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Reduce Transparency Works Again in macOS Tahoe 26.3

Feb 13, 2026 - 11 Comments
Reduce Transparency works in Tahoe 26.3 again

The freshly released macOS Tahoe 26.3 update has resolved an accessibility issue where the “Reduce Transparency” feature was not working properly on the Mac. Before macOS Tahoe 26.3, toggling the switch on would leave considerable transparent effects, including in sidebars, headers, titlebars, search boxes, and more, leading to situations where text would overlap and interface … Read More

MacOS Sequoia 15.7.4 & MacOS Sonoma 14.8.4 Security Updates Released

Feb 12, 2026 - Leave a Comment
MacOS Sequoia software update

Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.7.4 and MacOS Sonoma 14.8.4 as system software updates for the Sonoma and Sequoia operating systems, focusing on security patches for Mac users who are not running macOS Tahoe. Separately, macOS Tahoe 26.3, iOS 26.4, ipadOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, along with iOS 18 updates, are also available for … Read More

macOS Tahoe 26.3 Update Released

Feb 11, 2026 - 5 Comments
macOS Tahoe 26.3

Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.3 for all Mac users to install as a software update. macOS Tahoe 26.3 focuses on bug fixes and security enhancements, and are recommended to install for all Tahoe users. Mac users who are running Sequoia or Sonoma will find smaller security patch oriented updates available for those system software … Read More

Important Software Updates for MacOS Big Sur & Catalina, Older iPhones, iPads, & Apple Watch, Released

Feb 2, 2026 - 1 Comment

Apple has released important software updates to a variety of older devices, including older model Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watch’s. These new updates are released as macOS Big Sur 11.7.11 and macOS Catalina Security Update 2026-001 Catalina, iOS 16.7.14, iPadOS 16.7.14, watchOS 10.6.2, watchOS 9.6.4, and watchOS 6.3.1. According to release notes from Apple, … Read More

iPhone Disconnected from Image Capture While Importing? Try This Fix

Jan 29, 2026 - 2 Comments
Camera disconnected while importing error with Image Capture on Mac when transferring photos from iPhone

Image Capture has long been a preferred method of getting photos from an iPhone to a computer or external drive, but something I have run into fairly often over the last several years is that Image Capture occasionally randomly disconnects the iPhone during an image transfer. This obviously ends the image transfer in a failure, … Read More

How to Change the Folder Icon Color on MacOS Tahoe

Jan 28, 2026 - 2 Comments

With macOS Tahoe 26 and newer, you can change and customize the color of your folders as seen within the Finder. This is a fun way to customize the look and feel of using your Mac, and yet it’s simple to implement. There are a variety of interesting ways to customize the Liquid Glass appearance … Read More

btop for MacOS is an Excellent Terminal System Resource Monitor

Jan 22, 2026 - 2 Comments
btop for Mac in Terminal

If you’re a command line enthusiast and you’re the type of Mac user who likes to keep an eye on your system resources and resource utilization, you’ll likely enjoy checking out the btop command. btop offers real-time visualization of CPU usage, memory use, processes, network activity, and disk activity. You can even use btop as … Read More

Logitech Mouse or Keyboards Break on Mac After Expired Certificate, But it’s an Easy Fix

Jan 8, 2026 - 2 Comments
Logitech mouse

If you’re a Mac user who has recently discovered their Logitech mouse or keyboard is not working suddenly, or not working properly with missing customizations and functionality, it might be because of an issue with an expired security certificate with Logitech devices on the Mac. Specifically, if you use Logi Options+ or G HUB with … Read More

Tidy Up Messages by Auto-Deleting Verification Codes on iPhone, Mac, iPad

Dec 26, 2025 - 9 Comments
Automatically delete Verification Codes from Messages and Mail to prevent clutter

Many services use two-factor authentication nowadays, where your phone or email address gets sent a code that you must enter as part of the login process into an online service. These codes are one time use only and therefore don’t make a lot of sense to keep around forever, but manually going through and deleting … Read More

