You can now use and pair a Playstation 5 DualSense Edge Controller with your Mac, you can do so rather easily.
The pairing and connection process for the PS5 DualSense Edge Controller to the Mac is pretty straightforward, using a standard Bluetooth pairing process.
If you’re wondering how to pair and connect a PS5 DualSense Edge controller to your Mac, read along.
An Apple ID is used as a gateway to every Apple service and many features on the Mac (and other Apple devices), ranging from iCloud, iCloud Photos, iCloud Drive, Find My, iCloud Documents and Data, backups, Contacts, Messages, Notes, Mail, and so much more.
While basically every Mac should stay logged into an Apple ID to have access to all of those features and to function as intended, there are times when users may wish to log out of an Apple ID and remove an Apple ID from a Mac.
Are you in the market for some AirPods, an Apple Watch, M1 iPad Air, M1 MacBook Air, M2 MacBook Air, or M2 Mac Mini? They’re all available right now from Amazon with some pretty big discounts, so why not save a bit of cash and get yourself some new Apple hardware from Amazon.
Next up is the Apple Watch Series 8 for $329, a great $70 discount, available in several colors at this price. The Series 8 includes ECG, blood oxygen sensor, GPS, an always-on display, and much more.
And if you’re shopping around for other Apple products, be sure to the Apple product page at Amazon where, there are tons of other discounts available on other hardware. If you’re in the market for Apple gear, why not save a bit of money?
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Sending invitations to events is a primary feature in any calendar, and the Calendar app for iPhone and iPad is no exception.
While it is easy to send invitations to events to contacts or other people with the Calendar app on iPhone and iPad, if you’re unfamiliar with the process it may be new to you.
Additionally, there are a few quirks that may cause some confusion when using the Calendar invitation system on iOS and iPadOS.
All iPhone and iPad users should be aware that installing the iOS 16.4 update for iPhone or iPadOS 16.4 update for iPad will enable the system settings for automatically installing and downloading future iOS/iPadOS software updates to that device.
A splash screen noting this change appears right after the update has installed on a device and before it can be used, but since many device users are trained to just mindlessly tap forward on these setup screens, they may miss what exactly is being done on their iPhone or iPad, and the implications of this.
If you have updated to MacOS Ventura, you may have noticed that if you double type a space, you end up with a period automatically typing itself.
Some users may appreciate the automatic typing of periods after hitting the spacebar twice, but many Mac users who write code, scripts, or write professionally, can be annoyed by the automatic typing of periods with the space bar.
Here’s how you can turn off the auto-typing of periods after hitting space twice in MacOS Ventura.
Apple has introduced a feature called Voice Isolation to iPhone cellular calls that should make it easier to have phone conversations while using iPhone, even when there is loud or distracting background noise.
As the name implies, Voice Isolation prioritizes the sound of your voice, rather than other sounds that may be picked up by the iPhone microphone elsewhere in the surrounding environment.
If you’ve ever been on a phone call with someone walking by a leaf blower, vacuuming, revving an engine, washing dishes, or performing other common tasks, you can likely already imagine how prioritizing voice and using voice isolation is going to be helpful at improving the clarity and focus of your phone calls, so read along to learn how to turn on this somewhat hidden feature.
Remember the old days of BBS? Using a modem, you’d dial in to a BBS (bulletin board system) to connect and get online, where you could then play games, communicate with others through message boards and chat, and exchange information and files, all long before the days of the modern internet. While BBS’s are mostly obsoleted by more modern internet protocols and apps, it turns out they actually still exist out there, and you can connect to any active BBS through telnet and with fun retro apps like MuffinTerm.
MuffinTerm is a free app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, which offers a very authentic classic BBS experience, complete with emulated nostalgia like scan lines, CRT screen curvature, simulated modem speeds, modem lights, virtual sticky notes, support for ANSI, PETSCII, and ATASCII terminal emulation, and more.
Sound like some retro fun? Well what are you waiting for, here’s how you can get MuffinTerm and connect to a BBS from your iPad, Mac, or iPhone.
If you have a HomePod or HomePod Mini and you attempt to connect audio streams to it through AirPlay, you’ve undoubtedly ran into the error message “AirPlay – Unable to connect to (HomePod)” with an OK button.
