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How to Use Tile Window Multitasking in macOS Monterey, Big Sur, & Catalina

May 8, 2020 - 8 Comments
macOS Catalina split screen

macOS introduced a handy way to tile windows for multitasking, improving upon the split screen multitasking features that were available in previous MacOS releases. These new simple tiling window multitasking options are available from any window, and now you can easily choose to tile a window to the left or right side of the screen, … Read More

How to Make Video Calls with Facebook Messenger

May 7, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Make Video Calls with Facebook Messenger

Did you know that you can make video calls with Facebook Messenger? The next time you want to reach out to friends, family members, or colleagues, you might consider using Facebook Messenger to initiate a video chat, and it works for easy video calls on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Windows PC too.

How to Convert Keynote to PowerPoint with iCloud

May 7, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Convert Keynote to PowerPoint with iCloud

Do you work with presentations on different platforms like Windows PC, Mac, iPad, or iPhone? If so, you might run into file compatibility issues while you switch between different computers and software, and this scenario is quite common with many work environments, schools, education settings, and even just when emailing back and forth between people … Read More

How to Convert Pages to Word Doc Online with iCloud

May 6, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Convert Pages to Word Doc with iCloud

Do you own both a Windows PC and macOS device like the MacBook Pro or iMac? If so, you might run into file compatibility issues while you switch between your computers or software. More specifically, if you utilize software like Pages which is a part of the iWork productivity suite, you might not be able … Read More

How to Use Zoom Virtual Backgrounds on iPhone & iPad

May 6, 2020 - 15 Comments
How to Use Zoom Virtual Backgrounds

Zoom is a popular video conferencing solution that allows people to participate in remote meetings, online classes, or even just social events. One of the fun ways it stands out from the rest of the video chat competition is by letting users change their backgrounds while they’re in a video call.

How to Use Virtual Backgrounds in Webex Meetings on iPhone & iPad

May 5, 2020 - 1 Comment
How to Use Virtual Backgrounds in Webex Meetings

If you use Cisco’s Webex Meetings to make or join video conference calls for remote meetings, online classrooms, or social events during this self-isolation period or otherwise, you’ll be interested in the Virtual Backgrounds feature that this service has to offer.

How to Use Webex Meetings for Videoconferencing on iPhone & iPad

May 5, 2020 - 2 Comments
How to Use Webex Meetings for Videoconferencing on iPhone & iPad

Cisco Webex Meetings is a business-oriented video conferencing solution that currently offers a free way to set up and organize video calls for remote meetings, work or online classes during this social distancing period.

How to Connect External Storage Drive to iPad & iPhone

May 4, 2020 - 28 Comments

You can easily connect external storage drives to iPad and iPhone, providing easy access to all the files and data on those drives via the Files app. This includes connecting flash drives, USB hard drives, SD cards, and just about any other storage medium to iPhone, iPad Pro, and iPad you can think of, as … Read More

How to Open Numbers File on Windows PC with iCloud

May 3, 2020 - 2 Comments
How to Open Numbers File on Windows PC with iCloud

Need to open a Numbers file but you’re on a Windows PC? No problem, you can use iCloud to access, edit, and open Numbers files, even if you don’t have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac with an official Numbers app handy.

How to Use WhatsApp Web on Any Browser

May 2, 2020 - 9 Comments
How to Use WhatsApp Web on Any Browser

Need to use WhatsApp from the web? Using WhatsApp Web offers a way to use WhatsApp chat on any device at all with a web browser, regardless of what it is or where it is . WhatsApp is perhaps one of the most popular instant messaging platforms globally, and although it’s a messaging app designed … Read More

How to Switch AirPods Between Devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch)

May 1, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to switch AirPods between Apple devices

How would you like to switch AirPods between iPhone, iPad, and Mac? Or what if you’d like to switch AirPods from iPhone to Apple Watch or even Apple TV? If you have a pair of AirPods and multiple Apple devices, you can easily switch AirPods and AirPods Pro between any of your other Apple products, … Read More

How to Setup & Use iCloud Photos on Mac

Apr 30, 2020 - 16 Comments
How to Enable iCloud Photos on Mac

Want to use iCloud Photos on Mac? In its simplest form iCloud Photos is a sync service that makes sure your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac all have every photo you’ve taken, all ready at a moment’s notice. That means you can access the photos from any other device with the feature … Read More

How to Enable Startup Boot Sound Chime on Newer Macs

Apr 29, 2020 - 16 Comments
How to enable boot chime sound on newer Macs

Want to re-enable the startup boot chime sound effect on a new Mac? You can do that with a command line string entered into the Macs Terminal. As you may know, new Macs default to not making a startup boot chime sound effect, this is in contrast to every prior Mac model which included a … Read More

How to Move Email from Junk to Mail Inbox on iPhone & iPad

Apr 28, 2020 - 8 Comments
How to Move Email from Junk to Mail Inbox on iPhone & iPad

Do you want to move the emails located in the Junk folder back to the Inbox within the Mail app on iPhone or iPad? If so, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s fairly simple to unmark emails as junk / spam and restore them back to their original location, or even their rightful location. … Read More

How to Fix Cron Permission Issues in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, & Mojave

Apr 27, 2020 - 11 Comments
Mac Terminal icon

Some advanced Mac users may have noticed that certain shell scripts with cron, cron jobs, and crontab are either not working at all, or not able to function properly in the newest versions of MacOS, notably Mojave 10.14, Catalina 10.15, macOS Big Sur 11, and later. Depending on the situation, this may be accompanied by … Read More

How to View Page Source in Safari on Mac

Apr 27, 2020 - 2 Comments
Safari for Mac

Viewing a web pages source code in Safari, and other web browsers, is a fairly routine activity for many people who work with the web for a living or even as a hobby. Unlike some other browsers, to view page source in Safari you must first enable a developer toolset for the browser to be … Read More

Cannot Connect to App Store on iPhone or iPad? Fix & Troubleshoot App Store Connection Issues

Apr 26, 2020 - 7 Comments
Cannot Connect to App Store on iPhone and iPad error

If you’re using the App Store on iPhone or iPad you may occasionally run into an issue where you see an error message upon launching the App Store that says “Cannot Connect to App Store”, rather than the typical App Store options you’d expect to see. This can be frustrating as an inability to connect … Read More

How to Disable Netflix Autoplay for Shows & Episodes

Apr 25, 2020 - 2 Comments
How to disable Netflix autoplaying shows and episodes

Netflix automatically plays the next show in a series thanks to a feature called autoplay, which, much as it sounds, automatically starts playing the next episode in a series when the prior show episode ends. If you’d like to disable Netflix autoplaying episodes, you can make a change in Netflix account settings to do so. … Read More

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