Apple has released macOS Big Sur 11.5.2 for Mac users running the Big Sur operating system.

The MacOS 11.5.2 update weighs in around a hefty 2.54gb, but has extraordinarily brief release notes which do not seem to indicate anything beyond that the update “includes bug fixes for your Mac.”

Presumably all Mac users running Big Sur should install the update, though without any specifics it’s unclear what problems and issues have been resolved or addressed, which may reduce the urgency for some to proceed with the update.

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Did you know you can use your Keyboard as a mouse for Mac? This is an excellent accessibility feature, but it has some other uses too. For example, did your MacBook’s trackpad stop working all of a sudden? Or did your Magic Mouse battery go out? Whatever the case, you can control your Mac with just a keyboard.

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Do you use Facebook to stay connected with your friends, family, and colleagues? If so, do you want to hide your online status from your Facebook friends whenever you launch Messenger? Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to disable your active status on Facebook Messenger, regardless of what device you’re using Facebook from.

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Apple has released iOS 15 Beta 5 & iPadOS 15 Beta 5 to users enrolled in the beta testing programs for iPhone and iPad system software. Often the developer beta rolls out first and is soon followed by the same build for public beta testers.

iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 include a variety of new features, changes, and improvements to the operating systems, including a redesigned Do Not Disturb system called Focus, FaceTime improvements like screen sharing and a grid view of participants for group chats, redesigned Notifications, redesigned Safari tabs and a tab grouping feature, Safari extensions, Live Text for text selection within images, changes to Maps, Health, Photos, Music and other default apps, changes to Spotlight, a redesigned Weather app on iPhone, and new multitasking changes for iPad, along with the ability to place widgets anywhere on the iPad home screen. iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 also include new anti-child abuse measures, where Messages are scanned for inappropriate pictures and parents are automatically alerted when any are found, and all photos stored in iCloud will be scanned for exploitation content and reported to authorities when detected.

New beta builds of macOS Monterey beta 5, watchOS 8 beta 5, and tvOS beta 5 should be expected shortly as well.

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Need to change the autofill information that’s used in Safari to quickly log in, fill in address data, and make payments? Editing autofill info is easy to do on an iPhone and iPad.

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Want more privacy on Instagram? If so, you might consider turning an Instagram account private, otherwise by default anyone with or without an Instagram account can view your profile, photos, and videos. Fortunately, this can be changed.

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Ever wondered how you can move files and folders around on a Mac? If you’re using your first Mac and are new to macOS, one of the first things you may be interested in learning is file organization, especially if you’re switching from Windows.

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If you’re someone who uses Telegram to stay in touch with your friends and colleagues, you may be interested in taking advantage of one of its features that allows you to schedule voice chats using the Telegram app.

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Do you make WhatsApp voice and video calls on your computer? If so, it’s likely that you may want to change the webcam or the microphone it uses by default. Fortunately, this is pretty easy to do and it just takes a few seconds of your time.

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Being able to share your favorite songs with friends via Instagram stories is great, but this is something Apple Music users didn’t get to experience until recently. However, now that Apple has implemented this feature, they’ve done quite a good job with it.

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Are you unable to play songs from the Apple Music or iCloud Music library on your Mac? If so, are you getting a specific error stating that your computer is not authorized when you try to play something? This is an issue you may run into when you start listening to Apple Music on a new Mac or even Windows PC.

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Did you know that your Mac is capable of reading alerts for you, in addition to displaying them on the screen? This is a handy Accessibility feature that’s a bit buried in system settings.

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Quick Actions are a handy feature that allows users to perform tasks such as markup, image rotation, create PDF, etc by simply right-clicking on a file. However, you’re not just limited to the default set of Quick Actions and you can create a custom Quick Action that does a lot more, from scratch.

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Do you use your Apple account to sign in to third-party apps, websites, and services using the excellent “Sign in with Apple” feature? If so, you might want to view all the apps that have access to your Apple ID information and manage them. You can easily manage and view the apps using Sign in with Apple from any device by using the Apple ID website, meaning you can make these changes using any Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows PC, Android, Chromebook, Linux machine, or otherwise.

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Did you want to hide your messy bedroom or workspace during your next online meeting on Zoom? In that case, you’ll be excited to try out Zoom’s Virtual Background feature that allows you to replace your background with an image or scene.

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Do you want your notifications to stop showing previews on your Mac? Perhaps you want more privacy for the messages or emails you receive? Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to disable notification previews in MacOS.

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If you use iMessage to keep in touch with your friends, colleagues, and family, it’s pretty likely that you send and receive a lot of images, videos, and other attachments on the platform. Managing all this data used to be a headache, but fortunately in modern iOS and iPadOS versions, Apple allows its users to bulk delete all the Messages attachments from one place.

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If you save passwords with Safari on Mac, you can easily go back and view those saved passwords. This is fantastic if you’ve lost a login, or perhaps if you forgot the password to one of your online accounts.

As long as you previously signed in to your account from Safari on Mac, iPhone, or iPad, you may be able to see the exact password you used thanks to iCloud Keychain.

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