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How to Make Mac Cursor Bigger

Jul 25, 2022 - 1 Comment
Increase Mac pointer size

Some Mac users may want the cursor size on the Mac screen to be larger, making it easier to see. Whether you’re having a difficult time seeing the Mac cursor on your screen as you move the mouse or trackpad around, or you just would prefer a bigger cursor pointer in general, you can manually … Read More

How to Use a Virtual Webcam on a Mac

Jul 24, 2022 - 4 Comments
How to Use Virtual Webcam on a Mac

Ever wanted to enhance the webcam on your Mac? For example, tweak the brightness, contrast, saturation, or even flip the camera horizontally? These things can be done using third-party software called virtual cameras.

How to Import Passwords to iCloud Keychain Using a Mac

Jul 22, 2022 - 4 Comments
How to Import Passwords to iCloud Keychain

Are you planning to use iCloud Keychain for managing all your passwords? If you’ve been relying on a third-party password manager until now, you may want to move all your existing passwords to make the migration to iCloud Keychain a whole lot easier. This can be done, although it’s not exactly simple.

How to AirPlay Videos from iPhone to LG TV

Jul 21, 2022 - 1 Comment
How to AirPlay Videos from iPhone to LG OLED TV

Did you know that many modern TV’s, like any newer model LG OLED TV, includes support for AirPlay? This functionality which is built into many modern smart TV panels allows you to use AirPlay for watching videos, movies, tv shows, and screen mirroring, sending content from an iPhone or iPad directly to the TV screen … Read More

How to Always Show Window Title Proxy Icons on Mac

Jul 19, 2022 - 3 Comments
Window title icons in Mac Finder

The Mac Finder and apps like Preview offer window title icons when you hover over the window title text, and once defaulted to show icons in the window title bar too. Sometimes these window icons were referred to as “proxy icons”, because they’re interactive and allow for things like dragging and dropping, and right-clicking to … Read More

How to Change the Cursor Tracking Speed on iPad

Jul 18, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to change the tracking speed of cursor pointer on iPad Trackpad or Mouse

The iPad allows you to easily adjust the cursor tracking speed, whether you’re using a trackpad or a mouse with the iPad. For some users, the default iPad cursor tracking speed may be too fast, and for others it may be too slow. Fortunately, there’s a wide variety of adjustment available, and you can make … Read More

Hide the Display Notch on MacBook Pro & Air with TopNotch

Jul 17, 2022 - 22 Comments
Hide the display notch on MacBook Pro with TopNotch

The all new MacBook Air with M2 and MacBook Pro 14″ and 16″ with M1 Pro and M1 Max processors are impressive machines by most hardware standards, but not everyone is impressed with the Notch that takes up a portion at the top of the screen. The Notch holds the front facing camera, and dips … Read More

How to Install macOS Ventura Public Beta

Jul 15, 2022 - Leave a Comment
MacOS Ventura public beta

Adventurous Mac users may be interested in trying out the macOS Ventura public beta on their Mac, which is now available for any user to download and install. As is usual with beta system software, the macOS Ventura public beta is buggy, and users should expect to encounter quirks, bugs, and incompatibilities with certain things … Read More

How to Install iPadOS 16 Public Beta on iPad

Jul 14, 2022 - Leave a Comment
iPadOS 16 public beta

Now that iPadOS 16 public beta is available for any user to download, some curious iPad enthusiasts will undoubtedly be interested in installing the public beta onto their device. As is usual with beta system software, assume the iPadOS 16 public beta to not be as stable as a final software version, meaning things like … Read More

How to Add COVID-19 Vaccine Pass to iPhone with Apple Wallet

Jul 13, 2022 - 12 Comments
Covid 19 Vaccine passport on iPhone in Wallet app

Apple now supports the ability for verifiable COVID vaccination cards to be added to iPhone via the Apple Wallet application. The digital COVID-19 vaccine passport could be useful for situations where you must show your vaccine papers to travel, cross a border, enter into a restaurant, enter a building, or other for example. Rather than … Read More

How to Install iOS 16 Public Beta on iPhone

Jul 12, 2022 - 2 Comments
iOS 16 public beta

If you want to try the public beta of iOS 16 on your iPhone, you’re in luck because it’s now available to download and update for any adventurous user. iOS 16 includes some nifty new features for iPhone, most notably the redesigned customizable lock screen with widgets, but there are also other fun and interesting … Read More

How to Remove Old Accounts from Google Authenticator on iPhone

Jul 9, 2022 - 3 Comments
How to Remove Old Accounts from Google Authenticator

Do you still see two-factor authentication codes for accounts that you no longer use in the Google Authenticator App? Then, it’s time to clean up your list of accounts. A moment of your time is all it takes to remove old accounts from your Google Authenticator app.

How to Turn On SSH on Mac

Jul 8, 2022 - 1 Comment
Enable SSH Server on Mac with Remote Login

All Macs have a bundled SSH server that is disabled by default, but can be turned on at any time if you’d like to grant remote command line access to a machine. The SSH server in MacOS is turned on by using a sharing feature called Remote Login. With Remote Login enabled, the Mac now … Read More

How to Enable Tap to Click on Trackpad with iPad

Jul 7, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to enable Tap to Click on iPad

You can enable Tap-to-Click on the iPad if you use a trackpad with the device, whether it’s with a Magic Keyboard, a Magic Trackpad, or any other external trackpad device. Tap to Click is a popular feature for trackpads that allows a simple tap on the trackpad to register as a click. For many iPad … Read More

How to Stop iPhone Screen from Locking Automatically

Jul 5, 2022 - 3 Comments
How to Stop iPhone Screen from Locking Automatically

If you read a lot of content on your iPhone, especially our vast array of helpful articles, you may have sometimes noticed that your screen dims, turns off, and locks automatically. However, this can be avoided by changing how long your iPhone screen takes to lock or turn off due to inactivity.

Use Time-Lapse on iPhone to Capture July 4th Firework Shows

Jul 4, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Capture time lapse video of fireworks with iPhone camera

Planning on watching an exciting fireworks show and want to preserve a memory of the experience, or perhaps share the firework show with someone else? Consider using the excellent Time-Lapse feature of the iPhone camera!

How to Open macOS VirtualBox VM in Full Screen

Jul 3, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to Open macOS VirtualBox VM in Full Screen

Installed macOS using VirtualBox on your Windows PC only to find out that it’s not running in full screen? Well, this is something that a lot of new VirtualBox users run into, but it’s not really an issue. This can be resolved with a simple command line.

How to Connect USB Devices to macOS VirtualBox VM

Jul 2, 2022 - 1 Comment
How to Connect USB Devices to macOS Virtual Machine

Did you manage to set up a macOS virtual machine on your Windows PC only to realize that your USB devices aren’t showing up in it? While running macOS in a guest environment with a tool like VirtualBox is one thing, configuring it and making proper use of all the available features is another.

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