, and a powerful new chip to make the watch speedier than ever. You can get the deal in a variety of color options and sizes.
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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 also simply prefer to use the command line rather than the GUI app of Disk Utility.
Let’s review how you can use the Mac command line to verify a disk on your Mac, and repair it if necessary.
Apple has released iOS 17.1.1 for iPhone, along with iPadOS 17.1.1 for iPad. The point release updates offer bug fixes and security enhancements, and are therefore recommended for all users to install on their devices.
Specifically, iOS 17.1.1 fixes an issue where the Lock Screen Weather widget may not display snow correctly, and an issue where Apple Pay and NFC features are not working with wireless charging in certain cars and the iPhone 15 series. The full release notes are included further below.
Separately, Apple has released macOS Sonoma 14.1.1 with unspecific bug fixes and security enhancements, along with an update for watchOS 10.1.1 that resolves an issue where Apple Watch battery life was draining quickly.
Apple has released macOS Sonoma 14.1.1 for Mac users running the Sonoma operating system. The update is said to include bug fixes and security enhancements for Sonoma, though no bugs are specifically mentioned in the release notes, which are included below.
Separately, Apple has released iOS 17.1.1 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.1.1 for iPad, watchOS 10.1.1 for Apple Watch, and macOS Ventura 13.6.2 for select Macs running Ventura.
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, and deprioritizing other background processes and apps. Additionally, Bluetooth performance and sampling rate doubles, which helps to improve the performance of Bluetooth game controllers, wireless devices, AirPods, and headphones.
One of the big questions that many Mac users havre about Game Mode on the Mac is obvious and reasonable, and that is how do you enable Game Mode on MacOS? That’s exactly what we’re going to cover here, so you’ll understand how Game Mode works, and how to enable and use it so that you can optimize your Mac gaming experience.
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 in that it impacts how your name and photo appears on another persons device, allowing for plenty of creativity and all sorts of interesting possibilities.
Setting up a Contact Poster on iPhone is not particularly difficult, however like so many other features on iOS, it can be a mystery on how to setup a Contact Poster or how to access the settings for the feature. This is particularly true because iOS tells you that you can access the feature in Settings, when in fact the Contact Poster feature does not exist in iPhone Settings at all. Fascinating, right? But a little bit of mystery won’t stop us from showing you how to create a custom Contact Poster for yourself on iPhone.
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 with.
Read along and you’ll find out how to find your Instagram username, how to find your Instagram password, and even how to get a new Instagram password if you can’t remember it or you forgot it. We’ll cover five different tips to locate Instagram passwords, instagram usernames, and to manage both of them as well.
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, and regain some peace of mind.
You can edit any sent message on WhatsApp for 15 minutes after it has been sent, and you can do anything from edit the text, to delete the text, to add or remove images and media.
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 user for iPhone or iPad, you’ll almost certainly want to know how to drop pins in the Google Maps app.
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 utilization regarding the Messages app to confirm if this is the case.
Many Mac users have been reporting that Messages app on the Mac often uses inordinately high amounts of CPU, sometimes even maxing out the processor or otherwise consuming huge amounts of CPU, simply by the Messages app being open, whether or not you’re actively using the app. This has been an issue with many versions of MacOS system software, and it is not limited to MacOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, Monterey, Mojave, High Sierra, etc, it can seemingly impact all Messages versions on the Mac, though the more recent versions with features like Stickers may have a greater propensity for slow performance and high CPU consumption.
We’re going to cover common reasons why Messages can slow down a Mac and lead to high CPU usage, as well as cover some solutions, and troubleshooting tips.
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, while other symbols look like some convergence of hieroglyphics and greek. But, your iPhone has a great built-in feature that will translate those laundry symbols, helping you to make sense of what you’re supposed to do with your clothing, towels, sheets, and whatever other laundry you’re doing.
