Admire the Note 20’s Internals with These Teardown Wallpapers

What started out as a pretty routine teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra took a wild turn when we pulled out the motherboards. We expected to find a vapor chamber cooling system but instead we found…a graphite thermal pad? The m…

cp from shell (Terminal) or Finder: "Operation not supported"

An odd issue here after an upgrade from High Sierra to Catalina. When I try to copy files from an SMB network share in the Terminal (bash and zsh), I get: $ cp /Volumes/share_name/path/file.ext ~/Documents cp: /Volumes/share_name/pat…

MacOS Big Sur Beta 6 Available to Download

Apple has released the sixth beta version of macOS Big Sur to users who are registered in the beta testing program. Typically a developer beta version comes out first and is soon followed by a public beta release of the same build. Separately, Apple…

Beta 7 of iOS 14 & iPadOS 14 Available to Download

Apple has released iOS 14 beta 7 for iPhone and iPod touch, and iPadOS 14 beta 7 for iPad. The new beta version is available for users enrolled in the beta system software programs. Typically a developer beta build is available first and soon follow…

Give Your Fallen Pixel 3a XL a Fall Refresh with our Video Repair Guide

How to Screen Mirror iPhone or iPad to Windows PC

Apple AirPlay allows users to seamlessly mirror their iPhone or iPad screen to Apple TV or AirPlay 2-compatible smart TVs out of the box, but what if you want to use this feature on your Windows PC? You’ll be pleased to know that there are multiple …

How do I disable "modern login items" which don't show up in system login items?

Spotify auto-launches even if I tell it not to from within its own preferences. Is there any way to turn off this sort of 'modern login items' in general? Extra points for preventing auto-launching of any apps, especially after MacOS cr…

ugly math in preview of Wikipedia pdfs

When I "download as PDF" a Wikipedia article with math, such as Septic_equation, and open it in preview 8.0 on macos 10.10, the math formulas are ugly / munged: instead of like in the browser (firefox) page Before starting down the ro…

How do I disable "modern login items"?

Spotify auto-launches even if I tell it not to from within its own preferences. Is there any way to turn off this sort of 'modern login items' in general? Extra points for preventing auto-launching of any apps, especially after MacOS cr…

ugly math in preview of Wikipedia pdfs

When I "download as PDF" a Wikipedia article with math, such as Septic_equation, and open it in preview 8.0 on macos 10.10, the math formulas are ugly / munged: instead of like in the browser (firefox) page Before starting down the ro…

Unlock Sprint Note 20 Ultra 5G & Note 20 5G Via USB Instantly

Purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G N986U or Note 20 5G N981U from Sprint? Then you’re restricted to using it on that carrier – unless you utilize our remote USB service to unlock it! Just to remind you, these two devices come with impressiv…

How do I disable "modern login items"?

Spotify auto-launches even if I tell it not to from within its own preferences. Is there any way to turn off this sort of 'modern login items' in general? Extra points for preventing auto-launching of any apps, especially after MacOS cr…

Right arrow key has spontaneously stopped working after startup

Right arrow key has spontaneously stopped working Context: So I think my question is quite self explanatory, but nevertheless: Sometime today, I noticed that my right arrow key was not responding. I first was unable to skip forward 5 …

Right arrow key has spontaneously stopped working after startup

Right arrow key has spontaneously stopped working Context: So I think my question is quite self explanatory, but nevertheless: Sometime today, I noticed that my right arrow key was not responding. I first was unable to skip forward 5 …

Is there a way to prevent predictive text from learning what the user typed

I want to prevent predictive text from being stored on the iOS device. Is there a way to do it? If I turn off predictive text, the app doesn't show the predictive text toolbar, but it still learns the text. I know if the we implement a …

Is there a way to prevent predictive text from learning what the user typed

I want to prevent predictive text from being stored on the iOS device. Is there a way to do it? If I turn off predictive text, the app doesn't show the predictive text toolbar, but it still learns the text. I know if the we implement a …

What's the difference between Export as PDF and Print, Save as PDF in Apple Pages?

This question has been asked in regard to Safari, and some six years ago, so i would like to reiterate this with a focus on Pages. I am trying to understand how it works. If i run File -> Export to -> PDF from Pages and i do a Print -> …

Installing stuff: brew vs. official installer - which one should be used?

I wonder how programs should be installed on Mac? Via Homebrew or an official installer if there is one? Let's say I want to install Node.js on my Mac. The official macOS installation guide offers different alternatives to do so. So fir…

How to Download Files from Safari on iPhone & iPad

If you’ve ever wanted to download files from Safari to your iPhone or iPad, you’ll be pleased to know that Safari has a download manager in more recent versions of iOS and iPadOS. Safari is widely used by iPhone and iPad users since it comes pre-ins…

What's the difference between Export as PDF and Print, Save as PDF in Apple Pages?

This question has been asked in regard to Safari, and some six years ago, so i would like to reiterate this with a focus on Pages. I am trying to understand how it works. If i run File -> Export to -> PDF from Pages and i do a Print -> …

What's the difference between Export as PDF and Print, Save as PDF in Apple Pages?

This question has been asked in regard to Safari, and some six years ago, so i would like to reiterate this with a focus on Pages. I am trying to understand how it works. If i run File -> Export to -> PDF from Pages and i do a Print -> …