This is a very frustrating error message that makes the HomePod Mini and HomePod not particularly useful or reliable with AirPlay connections, ironic given the entire implementation is through Apple devices.
If you do not wish Recent Apps to be shown on the left side of Stage Manager on iPad, you can choose to hide the display of Recent Apps in the multitasking screen.
Hiding Recent Apps in Stage Manager offers more visible screen real estate which may be helpful on smaller screen iPad models, or if you wish to simply have fewer distractions visible on the display as you work on iPad. The Recent Apps are what are shown on the left side when in Stage Manager.
Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) will take place on June 5, and run through June 9.
WWDC 2023 will primarily be an online event, but also have an in-person component held on the Apple campus for developers who wish to attend that.
The keynote presentations for WWDC are where Apple typically unveils upcoming major system software versions, revealing expected new features and changes that are coming in those system software releases. This year, it’s expected that iOS 17, iPadOS 17, MacOS 14, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17 will be unveiled.
Usually after the keynote speech, the first beta versions of upcoming system software versions are released to developers, and then usually about a month later the public beta program begins.
There are various rumors that Apple may unveil a rumored Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality headset at WWDC this year, and possibly updates to the Mac Pro to bring that machine onto the Apple Silicon architecture, and a highly anticipated 15″ MacBook Air. Rumors are best to take with a grain of salt, however.
In the Apple press release announcing WWDC 2023, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations said “WWDC23 is going to be our biggest and most exciting yet”, but it’s impossible to ascertain if that’s typical Apple marketing hyperbole (everything is always the best yet, right?), or if that alludes to some unknown features or products that may be coming.
Whether for troubleshooting or other purposes, you may arrive at a situation where you must reinstall MacOS Monterey onto a Mac that is presently running MacOS Monterey.
The most convenient way to reinstall macOS is to simply reinstall the macOS system software, without erasing other data on the Mac, and that is the method we are going to focus on here with a Mac that is running MacOS Monterey 12.x.
It’s not clear what the focus of iOS 16.5, iPadOS 16.5, or macoS Ventura 13.4 will be, but presumably the updates will offer minor enhancements, bug fixes, and security fixes for Apple devices.
Apple has released macOS Monterey 12.6.4 and macOS Big Sur 11.7.5 for Mac users who are continuing to run the two prior generation Macintosh system software versions. The updates are available separately from the macOS Ventura 13.3.
Additionally, Safari 16.4 is available as a software update for Monterey and Big Sur users.
Apple has released iOS 15.7.4 for iPhone and iPadOS 15.7.4 for iPad for older iPhone and iPad models with important security updates.
Specifically, iOS 15.7.4 for iPhone and iPadOS 15.7.4 for iPad are available for iPhone 6s (all models), iPhone 7 (all models), iPhone SE (1st generation), iPad Air 2, iPad mini (4th generation), and iPod touch (7th generation), when these devices are not running iOS/iPadOS 16.x.
Separately, Apple has released iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 for iPhone and iPad, macOS Ventura 13.3 for Mac, and other updates for older Macs, along with Apple TV, Apple Watch, and HomePod.
iOS 16.4 for iPhone and iPadOS 16.4 for iPad have been released by Apple. The software updates include new Emoji icons, security enhancements, bug fixes, and a few very minor features, like the inclusion of voice isolation support for cellular calls.
For users of older iPhone and iPad models, iOS 15.7.4 and iPadOS 15.7.4 is also available as a software update.
Separately, Apple also released macOS Ventura 13.3 update for Mac, along with software updates for MacOS Monterey, MacOS Big Sur, watchOS, tvOS, and HomePod.
The final version of MacOS Ventura 13.3 is available as a software update for all Mac users running the MacOS Ventura operating system.
MacOS Ventura 13.3 includes bug fixes, security enhancements, and new Emoji icons for use on the Mac.
Separately, Apple has released iOS 16.4 for iPhone and iPadOS 16.4 for iPad, along with software updates for watchOS, tvOS, and HomePod. Mac users running earlier versions of MacOS Big Sur and MacOS Monterey will also find security updates available to download.
