Grab the 6 New iPhone SE 3 (2022) Wallpapers

Apr 23, 2022 - Leave a Comment

iPhone SE 3 wallpapers

The iPhone SE 3rd generation may have a more retro look and functionality complete with a Home Button, but it’s internal hardware components are new and beefy, and it also happens to sport some snazzy new wallpapers.

But you don’t need to buy the 2022 iPhone SE 3 model just to get and enjoy the new wallpapers, you can grab them for any device using the links below.

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How to Remove Extensions from Chrome on Mac & PC

Apr 22, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Chrome extensions

Want to clean up your Chrome extensions a bit? Perhaps you have an unneeded extension or two installed in Chrome and you want to remove them.

Deleting and removing extensions from Chrome browser on a Mac or PC is really easy, as you’ll soon see.

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How to Use the Gender Neutral Siri Voice

Apr 21, 2022 - 9 Comments

Siri icon

Siri now has a non-binary gender neutral voice option available to users who prefer to not have a stereotypically male or female Siri voice.

While Apple somewhat recently removed all gender identifying information from Siri voices, simply referring to them as ‘Voice 1’ and so on, the introduction of the gender neutral non-binary Siri voice is freshly available on the latest iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS releases. Apple calls the gender neutral voice, “Voice 5”, and you can set it on any Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

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By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 9 Comments

Tap to Click Not Working on Mac? Here’s How to Fix It

Apr 20, 2022 - 3 Comments

Fix Tap to Click on Mac trackpads

Tap to Click is a popular feature for Mac trackpads that allow users to tap on the trackpad to perform a click, rather than exert physical pressure to physically click down on the trackpad. Many Mac users like to use Tap to Click, so if you find it’s suddenly not working, or not working as expected, it’s understandable why you’d be bothered.

Some Mac users have found that Tap to Click is not working as expected on their MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, or Magic Trackpad, often since updating to macOS Monterey or later. If you encounter this issue, read along to troubleshoot and fix the problem.

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How to Use Fast User Switching on Mac

Apr 20, 2022 - 2 Comments

How to Use Fast User Switching on Mac

Do you have multiple user accounts on your Mac? Perhaps you have separate accounts for personal and for professional use, or a Guest account for others to use? In that case, you may be interested in taking advantage of a nifty hidden feature called Fast User Switching.

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By Hamlin Rozario - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 2 Comments

Beta 2 of iOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iPadOS 15.5 Released for Testing

Apr 19, 2022 - Leave a Comment

iOS 15, iPadOS 15, MacOS Monterey public betas

A second beta version of iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, tvOS 15.5, and watchOS 8.6 have been rolled out to developers participating in the beta testing programs.

No major new features are expected in the beta versions, suggesting the upcoming versions of system software are primarily containing bug fixes and security updates.

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How to Use Voice Isolation with FaceTime on Mac

Apr 19, 2022 - 3 Comments

Voice Isolation for FaceTime calls on Mac

Voice Isolation mode allows FaceTime on the Mac to emphasize your voice while on FaceTime calls, thereby reducing background noises and sounds. This is a nice feature if you have some background noise going on that may drown out your voice when talking or make you otherwise difficult to hear, whether that’s a loud fan running in the background, a cat meowing, dog barking, a neighbors bad music blasting, or any such situation. You can use this on any FaceTime call, whether it’s video, audio, or group chat.

You’d be forgiven for failing to find any setting for voice isolation or background noise reduction while digging around in the FaceTime preferences, because that’s not where the capability resides. Instead, you use the Control Center, as we’ll demonstrate.

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By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 3 Comments

How to Enable or Disable Macro Camera Controls on iPhone 13 Pro

Apr 18, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Enable or disable macro camera controls on iPhone Pro

You can choose to have manual macro camera controls, or use the automatic macro mode setting, on the latest top-end model iPhones including iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. This can help you to take macro photos easier, and more suitable to how you use your iPhone camera.

With manual macro camera controls enabled, when the macro camera is available you can tap a flower macro mode option to enable the iPhone macro camera.

With automatic macro camera mode enabled, the macro camera will activate itself when it is available by moving the iPhone camera lens close to an object or subject.

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How to Turn an Old Mac into a Chromebook with Chrome OS Flex

Apr 17, 2022 - 8 Comments

Turn old Mac into ChromeBook

Ever wanted to use a Google Chromebook running the Chrome OS? If you have an older Mac laying around that isn’t getting much use, you may be interested in trying out Google Chrome OS Flex on the old Mac, which basically turns the older Mac into a Chromebook.

