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MacOS Tahoe 26 Feels Slow? Try These 6 Performance Tips

Sep 25, 2025 - 7 Comments
MacOS Tahoe 26 feels slower to some users but is usually easy to fix performance

Some Mac users who have updated to macOS Tahoe 26 feel like the new operating system runs slower than their prior MacOS installation did. Reports online suggest there can be general sluggishness and lagging performance, sometimes with frame rate drops and stuttering animations on the screen, or even when typing. Other users in various forums … Read More

Do You Miss LaunchPad in MacOS Tahoe? Using the New LaunchPad, Plus a LaunchPad Alternative

Sep 23, 2025 - 14 Comments
If you miss LaunchPad on MacOS Tahoe here is how to use the new version and an alternative

macOS Tahoe 26 adds some new features, but it also has taken a prominent popular feature away on the Mac, and that is the removal of the dedicated LaunchPad app from macOS Tahoe. LaunchPad is the simple app launcher that is kind of iOS-like and has been on the Mac for a longtime, visible in … Read More

iOS 26 Battery Life Suffering? Here’s Why & How to Fix It

Sep 18, 2025 - 2 Comments
iOS 26 battery life reductions are typically easily resolved

iOS 26 is in the wild, and aside from the mixed reactions to the Liquid Glass interface, there are also wildly different reports of battery life performance post-update. A notable number of iPhone and iPad users are complaining throughout social media and online forums that iOS 26 battery drains faster than it did before, and … Read More

Hate Liquid Glass on iOS 26? 8 Tips to Improve Legibility on iPhone & iPad

Sep 17, 2025 - 11 Comments
Tone down the Liquid Glass interface in iOS 26 to improve legibility and usability

iOS 26 introduces a completely new design schema called “Liquid Glass” that has more transparency, translucency, movement, and shininess. To say that iOS 26 Liquid Glass is polarizing would be an understatement, as opinions on the new look could not be more extreme, with some users thinking it’s amazingly fantastic, and others like myself are … Read More

iPhone Touch Screen Unresponsive After iOS Update

Sep 17, 2025 - 2 Comments
iPhone touch screen unresponsive after installing iOS update

An annoying and somewhat alarming issue can occur for some iPhone users where the iPhone Touch Screen becomes unresponsive to touch after installing an iOS system software update. This often means the iPhone will seemingly successfully install the new update for iOS, but the lock screen can not be unlocked or swiped away, and touch … Read More

How to Stop iPhone From Auto-Updating to iOS 26

Sep 14, 2025 - Leave a Comment
How to prevent automatic updates to iOS 26

Some years ago, Apple introduced a default setting on iPhone and iPad that automatically installs system software updates, including major updates like iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. If you do not want your iPhone or iPad to automatically update to iOS 26, you can make a settings adjustment to make sure that does not happen. … Read More

How to Downgrade Safari Beta to Safari Stable on Mac

Aug 27, 2025 - 4 Comments
Safari Technology Preview

If you’re a Mac user who installed a Safari beta version on a stable version of MacOS to experiment with beta Safari features, it’s possible that you might want to downgrade the Safari beta back to a Safari stable version. This can be tricky because if you install a beta version of Safari onto MacOS, … Read More

How to Downgrade from iOS 26 Beta to iOS 18

Aug 19, 2025 - 1 Comment
How to downgrade iOS 26 beta to iOS 18

If you’ve installed the iOS 26 beta on your iPhone or iPadOS 26 beta onto iPad, and found it a little too buggy, unstable, or you’re simply not interested in iOS 26 any longer, you’re certainly not alone. While many adventurous Apple users jump onto the beta train to explore the new operating systems, it’s … Read More

How to Fix a Mac Stuck in VoiceOver Mode & Talking

Aug 7, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Mac can get stuck in Voice Over mode where everything on the screen is described by your Mac talking to you

Have you suddenly discovered your Mac reading everything out loud on the screen, and then navigating with a thick black box around elements, and not acting normally with mouse clicks and keyboard input? Your Mac might be stuck in Voice Over mode. Voice Over mode is a powerful accessibility tool intended for visually impaired users, … Read More

