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Lees meerInstagram now defaults to showing other peoples accounts when you were last active using the Instagram application. For example, if you’re using Instagram right now then other Instagram users will be able to see that you are using the app at that mo…
Lees meerUptime determines how long a computer or iOS device has been turned on for, or at least when the hardware was last booted or rebooted. On a unix machine or any Mac, you can check uptime with the uptime command or system System Information, but the i…
Lees meerImagine strapping an iPhone 7 to the bottom of an airplane, placing the camera into Panorama mode, and then flying around and capturing giant sweeping panorama images of the ground as you fly over it. The images would probably look pretty amazing, r…
Lees meerApple has released macOS 10.13.3 High Sierra beta 7 to users enrolled in the MacOS beta testing programs, along with iOS 11.2.5 beta 7 for iPhone and iPad beta testers. No new features are expected in macOS High Sierra 10.13.3, suggesting the releas…
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Lees meeriPhone has the capability to automatically answer inbound phone calls. Much as this sounds, with the auto-answer feature enabled, the iPhone will answer all phone calls automatically that come to the phone. Auto-Answer Calls is an excellent accessib…
Lees meerLittle Snitch v4.0.5 (long list of fixes/improvements). A new bug can crash iOS and macOS with a single text message. Apple accelerates US investment and job creation ($350B over 5 years). Apple's MacBook Air turns 10. Seven More Mac Features Y…
Lees meerIf you have more than one iOS device using the same Apple ID, let’s say an iPhone and an iPhone, you may have noticed that if you download an app on the iPhone, the same app will simultaneously download and appear on the iPad, and vice versa. This i…
Lees meerApple has released the sixth beta version of iOS 11.2.5 for users enrolled in the iOS beta testing program. iOS 11.2.5 beta 6 arrives just several days after beta 5 of the same iOS version was released, perhaps indicating the final public version wi…
Lees meerSee post for details on SoftRAID 5.6.4 from release notes and press release. SoftRAID now reports total bytes written for most SSDs, and a work-around for a macOS bug that caused a kernel panic when Apple's Disk Utility was used to erase a SoftRAID…
Lees meerDo you enjoy being pestered with annoying “Show Notification” requests from the many websites you visit from Chrome? Maybe you do, or maybe you don’t. You’re likely familiar with the Chrome message that pops up intrusively on so may web pages, readi…
Lees meerApple has released macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Beta 5 to users enrolled in the Mac operating system beta testing program. The new beta build likely includes various bug fixes and enhancements to the High Sierra release, marching towards the inevitable…
Lees meerApple's MacBook Air turns 10. Seven More Mac Features You Should Take for a Spin. Developer News - Beta 5 of macOS 10.13.3 (17D39a). Going to Sundance? Stop by the OWC Lounge for a chance to win a ThunderBlade V4, Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 and …
Lees meerFreeware VM VirtualBox v5.2.6 (see Change Log). Dolby Vision Firmware Updates for select Sony HDR TVs (see post for details). Review of Crucial MX500 SSD (500GB).
Lees meerIf you frequently use AirDrop on the Mac to send and receive files between Macs or to and from iOS devices, you may appreciate having ultra-fast access to AirDrop by having it readily available from the Dock of Mac OS. By using a little file system …
Lees meerYou’re out to lunch with tech-savvy friends, one of whom picks up the check and says, “Just send me your share via Apple Pay Cash.” Say what? Apple Pay Cash is Apple’s new person-to-person payment service, designed to make it easy for individ…
Lees meerApple is running a handful of new commercials, one for iPhone X, and two additional commercials for the iPad Pro. The new iPhone X ad focuses on the devices Portrait Lighting camera feature, which uses software to attempt to mimic various portrait l…
Lees meerLooking for some nice subtle wallpaper to space up your device background? How about a spin on that classic good old water droplets default wallpaper from way back in iOS 4? Well that’s exactly what these reader-provided high resolution images of wa…
Lees meerDid you hear about the battery-related controversy swirling around Apple at the end of 2017? There has been much hue and cry about how, starting with iOS 10.2.1, iOS has been slowing down iPhones with old, weak batteries to avoid unexpected sh…
Lees meerWhile Siri is perhaps best known as the voice assistant bundled on modern Macintosh computers and iOS devices, Siri can also be interacted with by typing out good old text commands. By enabling Type to Siri on the Mac, you can use Siri sort of like …
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