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By Paul Horowitz - Fun, Tips & Tricks - 8 Comments

How to UnArchive Messages on WhatsApp

Apr 16, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Whatsapp logo

If you regularly use WhatsApp to communicate and chat, you may be familiar with archiving messages on WhatsApp to hide them. But what if you want to unarchive a chat in WhatsApp?

That’s no problem, so if you’re looking to unarchive in WhatsApp read along.

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How to Add Notes to iCloud Keychain on Mac

Apr 15, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Add Notes to iCloud Keychain on Mac

You can add secure notes to your iCloud Keychain account and login entries if you’d like to. The notes can serve any purpose, but they can be particularly handy if you want to reference something specific to that login, whether a log of prior passwords, or the purpose of the account, or whatever else.

For example, lets say you have a specific login to a credit card saved in iCloud Keychain, and you want to attach a note to that keychain entry stating it is a business account only, that’s easy to do. Or maybe you have a Netflix login saved, and you want to add a note reminding you it’s your favorite aunts account and not yours, that’s easy too.

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How to Run Windows 11 on M1/M2/M3 Mac, for Free

Apr 14, 2022 - 54 Comments

Windows 11 ARM running on M1 Mac

If you want to run Windows 11 on your M1, M2, or M3 Mac, you can now do that, and perhaps best of all, you can run Windows 11 in a virtual machine on the M-series Mac entirely for free.

We’ll be covering how to install, setup, and run Windows 11 ARM on any Apple Silicon Mac, whether it has an M1, M2, M3, M3 Pro, M2 Pro, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra, or any other M chip does not matter, it will work just fine thanks to the UTM app.

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By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 54 Comments

How to Remove Password from Pages, Numbers, & Keynote Files from iPhone or iPad

Apr 14, 2022 - 3 Comments

How to Remove Password from Pages, Numbers, & Keynote Files

Need to remove a password from an iWork document? Do you find it inconvenient to open password-protected Pages, Keynote, and Numbers documents? Do you no longer need password protection on a particular iWork file? You’re certainly not alone in that regard, and fortunately it’s quite simple to remove a password from any Pages, Numbers, or Keynote file, making them easy to open and removing the encryption from the files.

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By Hamlin Rozario - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 3 Comments

How to Use Live Text on Mac

Apr 13, 2022 - 2 Comments

How to Use Live Text on Mac

The Mac Live Text feature offers the ability to select text directly within an image or photo, which you can then copy, define, lookup, search the web, or do with as you please. Using Live Text on the Mac is pretty simple, and like using Live Text on iPhone and iPad, you can use the feature directly in the built-in image viewing and image editing apps.

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

Use Quick Note with Hot Corners on Mac

Apr 12, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Quick Note made from Hot Corner on Mac

Mac users who want to get the most out of the Quick Notes feature may appreciate knowing that they can set a Hot Corner to make a new Quick Note instantly. When this is active, simply moving your cursor into the designated corner of the screen will open Quick Note.

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How to Take Macro Photos with iPhone Pro

Apr 11, 2022 - 2 Comments

How to use Macro Camera mode on iPhone

The iPhone Pro models include a really great macro photo capability, allowing you to take super close-up macro photos of objects, items, textures, or whatever else you want to snap a macro image of.

Using the macro mode on iPhone camera is pretty easy but you’d be forgiven for not noticing how to activate the feature, since macro is not in the list of swipe accessible camera mode options. Let’s dive in and see how macro camera works on the iPhone Pro series with macro photos support, which is basically anything from iPhone 13 Pro or newer.

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

How to Hide Online Status on WhatsApp

Apr 10, 2022 - 9 Comments

Hide WhatsApp Online Status

WhatsApp defaults to showing everyone your online status, displaying if you are currently online, and the date and time of when you were last online using the WhatsApp app. But what if you’d rather be a bit more private, and hide your WhatsApp online status? You can do that, and it’s easy to configure on WhatsApp for iPhone, Android, Mac, or Windows.

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By Paul Horowitz - Tips & Tricks - 9 Comments

How to View Your Instagram Feed in Chronological Order

Apr 9, 2022 - 2 Comments

Change the Instagram feed to chronological order

Instagram now offers an option to view your feed in chronological order, meaning that you will see posts from people you follow that are the most recent, rather than based on the Instagram algorithm.

To use the chronological feed on Instagram, you will want to update the Instagram app to the latest version. The rest is super easy.

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

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