New M2 Pro & M2 Max MacBook Pro’s Released, Along with M2 Mac Mini

Jan 17, 2023 - 1 Comment

M2 Max and M2 Pro MacBook Pro lineup

Apple has updated the MacBook Pro lineup to feature M2 Pro and M2 Max processors. The design, screen, and colors are the same as prior models, making the updates focused entirely on internal hardware capabilities.

Additionally, Apple has updated the Mac Mini to feature M2 processors as well.

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By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, News - 1 Comment

How to Enable Power On / Off Sounds on iPhone 14 Series

Jan 16, 2023 - 2 Comments

iPhone 14 Pro series

The latest model iPhones include optional power on and power off sound effects, similar to how the Mac makes startup sounds. This offers a nice auditory cue for the device being turned on or off, and while it’s an Accessibility feature, many users may just like to enable the boot sound feature for customization purpose too.

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By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 2 Comments

AirPlay Not Working with HomePod Mini? Try This Stupid Trick

Jan 15, 2023 - 7 Comments

HomePod Mini

The HomePod Mini functions as an AirPlay receiver, allowing you to wirelessly stream audio, music, podcasts, songs, etc to the smart speaker. But randomly, the HomePod Mini does not show up in the list of available AirPlay devices.

If you’re trying to AirPlay some audio to HomePod or otherwise trying to use the HomePod or HomePod Mini as an audio output source, and it’s not showing up in your AirPlay device lists, follow along to resolve the issue quickly and to get AirPlay working with HomePod Mini again.

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Fix Wallpaper Showing as Black Screen on iPhone or iPad

Jan 14, 2023 - 13 Comments

Wallpaper showing as black screen on iPhone or iPad

Some iPhone and iPad users have noticed that their wallpaper is showing up as a black screen on the Lock Screen or Home Screen, rather than the wallpaper image they intended to display. This can happen at random, and the wallpaper black screen can also appear when attempting to change the wallpaper on the iPhone or iPad.

If you’re seeing a plain black screen instead of the photo you’d like to see as your wallpaper on iPhone or iPad, you’re not alone, but fortunately this is a pretty easy fix.

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How to Raise Hand in Zoom on iPhone & iPad

Jan 13, 2023 - Leave a Comment

How to Raise Hand in Zoom on iPhone and iPad

Zoom Meetings are a regular part of many of our lives these days, and if you’re using Zoom from an iPhone, iPad, or Android, you may be wondering how you can raise your hand in Zoom for those devices.

We’ll show you how to raise your hand in Zoom for iPad, iPhone, or even Android.

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How to Change the Undo Send Delay on Mac Mail

Jan 12, 2023 - Leave a Comment

Mail icon for Mac

The Mail app for Mac has an ability to undo the sending of email in the latest versions, but the default setting for how long you have to retract an email is 10 seconds.

If you’d like to change the undo send delay in Mail for Mac, you can do so easily through the apps settings.

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By Jamie Cuevas - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - Leave a Comment

How to Copy & Paste Edits to Photos on Mac

Jan 11, 2023 - 1 Comment

Photos icon

The latest versions of Photos app for Mac supports a handy feature that allows you to copy and paste the edits you make to photos or videos.

Copying and pasting photo edits is useful since it allows you to apply the same edits to multiple photos quickly. For example, if you put some effort into making the perfect black and white image with the contrast just right, you could easily apply those same adjustments to additional pictures with the ease of copy and paste.

Let’s review how you can copy image edits, and then paste those image edits onto other photos (or videos) in the Photos app for Mac.

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By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 1 Comment

Second Beta of iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2 Available for Testing

Jan 10, 2023 - Leave a Comment

new beta versions of system software

Apple has issued the second beta version of MacOS Ventura 13.2, iOS 16.3, and iPadOS 16.3.

The new beta versions are available now for developers, and typically the same build is released soon after for public beta testers.

No major new features or changes are expected in iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, or macOS Ventura 13.2, and thus far anyway the betas reflect that, suggesting the versions are likely going to focus on enhancements and bug fixes.

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How to Raise Hand in Zoom on Mac & Window PC

Jan 10, 2023 - Leave a Comment

How to raise hand in Zoom on Mac or Windows

If you spend time in Zoom Meetings, whether hosting or joining, and you’re using a Mac or Windows PC, and perhaps you’re new to either platform or new to Zoom, you may be wondering how to raise your hand in a virtual meeting, and how to lower your hand.

Of course we’re talking about raising and lowering your virtual hand in Zoom Meetings, not literally doing so on camera, and it turns out it’s quite simple.

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How to Enable Memory Saver in Google Chrome to Reduce RAM/CPU Usage

Jan 9, 2023 - 11 Comments

Chrome Mac resource usage

Google Chrome is a great web browser, but it is well known for being resource hungry. This has long been an issue, but the latest versions of the Chrome browser offer a reprieve that not only frees up resources in Chrome, but also makes the browser feel faster too when it’s under heavy usage and load. You’ll even find that it uses less memory, and less CPU as well.