MacOS Sequoia 15.7.3 & MacOS Sonoma 14.8.3 Security Updates Released

Dec 15, 2025 - Leave a Comment
MacOS Sequoia 15.7.3 update

If you’re a Mac user who is continuing to run the MacOS Sequoia or macOS Sonoma operating systems, you’ll find updates available as MacOS Sequoia 15.7.3 and macOS Sonoma 14.8.3. These are security update focused and do not introduce any changes or new features. Safari 26.2 is also available as an update to these MacOS … Read More

MacOS Tahoe 26.2 Update Released for Mac

Dec 12, 2025 - 4 Comments
MacOS Tahoe 26.2 update

Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.2 to the general public, becoming available for all Mac users to download as a software update to macOS Tahoe. macOS Tahoe 26.2 includes a few new features, including the ability for adding alarms to Reminders, and a FaceTime ring lighting feature, and resolves a few bugs as well as … Read More

Bring Falling Snow & Christmas Lights to Mac with Snowy

Dec 10, 2025 - 2 Comments
Snowy app options for Mac

If you ever wished your Mac could feel a bit more seasonal and festive for the holidays and Christmas, you might just appreciate a fun app called Snowy. Snowy brings falling snow, twinkling Christmas lights, and some holiday ambiance, directly to your Mac desktop. You can have dangling twinkling Christmas lights hanging from your menu … Read More

Make Your Active Foreground Window Obvious on MacOS Tahoe with Alan

Dec 5, 2025 - 4 Comments
Alan makes it obvious which window is active on the Mac

One of the complaints about the new Liquid Glass interface on the Mac is that with such a reduction in contrast, it is increasingly challenging to quickly determine which of your app windows is active in the foreground. Developer Tyler Hall was annoyed enough by this with Tahoe that he created a simple app to … Read More

Add Christmas Lights to Home Screen, Dock, & Desktop with Festivitas for iPhone & Mac

Nov 30, 2025 - 3 Comments
Festivitas brings Christmas lights to iPhone Home Screen with fun widgets, or to the Mac Desktop

Festivitas is a fun app that brings some holiday spirit directly to your iPhone or Mac, by allowing you to add some animated holiday lights to your Home Screen or desktop. And if you’re using it on a Mac, you can even make it snow, or add Christmas lights to your Dock too. Deck the … Read More

Fixing the “Civilization 6 is Damaged” Error on Mac

Nov 29, 2025 - 2 Comments
Play Civilization 6 on Mac

Civilization 6 may be an older strategy game, but it retains immense popularity and replay value for fans of the Civilization franchise. If you’re a Mac gamer who has Civilization VI (Civilization 6 for those who aren’t fans of roman numerals), you might have come across a situation where you go to play Civilization 6 … Read More

Affinity is a Powerful Free Photoshop Alternative for Mac (and Windows)

Nov 19, 2025 - 4 Comments
Affinity for Mac

Affinity is a powerful creative application that offers photo and image editing capabilities, vector design, and page layout features, all in a single app, and feature-wise it’s easily able to compete with the likes of Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. But unlike Photoshop or Illustrator, Affinity is now completely free – though advanced features like AI … Read More

How to Switch from Clear or Tinted Appearance in MacOS Tahoe

Nov 10, 2025 - 2 Comments
macOS Tahoe Clear and Tinted appearance options

The latest versions of macOS Tahoe include a new toggle that allows you to switch between two slightly different appearance modes for the Liquid Glass interface; “Clear” and “Tinted”. This setting was introduced to the Mac with macOS Tahoe 26.1 (and iOS 26.1 / iPadOS 26.1 for iPhone and iPad), and offers another way to … Read More

macOS Tahoe 26.1 Improves Battery Life Significantly of MacBook Air & Pro

Nov 6, 2025 - 5 Comments
macOS Tahoe 26.1 dramatically improves battery life on MacBook that suffered in prior versions

If you were one of the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro users who found MacOS Tahoe causing excessive battery drain and battery life reductions with MacOS 26.0 and MacOS 26.0.1, then you’ll want to update to macOS Tahoe 26.1 right away, as it will likely resolve the most significant battery life problems. Multiple user reports … Read More

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