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How to Enable Message Effects in iOS with Reduce Motion On

Dec 22, 2016 - 7 Comments
iMesssage effects can be preserved with Reduce Motion enabled

The modern releases of iOS allow you to see and send fun iMessage effects while retaining the Reduce Motion setting to remove the sometimes nauseating zoom effects found elsewhere throughout the iPhone and iPad user interface.

How to Add Fingerprints to Touch ID on Mac

Dec 21, 2016 - 12 Comments
Add new fingerprint to Touch ID on Mac

You can add additional fingerprints to Touch ID equipped Macs, providing the option for more than one fingerprint to unlock the Mac, be used for Apple Pay, and to make purchases from the iTunes and App Store.

How to Block or Hide a News Source in News App on iPhone or iPad

Dec 20, 2016 - 19 Comments
Apple News

The News app on iPhone and iPad includes a large number of publications, some of which you may be interested in, and likely some that you have less interest in reading, or maybe even some news you don’t want to see at all. Fortunately it’s really easy to adjust the News app in iOS to … Read More

Move a PiP Video Player Window Anywhere on Mac

Dec 19, 2016 - 1 Comment
Move the PiP window anywhere on Mac

Many of you may use the excellent Picture-in-Picture mode on the Mac to watch a video or movie while doing something else on the computer. In doing so you have likely noticed that the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) windows snap into one of the four corners of the Mac display. But what if you want to move … Read More

How to Close All Tabs in Safari for iPhone & iPad

Dec 18, 2016 - 10 Comments
Close all tabs in Safari for iOS

The latest versions of Safari for iOS allows users to easily close all browser tabs that are open, all at once, again. This great Safari feature makes it easier to manage and close out tons of browser tabs on the iPhone and iPad, rather than relying on closing individual tabs in Safari for iOS.

How to Fix Mail Not Showing Attachments in Mac OS Sierra

Dec 17, 2016 - 54 Comments
Mail download attachments all

Some Mac users have discovered that Mail app has stopped showing attachments after updating to Mac OS Sierra, despite not having manually removed the attachments themselves. Additionally, existing emails with attachments may appear as if the email attachments disappeared entirely. While having disappearing Mail attachments can be alarming, you can usually resolve this issue with … Read More

How to Use Tapback Messages on Mac

Dec 16, 2016 - 3 Comments
Tapback message on Mac

Tapback messages offer an in-line visual icon response to any message, it’s a fun feature on iOS Messages app that is also one of the few message effect features available on the Mac.

How to Rename Apple Magic Mouse in Mac OS

Dec 15, 2016 - 23 Comments
How to rename a Magic Mouse on Mac

By default Mac OS will name a Bluetooth device like an Apple Magic Mouse as “Name’s Magic Mouse”, which makes it easy to identify. Some Mac users may wish to change that and assign a different name to their Magic Mouse or to rename the Magic Mouse however, perhaps to resolve a conflict, to not … Read More

How to Set the Default Camera Mode on iPhone

Dec 14, 2016 - 6 Comments
Set default camera mode with preserve camera setting in iOS

The iPhone Camera defaults to opening to Photo so that you can take pictures with the iPhone camera quickly. A new feature available in iOS lets you set the default camera mode to another option however, meaning you can default to opening the camera to Video, Square, Slow-Motion, Time-Lapse, Portrait, Panorama, or the standard Photo … Read More

How to See Battery Time Remaining on MacOS Mojave, High Sierra, & Sierra

Dec 13, 2016 - 42 Comments
How to check battery life in time remaining under MacOS

If you want to know the battery time remaining on a MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air running a modern version of Mac OS system software, including 10.14.x Mojave, 10.13.x high Sierra, and 10.12.x Sierra, then you will have to learn a few new tricks to do so. This is because Apple has removed the … Read More

How to Show to ~/Library Folder in MacOS Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra

Dec 12, 2016 - 32 Comments
The user Library folder in MacOS

The User Library folder is hidden by default in MacOS Catalina, MacOS Mojave, macOS High Sierra, and macOS Sierra, but some advanced users may wish to show and access the ~/Library/ folder, which contains preference files, caches, and application support data. We’ll show you how to access the User Library folder quickly, as well as … Read More

How to Add Music to Snapchat Videos

Dec 11, 2016 - 6 Comments
Snapchat

Have you ever wanted to add music to your Snapchat videos? If you’re a heavy Snapchat user, then of course you have wanted to put a song to play in the background of a video. Adding music to your Snaps offers a great way to further add personality to your Snapchat stories and videos. We’ll … Read More

Mac White Screen? How to Fix a White Screen on Boot

Dec 10, 2016 - 45 Comments
Resetting a macOS Sierra password

Rarely, a Mac may fail to boot and get stuck on a white screen, otherwise failing to turn on as expected. While a Mac may get stuck on a white screen at random, users will usually discover the problem after updating system software, where the Mac starts up but quickly halts on an all white … Read More

How to Use Tapback in Messages on iPhone & iPad

Dec 9, 2016 - 8 Comments
Use Tapback Messages in iOS

Modern versions of iOS have all sorts of fun new Messages app features, including the “Tapback” function which allows you to insert an inline response as a visual icon to any message with a quick action.

How to Delete Saved Handwritten Messages from iOS Messages

Dec 8, 2016 - 2 Comments
Delete handwritten messages in iOS Messages

The Handwritten Messages feature in iOS is fun and can be used to scribble a note or draw a quick little sketch, but after you have sent a handwritten messages from an iPhone or iPad you’ll find the sketch is saved within a little panel at the bottom of the handwritten messages screen. If you’d … Read More

How to View Song Lyrics in iTunes

Dec 8, 2016 - 14 Comments
View song lyrics in iTunes

If you have ever wanted to view song lyrics in iTunes, you’ll be pleased to know there are new means of achieving that feat in the latest versions of the iTunes app for Mac OS and Windows. So, fire up iTunes, start playing your favorite song, and see the lyrics alongside!

How to Use Safari Split View on iPad for Side-by-Side Web Browsing

Dec 7, 2016 - 12 Comments
iPad Safari split view

You can view Safari tabs side-by-side on the iPad, allowing you to view two webpages at the same time on the same screen. This is a great power user feature and is similar to the general Split View ability for iPad which allows you to view two apps alongside one another, except it’s specific to … Read More

Window Snapping on Mac: How to Use It

Dec 6, 2016 - 25 Comments
Use Window Snapping on Mac OS

Mac users now have a window snapping feature built directly into Mac OS, which allows users to easily snap windows to aspects of the screen or against one another. This offers a nice way to quickly and precisely align windows, and it’s more or less the Mac equivalent feature of window snapping from the Microsoft … Read More

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