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By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 11 Comments

How to Install Windows 11 Without an Internet Connection

Jan 8, 2023 - 9 Comments

Install Windows 11

If you have attempted to install Windows 11 lately, whether on a virtual machine like VirtualBox, Parallels, VMWare, UTM, dual boot / Boot Camp setup on a Mac, or even natively on PC hardware, you may have encountered an issue where installation requires an internet connection to be able to complete. This can be range from prohibitive to annoying, since if you do not have active connectivity, you won’t be able to finish installing Windows 11. Fortunately, this can be fixed.

To bypass the “Let’s connect you to a network” or “you’ve lost an internet connection” screens during Windows 11 installing, you can use the command prompt to get around the network requirements for Windows 11 installations.

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How to Access System Report on MacOS Ventura

Jan 7, 2023 - 2 Comments

System Information on MacOS shows a system report

The System Information tool in Mac OS is very useful for getting all sorts of details about your Mac, including hardware specifics, serial numbers, networking information, and software specifics like applications, fonts, language info, accessibility settings, and so much more.

The system report is so useful for troubleshooting, assessing, and diagnosing Macs, that it’s a common tool utilized by many sysadmins and tinkerers alike.

But you may have noticed that the Mac System Report tool is not immediately visible in the  Apple menu with macOS Ventura, so we’ll show you three ways to find System Information on MacOS 13 and newer.

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By Jamie Cuevas - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 2 Comments

How to Fix a Stuck M1 MacBook Pro / Air Key

Jan 6, 2023 - 2 Comments

How to clean a stuck key on M1 MacBook Pro or M1 MacBook Air

After a long run with the so-called butterfly keys, Apple redesigned the keyboards and key mechanisms on their latest laptops, including M1 MacBook Pro and M1 MacBook Air and newer models. While these keys are much less likely to jam and get stuck compared to the older butterfly keys, it still happens, where you press a key and it feels stuck, or it doesn’t type, or is generally unresponsive.

We’ll show you how you can remove a key from the M1 MacBook Pro or M1 MacBook Air keyboard so that you can fix a stuck key.

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How to Duplicate Photos on iPhone & iPad with iOS 16

Jan 5, 2023 - 3 Comments

How to duplicate photos on iPhone or iPad

Making a duplicate copy of a photo on your iPhone or iPad is easy, but if you’re unfamiliar with the process you may not stumble into it on iOS or iPadOS. You can duplicate either photos or videos on your device through the Photos app.

The need to duplicate photos is somewhat obvious; many users may find themselves wanting to make a copy of a photo on their iPhone or iPad before they crop it, edit the photo, or modify it in any other way. Or perhaps you want to make a copy of a video before you edit it or trim it down, for example.

Since the process to duplicate photos on iPhone and iPad has changed in the newer versions of iOS and iPadOS system software, we’ll walk through the steps for devices running iOS 16 or later. Without further ado, let’s show you how you duplicate a photo, or duplicate a video, on the iPhone or iPad.

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By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 3 Comments

How to Turn Off Always On Display on the iPhone 14 Pro

Jan 4, 2023 - 1 Comment

iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max

The latest iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models feature an always on display, that shifts to being dimmed when the iPhone is not in use, but the screen never turns off or goes completely black even when the lock/power button is pressed.

If you’d rather the iPhone 14 Pro screen turn off when not in use, like every other iPhone prior to the 14 Pro series, then you can disable the always on display of the iPhone.

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By Paul Horowitz - iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 1 Comment

How to Scroll on Mac Easier by Always Showing Scroll Bars

Jan 3, 2023 - 2 Comments

Always show scroll bars on Mac

Modern versions of MacOS default to hiding scroll bars until the user is actively scrolling. While this helps to add to a minimalist appearance, it can also make navigating apps, webpages, and preferences more challenging since there is no clear indicator that you can scroll, until you attempt to start scrolling. One way to make scrolling easier on a Mac is to make the scrollbars always visible.

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By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 2 Comments

How to Prevent Mac from Sleeping When Display is Off (MacOS Ventura)

Jan 2, 2023 - 15 Comments

The Mac defaults to going to sleep after a while when the display is off, but if you wish to change this behavior you can prevent the Mac from sleeping when the display is off. How this is accomplished in MacOS Ventura is a little different than before, however, so if you’re running MacOS Ventura 13.0 or newer you’ll want to take note.

There are various reasons why users may want to prevent the Mac from sleeping when the display is off, but we’ll those aside and show you how to make the change on your MacOS computer.

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By Jamie Cuevas - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 15 Comments

How to Disable AirDrop on iPhone & iPad

Jan 1, 2023 - 1 Comment

How to turn off AirDrop on iPhone or iPad

Want to turn off AirDrop so you don’t get inbound AirDrop requests on your iPhone or iPad? That’s pretty easy to do once you learn how, but accessing AirDrop is unclear for many users.

AirDrop is a very useful feature that allows you to wirelessly transfer photos, contacts, files, and other data between iPhones and Apple devices. For example, you can easily wirelessly transfer 100 photos from an iPhone to another person iPhone with AirDrop, or from an iPhone to a Mac or iPad, or vice versa.

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By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 1 Comment

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