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How to Make a MacOS Monterey Boot Installer Drive

Feb 23, 2022 - 8 Comments
Make macOS Monterey boot install drive

Some Mac users use bootable install USB drives for updating or installing MacOS Monterey onto a computer. If you’re wondering how to make a bootable macOS Monterey installer drive, we’ll walk through the process. This is generally for more advanced users, typically who wish to use a bootable installer drive for erasing and formatting a … Read More

How to Use Low Power Mode on MacBook Pro & MacBook Air

Feb 22, 2022 - 1 Comment
How to Use Low Power Mode on MacBook

Low Power Mode allows you to prolong the battery life of a MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or MacBook, by reducing energy usage on the device to optimize the battery performance. This is a fantastic feature for Mac laptop users on the go, since an unplugged laptop is only as useful as it’s battery life. Mac … Read More

Use Brave Private Browsing with Tor to Hide IP Address

Feb 21, 2022 - 3 Comments
Brave browser with Tor

If you’re looking to browse the web with a bit more anonymity and privacy than usual, the Brave browser offers a unique feature going beyond standard private browsing modes; and that is private browsing with TOR.

How to Turn Off a HomePod Automation

Feb 20, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to Turn Off a HomePod Automation

If you have a bunch of automations set up on the HomePod, chances are that over time you may have some automations that you eventually want to turn off, perhaps to avoid them functioning on a particular day or time. It’s easy to temporarily turn off a HomePod or HomePod mini automation.

How to Make Brave the Default Web Browser on Mac

Feb 19, 2022 - 5 Comments
Make Brave the default web browser on Mac

As the Brave web browser gains popularity, Brave users and privacy-centric Mac users may wish to adjust the default web browser in macOS to Brave. That’s super easy to do on the Mac, so let’s check out how it works.

Merge Multiple Terminal Windows into Tabs on Mac

Feb 17, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Merge all windows into terminal tabs

Have a bunch of Terminal windows open on your Mac that’d you like to merge into a single tabbed window? No problem, you can stop juggling several different terminal windows and get them all sorted out into a nice and easy to manage single tabbed window, thanks to a handy feature built into the Terminal … Read More

How to Use WhatsApp on iPad

Feb 16, 2022 - 9 Comments
Whatsapp iOS Icon

WhatsApp is an extremely popular messaging client for users on just about any platform, so if you’re interested in using WhatsApp on iPad you’re certainly not alone. While WhatsApp is actively working on a native client for iPad that isn’t available yet, you can still use WhatsApp on iPad easily. Setting up WhatsApp on iPad … Read More

Making Python 3 Default in MacOS

Feb 15, 2022 - 9 Comments
Mac Terminal icon

Python users on the Mac are likely aware that Python is being deprecated from macOS 12.3 onward, and will no longer be preinstalled on the Mac. But Python remains an incredibly popular programming language, and if you rely on Python you’ll likely want to continue to have Python available in macOS. It’s easy to get … Read More

How to Subscribe to Public Calendars on Mac

Feb 15, 2022 - 1 Comment
How to Subscribe to Public Calendars on Mac

Do you want to use a public calendar on your Mac to keep an eye on promotional and other public events? You can add this calendar using a URL to the macOS Calendar app pretty easily, similar to subscribing to public calendars iPhone and iPad. The best part is that this public calendar doesn’t even … Read More

How to Update Zoom on Mac, If Updating Not Working or Installing Fails

Feb 14, 2022 - 8 Comments
HOW TO UPDATE ZOOM ON MAC

You launched Zoom on the Mac, you can’t join a meeting because Zoom requires an update, but the update to Zoom fails. Don’t panic! If you’ve tried to update Zoom on the Mac and the update installation is not working or outright fails, you’re not alone. For whatever reason some Mac users find that updating … Read More

How to Add a New Automation for HomePod

Feb 13, 2022 - Leave a Comment
How to Add a New Automation for HomePod

Did you know you can automate things with Homepod and Homepod mini? Even if it’s your very first smart speaker, you may already be familiar with using Siri to stream music, set alarms, make appointments, and other basic stuff. However, your HomePod can do a lot more than that, like automating tasks and things like … Read More

How to Set Brave as Default Browser on iPhone or iPad

Feb 12, 2022 - 5 Comments
Change your default web browser app

The privacy-centric Brave web browser is gaining popularity, so it’s reasonable for iPhone and iPad users to wonder how they can change their default web browser to Brave in iOS or iPadOS. Fortunately, it’s really easy.

Is macOS Monterey Draining Your Battery Overnight in Sleep Mode?

Feb 11, 2022 - 13 Comments
Overnight battery draining on MacBook

There is some online discussion of battery drain occurring overnight on MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops, while the Macs are in sleep mode, with many users noticing the problem after updating to a recent version of macOS Monterey. While there does seem to be an uptick of overnight battery draining behavior with macOS Monterey … Read More

How to Remove Birthdays from iPhone Calendar

Feb 10, 2022 - 16 Comments
Remove Birthdays from Calendar on iPhone, iPad

Do you see someones birthday you want to remove from your iPhone Calendar? Is your iPhone Calendar full of birthdays that you don’t care about or don’t care to see? Want to delete these birthdays from your iPhone or iPad Calendar and are perplexed that there’s no obvious way to do so? Are you wondering … Read More

How to Get Universal Control on Mac & iPad Right Now, with Betas

Feb 9, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Universal Control for Mac and iPad

Universal Control, the feature that allows a single Mac to control multiple Macs and iPads by sharing a keyboard and mouse, is surely the most hotly anticipated feature of macOS Monterey. Though it was delayed past the the initial release of Monterey, you don’t have to wait any longer to try out Universal Control and … Read More

How to Get a Split Terminal on Mac

Feb 9, 2022 - 1 Comment
Get Split Screen Terminal windows on Mac

Want a vertically split set of Terminals on the Mac, so that you can have two concurrent terminals running side by side for executing their own commands? Of course you do, this is a staple feature of many terminal apps for linux and unix command lines, so having this feature on the Mac is a … Read More

How to Get Your Mac Dock to Show Running Apps Only

Feb 8, 2022 - 11 Comments
How to Get Your Mac’s Dock to Show Running Apps Only

The Default Dock on macOS shows off many of the apps that come bundled with your Mac out of the box. Many users customize it right away by adding apps they use on a regular basis, and removing those they don’t. However, some people may prefer to have a cleaner Dock, and to minimize the … Read More

How to Export Pages as Word on iPhone & iPad

Feb 7, 2022 - 1 Comment
How to Export Pages as Word on iPhone & iPad

Looking to share a Pages file from your iPhone or iPad with a colleague who uses Microsoft Word on a Windows PC? Since Microsoft Word does not support the .pages file format, they won’t be able to open and view the contents of the Pages file unless it’s converted first. But not to worry, because … Read More

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