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Fix for Wi-Fi Issues with iOS 26.1 on iPhone: Wi-Fi Not Working, Dropping, No Connection, Slow

Nov 18, 2025 - 2 Comments
Fix iPhone Wi-Fi Problems After iOS 26 Updates

Some iPhone users have discovered that wi-fi is not working consistently with iOS 26.1 since updating their devices, and sometimes the wi-fi stops working entirely, the connection drops, wi-fi is active but does not work, or the wi-fi connection is unusably slow, often leading to timeouts rather than established connections. Sometimes you might even see … Read More

macOS Tahoe 26.1 Improves Battery Life Significantly of MacBook Air & Pro

Nov 6, 2025 - 5 Comments
macOS Tahoe 26.1 dramatically improves battery life on MacBook that suffered in prior versions

If you were one of the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro users who found MacOS Tahoe causing excessive battery drain and battery life reductions with MacOS 26.0 and MacOS 26.0.1, then you’ll want to update to macOS Tahoe 26.1 right away, as it will likely resolve the most significant battery life problems. Multiple user reports … Read More

macOS Tahoe Battery Life Worse? Tips for Battery Issues with MacOS 26

Oct 14, 2025 - 4 Comments
Battery life problems with macOS Tahoe explored

A fair number of Mac users have found that macOS Tahoe has notably reduced the battery life and battery performance of their MacBook hardware. Looking around online, you’ll find a variety of complaints from MacBook Pro and MacBook Air users about quickly draining battery and significant reductions in battery life in general, since installing the … Read More

Where Did Voicemail Go in iOS 26? Finding iPhone Voicemail in the New iOS

Oct 13, 2025 - 4 Comments
Where is Voicemail in iOS 26? Here is how to find it

Wondering if voicemail no longer works in iOS 26? Convinced that iOS 26 removed the Voicemail feature from iPhone? Can’t determine how to check voicemail on iOS 26? If you can’t find voicemail on iPhone since updating to iOS 26, you’re not alone. The new unified Phone app design in iOS 26 features a complete … Read More

Stop Overlapping Text & Legibility Issues on macOS Tahoe with “Reduce Transparency”

Oct 10, 2025 - 1 Comment
Stop overlapping text in macOS Tahoe

The Liquid Glass interface of macOS Tahoe 26 can provide some accessibility and legibility challenges for some Mac users, and one of the recurring complaints is the heavy usage of transparency and translucency can lead to text overlapping other text throughout the operating system. Whether it’s a sidebar, menu, messages, or window, having text atop … Read More

Hate the New Phone App on iOS 26 for iPhone? Get the Old Phone Layout Back Again

Oct 8, 2025 - 11 Comments
How to restore the classic Phone layout and look on iPhone with iOS 26

While the most significant visual change in iOS 26 is the Liquid Glass interface, you’ll also find some pretty notable design overhauls of commonly used iPhone apps. The Phone app is one such example, with the new Phone app design in iOS 26 being wildly different from the prior versions, featuring a new cluttered design … Read More

How to Reduce Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe

Oct 7, 2025 - 6 Comments
How to turn off Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe as much as possible

The Liquid Glass interface appearance is a fairly significant change in macOS Tahoe, bringing a lot of transparency, translucency, and shininess to the Mac interface appearance. While some users enjoy the new look, other Mac users may find it distracting, cumbersome, or difficult to read and interact with, and perhaps even conducive to causing eye … Read More

What is “com.github.squirrel” on the Mac?

Oct 1, 2025 - 1 Comment
Activity Monitor for Mac

If you’re a Mac user who watches system resource use by keeping an eye on Activity Monitor, htop, top, or any other monitor of deeper system processes, you may have seen a process called “com.github.squirrel” and wondered what it is, and perhaps even wondered if it’s bad. Is it dangerous or malware? github.squirrel has a … Read More

MacOS Tahoe 26 Feels Slow? Try These 6 Performance Tips

Sep 25, 2025 - 13 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 - 19 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 - 3 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 - 12 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 - 5 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 - 12 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

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