How to Fix Wi-Fi Dropping in MacOS Sequoia & Tahoe

Jul 11, 2025 - 11 Comments
MacOS Sequoia can randomly drop wi-fi connections or disconect from a wireless network

Some Mac users who are running the latest versions of MacOS Sequoia and/or MacOS Tahoe beta have discovered an annoying issue where wi-fi spontaneously drops and the Macs internet connection is no longer available. The wi-fi dropping problem seems completely random, and there is rarely a cause or specific reason for the wireless internet connection … Read More

Contacts App Missing All Contacts on Mac? Here’s the Fix

Jul 10, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Contacts missing and an empty contacts list on Mac is stressful but easy to fix

Some Mac users have reported that the Contacts app is randomly missing all of their contacts, and the entire address book is suddenly blank on their Mac. This is obviously alarming, but the good news is that if this happens to you, it’s usually a pretty simple fix and your contact list and address book … Read More

Explaining cloudd, photolibraryd, & cloudphotod Processes in MacOS

Jun 2, 2025 - 1 Comment
The MacOS processes cloudd, photolibraryd, nsurlsessiond, & cloudphotod may confuse some Mac users but they are normal processes as we explain here

If you’re a Mac user and you’ve ever opened Activity Monitor to explore why your Mac might be feeling slow, it’s likely that you’ve seen a few processes running that could be using a lot of CPU, energy, or memory, in particular cloudd, cloudphotod, photolibraryd, and nsurlsessiond. So what the heck are these processes that … Read More

How to Make MacOS Sequoia Feel Faster: Tips to Speed Up Slow MacOS

May 28, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to speed up macOS Sequoia

macOS Sequoia is a pretty solid operating system with some great features like iPhone Mirroring, and while performance is fantastic for most, not all users are experiencing the speediest of experiences. If you feel like macOS Sequoia is running slower than your Mac was on prior operating system versions, you might appreciate some of these … Read More

Where is “Hide My Email” on iPhone & iPad?

May 23, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Where is "Hide My Email" on iPhone

The “Hide My Email” feature on iPhone is incredibly useful, allowing you to create random unique email addresses that forward to your real email address inbox. This feature can help protect your privacy by allowing you to sign up for apps or services without sharing your real email address, while enhancing security from phishing attempts, … Read More

Touch Bar Not Working After MacOS Update? Troubleshooting Black Touch Bar on MacBook Pro

May 15, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Touch Bar on MacBook Pro

A fair number of MacBook Pro users with Touch Bar equipped Macs have discovered the Touch Bar stops working or goes black after installing a MacOS update. Given that the Touch Bar serves as Function keys, F1, F2, F3 etc keys, as well as toggles for adjusting brightness, system audio, and accessing many MacOS and … Read More

Huge System Data Filling Storage on Your Mac? 7 Possible Fixes

May 14, 2025 - 16 Comments
Large System Data on MacOS consuming tons of storage capacity

Many Mac users are reporting that “System Data” is taking up huge amounts of disk storage capacity on their Macs. While this issue is reported more commonly with MacOS Sequoia, some users find the bloated System Data storage on older versions of MacOS as well. In many cases, the “System Data” in MacOS is taking … Read More

How to Clear CoreSpotlight Metadata on Mac When Taking Up Large Amounts of Storage

Apr 30, 2025 - 3 Comments
Large CoreSpotlight metadata storage consumption

Spotlight is the powerful search engine built into MacOS that allows you to quickly find any file or data on your Mac disk drives. Part of what makes Spotlight so fast is that it uses caches and temporary files during indexing to quickly refer to data on your Mac, but sometimes those Spotlight files can … Read More

How to Turn Off Mail Categories on iPad

Apr 3, 2025 - 6 Comments
Mail app in iOS and iPadOS

The Mail app for iPad has been updated to include the Mail Categories feature with iPadOS 18.4. The Mail Categories feature is intended to automatically sort your email inbox within the Mail app into particular email categories, including “Primary”, “Transactions”, “Updates”, and “Promotions”, along with a mostly hidden “All Mail” option. While the intention may … Read More

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