Why does the Restore screen keep happening?

Over the life of my iPhone XR (a bit over 2 years), today is the 3rd time that I was greeted with a Restore screen. In both of the two previous instances I was not able to recover any data. I doubt today will be different. Why is this …

How to recover deleted text messages on iPhone

Text messages have a reputation for being informal and inconsequential, but you might have really critical information in there! If you deleted some texts to clear up space on your iPhone and—whoops!—accidentally got rid of one that’s important, all…

Apple releases tvOS 14.7 update for Apple TV boxes

Apple on Monday updated tvOS to version 14.7 for the Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD. According to a support document, tvOS 14.7 has “general performance and stability improvements.” No other details are provided. Apple’s security updates document notes…

iOS 14.7 Update Released for iPhone, Download Now

Apple has released the final version of iOS 14.7 for iPhone users. The software update includes bug fixes and some minor improvements, most notably allowing MagSafe Battery Pack support for the iPhone 12 lineup. Curiously, iPadOS 14.7 is not yet ava…

RC 2 of macOS Big Sur 11.5 Released for Testing

Apple has released a second Release Candidate build for macOS Big Sur 11.5 to Mac users participating in the Big Sur beta testing programs. The Big Sur 11.5 Release Candidate 2 arrives as build number 20G71, and came alongside the final iOS 14.7 upd…

Installing Windows 10 on Old Macbook Air Mid 2011 version. After Install, I see only windows logo

MacBook Air Mid 2011, Win 10 I have created another partition using bootcamp, followed some video how to install on old macbook so had issues but all of those issues are sorted now. I saw windows was installed ( setup and it finished al…

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watchOS 7.6 update is available with new features, bug fixes

In addition to releasing iOS 14.7, Apple on Monday released watchOS 7.6, an update to the Apple Watch operating system. It includes the ECG app in 30 new regions; the ECG app requires an Apple Watch Series 4 or later. Here are the watchOS 7.6 releas…

Where should I put cron jobs?

I have some shell code that I'd like to execute daily using cron. Currently, I have the entire code written as a one-liner, and the 6 variations (each designed to run at different times) are all written in the crontab. While this works,…

iOS 14.7 is available with MagSafe Battery Pack support and more

Just days after the release of the final beta of iOS 14.6, and before it is released to the general public, Apple began beta testing iOS 14.7. A point-seven release ties iOS 14 with iOS 13 for the most point releases of any iOS version ever. Even th…

How to quickly delete the last 15 minutes of search history on your iPhone

We won’t ask why you would want to quickly delete the last 15 minutes of browsing history on your iPhone, but Google is giving you a quicky way to do it. All you need is the Google app. Even if you’re not using the app to browse, your Safari, Chrome…

Old bug: The application "Preview.app" is not open anymore

Since many versions of MacOS, I got different applications leaving a ghost version only visible at the Finder and Dock level but not at the basic Unix level. Here is the usual error message the Finder does display when trying to start s…

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Old bug: The application "Preview.app" is not open anymore

Since many versions of MacOS, I got different applications leaving a ghost version only visible at the Finder and Dock level but not at the basic Unix level. Here is the usual error message the Finder does display when trying to start s…

How to Hide the Red Dot on an Apple Watch