Wondering how you can add another Mac to Universal Control in macOS Sequoia, Sonoma, or Ventura System Settings? It’s pretty easy, but enabling the feature and connecting a new Mac is a bit different than what you may have been accustomed to in prior MacOS versions.

Universal Control is the incredible feature in MacOS that allows you to control multiple Macs with a single keyboard and mouse, effectively linking multiple Macs together. You can even drag and drop files between them, and share the clipboard, making it a serious productivity booster.

Let’s walk through how you can add another Mac to connect to Universal Control, linking your keyboard and mouse to that other Mac.

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If you’re a Homebrew user who is now experiencing a “zsh: command not found: brew” error message in zsh shell, you’re probably perplexed as to why the brew command line line tool is no longer working.

The reason you may be experiencing the command not found error for brew is because the zsh shell is not able to find the brew binary to execute for whatever reason, either because something is awry with your $PATH, or the Homebrew installation, or both. Thus, to fix the brew command not found error, we will perform a series of actions to reinstall Homebrew and then set the path manually if things continue to fail.

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While there are various ways you can convert an HEIC file to JPG on a Mac, including using Preview or third party tools, by far the simplest way is available directly in the Finder for all modern MacOS users, and that’s thanks to a Quick Action.

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Occasionally, when browsing the web you may see a website fail to load or interrupt with an error message that says “Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).”

Let’s dive into what this error message means, and how to fix it in Safari, whether you’re on a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or otherwise.

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Do you ever have a bunch of different windows open in the same Mac app, and you’re wanting to quickly toggle between them with a keyboard shortcut? That’s exactly what this trick is for, and it can really boost your productivity in multi-windowed Mac apps.

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If you’ve had enough of Nextdoor, the local social network neighborhood app that has a heavy focus on localized gossip, rumors, busybodies, nosy parkers, nonsense, and endless emails, you may be interested in deleting your Nextdoor account, or at least deactivating your Nextdoor account.

Either method will disable your account, and also offers an alternative method of stopping the endless Nextdoor emails if the unsubscribing from seven hundred trillion toggles was not effective or too cumbersome to you.

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Do you have a bunch of contacts in Gmail or with a Google account that you want to sync to your iPhone or iPad? While you may have already added a Gmail account to your iPhone or iPad when setting up email, if you didn’t choose to toggle Contacts to sync, then you may not have access to those Google contacts that are associated with that account.

Not to worry, it’s easy to sync Google contacts to your iPhone or iPad and have them available natively in the Contacts app.

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The Playstation 5 DualSense Edge controller is a popular game controller that is obviously used for the PS5, but you can also use the PS5 DualSense Edge controller for gaming with an iPhone or iPad if you’d like to.

Gaming in iOS or iPadOS with a game controller can really improve the playing experience for many popular games on the platform, so if you have a PS5 controller and want to try this out, read along to learn how to pair the two together.

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Sometimes when adding an event to Calendar on iPhone or iPad, you may unintentionally add the event to the calendar on your local device, rather than to iCloud. This is often why a calendar event appears to not sync with other Apple devices, because if the event is stored in a calendar set to “On My iPhone” or “On My iPad” rather than iCloud, it will not sync between your devices.

Similarly, if a calendar event is set on a local calendar, you will not see the option to send an invite to that calendar event as the ‘Invitees’ feature is unavailable for local calendars, and only used for iCloud calendars.

If you want to learn how to change a calendar event from “On My iPhone” or “On My iPad” to iCloud, read on.

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Did you know the HomePod Mini and HomePod can double as an intercom for your household? You can use the intercom feature to speak and the message will be broadcast to the HomePod from any iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

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The second beta versions of iOS 16.5 for iPhone, iPadOS 16.5 for iPad, and macOS Ventura 13.4 for Mac are available to users enrolled in the beta testing programs for Apple system software.

Presumably iOS 16.5, iPadOS 16.5, or MacOS Ventura 13.4 will focus on bug fixes and security enhancements, as no major new features are expected in the releases.

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The Steve Jobs Archive released a free ebook today called “Make Something Wonderful”, which is composed of various notes, speeches, interviews, and correspondence with Steve Jobs.

The Steve Jobs Archive describes the 194 page ebook as follows:

“A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews and correspondence, Make Something Wonderful offers an unparalleled window into how one of the world’s most creative entrepreneurs approached his life and work. In these pages, Steve shares his perspective on his childhood, on launching and being pushed out of Apple, on his time with Pixar and NeXT, and on his ultimate return to the company that started it all.

Featuring an introduction by Laurene Powell Jobs and edited by Leslie Berlin, this beautiful handbook is designed to inspire readers to make their own “wonderful somethings” that move the world forward.”

The book can be downloaded free through the Apple Books app to read on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, as an EPub file, or read online on the web.

Whether you’re a general fan of Apple, or Steve Jobs in particular, you’re sure to find the book compelling, insightful, and interesting.

• Get “Make Something Wonderful” on Apple Books
• Read “Make Something Wonderful” on the web
• Download “Make Something Wonderful” as an ePub file

Don’t miss the “Put Something Back” exhibit and series of video clips on the Steve Jobs archive as well, it’s also inspiring.

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The Translate app on iPhone and iPad offers many useful language translation features, and one of the newer capabilities that’s particularly useful is the ability to translate written text with the iPhone or iPad camera.

Whether it’s a street sign, a menu, a document, label, packaging, or whatever else, you can instantly translate text by using your devices camera with this trick.

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Apple has issued security updates for prior MacOS releases, versioned as macOS Monterey 12.6.5 and macOS Big Sur 11.7.6.

These updates, along with Safari 16.4.1, include the same security patches available in macOS Ventura 13.3.1. Unlike the Ventura version, there is no Emoji update, however.

Separately, Apple has also released small security updates for older iPhone and iPad models, versioned as iOS 15.7.5 and iPadOS 15.7.5, respectively, for device users who are not running iOS 16.4.1 / iPadOS 16.4.1

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iOS 15.7.5 for iPhone and iPadOS 15.7.5 for iPad have been released for older iPhone and iPad models. The updates include important security updates, and are therefore recommended for eligible users to install on their devices.

These updates are separate from iOS 16.4.1 and iPadOS 16.4.1 updates that were recently released for the iPhone and iPad, but include the same security patches.

Similarly, Apple issued MacOS Monterey 12.6.5 and MacOS Big Sur 11.7.6 for users who are not running the freshly released MacOS Ventura 13.3.1.

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Rarely, while using ChatGPT you may encounter a “network error”. If ChatGPT reports that it has experienced a network error, you will be unable to use ChatGPT until that network error has been resolved.

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If you’re a fan of Apple history or retro computing, you’re sure to appreciate this nine-minute video covering the Apple Lisa.

Created by The Verge, this fun video demonstrates using an Apple Lisa in 2023 as they overview the development of Apple’s Lisa computer, the prequel to the Macintosh, released some 40 years ago.

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If you’re a Mac user who found that MacOS Ventura 13.3 broke the functionality of Continuity features including Universal Control, Sidecar, Universal Clipboard, HandOff, and other Continuity capabilities, you should update to MacOS Ventura 13.3.1 (or later) as soon as possible to fix those problems.

MacOS Ventura 13.3.1 resolves issues with Continuity features, despite this particular resolution not being specified in the versions release notes.

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