Some Mac users may find that if they connect an external mouse or trackpad to their MacBook or MacBook Pro, the internal built-in trackpad then no longer works. This may appear like a bug, and some users may think it’s a hardware problem, but the go…
Lees meerAt the end of March, Apple released updates to all four of its operating systems, but iOS 11.3 was the most notable. It boasts a variety of new features and other changes—you can think of it as the midpoint update between iOS 11’s first releas…
Lees meerIf you’re reading this, chances are good that you’re not in elementary school, but it’s still easy to end up with a bunch of numbers you need to calculate. Perhaps you’re trying to total receipts for an expense report, average your kid’s repor…
Lees meerRise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration for macOS available now. Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac 16.12.0 Update (and release notes). Micromat TechTool Pro v9.6.2 Update (fixes for 10.13.4, iMac Pro support, more). Added comment from a 2013 r…
Lees meer32-bit app compatibility with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4. Doc on Security content of 10.13.4 and Security Update 2018-002 revised. How to create a bootable installer for macOS.
Lees meerThe ability to offload apps from an iPhone or iPad offers an alternative method to save storage space on an iOS device, as offloading apps removes the app from the device while still preserving that apps related data. Preserving the apps data is wha…
Lees meerFacebook has dominated the news headlines of late, but not for good reasons. There were the 50 million Facebook profiles gathered for Cambridge Analytica and used in the 2016 presidential election. Facebook has long been scraping call and text…
Lees meerFTC Warns Companies it's Illegal to Condition Warranty Coverage on Use of Specified Parts or Services. Introducing GameMode, a performance-focussed system tool for Linux. 8TB Intel data center NVMe SSD DC P4510 Review. 2TB Intel SSD DC P4500 Rev…
Lees meerJust about all modern web browsers default to maintaining a history log of your web browsing activity, and Safari for Mac is no different. This article will focus on how to access your Safari history on the Mac, and also how to search Safari browsin…
Lees meerCloudFlare now has a consumer DNS service that is very fast and also centered around privacy. CloudFlare DNS says they won’t log IP addresses or sell your data, which in the modern era is perhaps more important than ever for users who value the vagu…
Lees meerSome iPhone users may find that cellular data is suddenly not working. The inability to transmit cellular data can seemingly happen spontaneously, and while you can typically still make or receive a phone call when this happens, you just can’t send …
Lees meerThe iPhone defaults to having two kinds of alerts, an auditory alert and a vibration alert, so if your iPhone is ringing or getting a message then your phone will make a sound as well as buzz. If you flip the Mute switch on the iPhone, then the audi…
Lees meerSome Mac users may encounter a weird issue where they attempt to single click their mouse or trackpad but a double-click is registered instead of the intended single click. This is obviously frustrating since a double-click in the wrong place can pe…
Lees meerThe grep command line tool is wildly useful for searching through text data for lines and snippets that match a defined string, character, word, or regular expression. While most uses of grep are for sorting data for syntax matches, what if you want…
Lees meerAdvanced Mac users, administrators, and developers who wish to test Mac OS in 64-bit mode can do so with the help of a terminal command. Essentially this will only allow 64-bit applications and processes to run on the Mac, which can be helpful for d…
Lees meerApple has released the first beta version of MacOS High Sierra 10.13.5 for users participating in the Mac system software beta testing program. The macOS 10.13.5 beta 1 release comes a day after the first beta of iOS 11.4 arrived for iPhone and iPad…
Lees meeriPhone users may wonder how they can mute the dialing sound effects that are played when a phone number is being dialed into the numeric keypad on an iPhone. Each time you press a number button on the phone keyboard, a new sound effect plays. Some o…
Lees meerNotes on reader problems with 10.13.4 (screen sharing problem, said new Security Update and Remote Desktop update yesterday fixed it?), and reports of console spamming of "signpost_notificationd (Skylight) 0 is not a valid connection ID".) Microm…
Lees meerMicromat MachineProfile v1.2.7 Update (bugfix for 10.13.4/improvements). A Guide to Mac Home Video/Audio Studio Gear. DisplayLink support notes on problems with macOS 10.13.4. Developer Betas of Xcode 9.4, iOS 11.4, tvOS 11.4, watchOS 4.3.1. Ap…
Lees meerApple has released iOS 11.4 beta 1 for iPhone and iPad users enrolled in the iOS beta testing program. The first iOS 11.4 beta release comes a few days after the final version of iOS 11.3 became available for general users. Separately, Apple also re…
Lees meerApple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Replacing Intel. AMD is Boosted By Apple's Rising Interest In Video Games (eGPU related). Micromat MacCheck (Diagnostics) v1.0.7 Update (bugfixes). Design Chief Jony Ive Talks What He Looks for…
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