iOS 13: How to automatically close Safari tabs

Quick—open up Safari on your iPhone and hit the View Tabs button in the bottom right.If your phone is like mine, you’ve got a stack with dozens of tabs... leftover pages opened from social media posts, movie times from the film I saw weeks ago, s…

How to Stop Apps from Using Camera on Mac

Want to prevent a Mac app from using the camera on your computer? MacOS makes it easy to manually control and manage which apps can access the front-facing camera on a Mac. Being able to manually control which apps access the camera on a Mac can be …

iPad Pro Teardown Wallpapers Are Here!

While everyone’s obsessed with the outside beauty of their gadgets, we tend to fawn over what’s inside. That’s why when we tear down a device, we often grab high-resolution photos to use as wallpapers. Occasionally, though, we forget to post them. T…

How to Change Your Apple ID Email Address

Motorola Wants a Smarter Smartphone Market

Motorola has expanded their DIY repair program with iFixit to Europe The smartphone industry is in the midst of a major shift. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that consumers are now waiting an average of 2.83 years to upgrade their phones—…

Is iOS’s Do Not Disturb While Driving driving you around the bend? Change its behavior

People interacting with their phone while driving have been implicated in an enormous number of accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says 3,166 people were outright killed as the result of distracted driving in 2017.Apple…

iOS 13's new Optimized Battery Charging feature explained

If you have several-years-old iPhone, or know someone who does, you’re probably aware of the fact that the battery life is a lot shorter than when it was new.The rechargeable batteries in today’s electronics degrade over time and become less capa…

How to Archive an iTunes Backup of iPhone or iPad

Need to archive an iTunes backup of an iPhone or iPad for safe-keeping? Creating an archived backup in iTunes is helpful because it allows you to preserve a specific device backup while still allowing for backing up to iTunes on Mac or PC, without t…

Safari Tech Preview 87, TechTool Pro 11.0.4, MacBook Pro/Air Updates, More

- Safari Technology Preview 87 Release Notes (available for Mojave/Catalina). - WWDC19 Video Transcripts Now Available. - MacBook Air and MacBook Pro updated, plus student discounts. - TechTool Pro 11.0.4 update (see list of new features/fixes).…

How to Use Siri to Control Your Apple TV From Your iPhone

Stick Your Screen Back On Like a Pro with Precut Tesa Tape

Getting the screen off your tightly sealed phone or tablet feels like sweet victory. So does replacing the battery, swapping the display, or fixing a loose connection inside. You’re a mad tinkerer, living on the edge, getting things done… Then it co…

Recent Apple Support/How-To/Troubleshooting Article Updates

- How to identify MacBook Pro models (added new 13in 2019 model). - How to identify MacBook Air models (added new 13in 2019 model). - Logic Pro X 10.4 release notes (added 10.4.6 info). - Get help if the internal speakers on your Mac don't make …

iOS 13: How to quickly connect to Bluetooth devices

You've got YouTube or your favorite music app open and are ready to kick back, when you realize your favorite Bluetooth headphones aren't connected to your iPhone anymore.So you have to leave your app, find and open the Settings app, go into the …

How to back up your Google Photos library now that Google Drive auto-sync has shut down

Google is shutting down the ability to sync your Google Photos library automatically to Google Drive, but you can still keep a backup of your pics. Here's how.

How to Save Webpage as PDF from Mac in Safari

Need to save a webpage as a PDF file on a Mac? Safari on the Mac makes saving webpages as a PDF very easy. Exporting a webpage in PDF format is useful for many purposes, whether you want to access an offline version of a webpage or article, to trans…

iOS 12.4 Beta 6 & macOS 10.14.6 Beta 4 Released for Testing

Apple has released new beta builds for iOS 12.4 and MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 for users who are beta testing current release of iOS and MacOS. These beta releases are separate from the ongoing beta testing of iOS 13 / iPadOS 13 and MacOS Catalina 10.15. …

Developer Beta Updates (10.14.6 B4, iOS 12.4 B6, watchOS 5.3 B5)

July 9th releases of macOS Mojave 10.14.6 beta 4 (18G71a), iOS 12.4 beta 6 (16G5069a) and watchOS 5.3 beta 5 (16U5566a).

Firefox 68/ESR 60.8, Radeon RX 5700/XT review, Other News, Reviews, Tips, OT

- Firefox 68.0 release notes (includes security fixes). - Firefox ESR 60.8.0 release notes (security fixes). - AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 Review. - 500GB ADATA XPG SX6000 M.2 SSD Review. - Sony Android TVs Firmware Update 6.6520 (Wifi fi…

How to quickly join Wi-Fi networks in iOS 13

Joining a new Wi-Fi network is a task we do surprisingly often. At coffee shops or restaurants, at friends or neighbor’s houses, on flights... given how common it is, it’s sort of surprising that Apple waited until iOS 13 to make the task easier.…

How to automatically delete the web activity and location history data in your Google account

Google has launched a new privacy setting that lets you automatically delete your location and web activity data. Here's how to do it.

iOS 13 Public Beta 2 & iPadOS Public Beta 2 Download Released

Apple has released downloads for iOS 13 Public Beta 2 and iPadOS 13 Public Beta 2 to users who have their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch enrolled in the iOS public beta testing programs. Additionally, a newly updated developer beta for iOS 13 and iPadO…