30 Jun 2016

OS X Daily: 8 Simple iPhone Security Tips

OS X Daily: 8 Simple iPhone Security Tips

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8 Simple iPhone Security Tips

Posted: 30 Jun 2016 12:00 PM PDT

An iPhone contains huge amounts of detailed personal information about the owner, including emails, contact lists, banking information, personal notes, pictures, and much more, all of which most users want to keep private and secure. Fortunately the iPhone makes having a secured device pretty user friendly, and even novice users can take a few fairly ... Read More

29 Jun 2016

OS X Daily: “Get Procreate Free, the Amazing Painting App for iPhone & iPad” plus 2 more

OS X Daily: “Get Procreate Free, the Amazing Painting App for iPhone & iPad” plus 2 more

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Get Procreate Free, the Amazing Painting App for iPhone & iPad

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 03:34 PM PDT

Procreate is easily one of the best painting, drawing, and illustration apps available for iOS, with an amazing array of brushes, features, layers support, and so much more. If you’re even slightly artistically minded or just like to sketch a bit, it blows the iOS Notes drawing tools out of the water by a bazillion ... Read More

How to Change Mac System Language via Command Line

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 12:01 PM PDT

Polyglots, learners, and the bilingual often want to change their Mac system language for obvious reasons, but another less obvious situation can occur if you’re troubleshooting a Mac that either originates in another country, had the language changed at some point, or is just set to a different language. Since it can be pretty challenging ... Read More

Beta 4 of iOS 9.3.3, OS X El 10.11.6, tvOS 9.2.2 Released

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 10:25 AM PDT

The fourth beta versions of iOS 9.3.3, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, and tvOS 9.2.2 have been released to users participating in both the developer beta program and the public beta testing programs. The new releases likely offer refinements and bug fixes as the system software marches towards a final public release. No new features ... Read More

28 Jun 2016

OS X Daily: Safari Web Content “Not Responding” on Mac? Fix the Beach Ball with These Tips

OS X Daily: Safari Web Content “Not Responding” on Mac? Fix the Beach Ball with These Tips

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Safari Web Content “Not Responding” on Mac? Fix the Beach Ball with These Tips

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 11:15 AM PDT

Mac Safari users may occasionally experience an issue where the web browser becomes unresponsive for an extended period of time, usually accompanied by the appearance of the spinning multi-color beach ball cursor. With a little digging under the hood, this almost always corresponds with the appearance of “Safari Web Process (Not Responding)” showing up in ... Read More

27 Jun 2016

OS X Daily: Check iCloud Email from a Windows PC or Anywhere via Web

OS X Daily: Check iCloud Email from a Windows PC or Anywhere via Web

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Check iCloud Email from a Windows PC or Anywhere via Web

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 11:21 AM PDT

Many Apple users don’t know this, but you can access your iCloud.com email address from anywhere. That means you can read, write, forward, and save drafts of any iCloud emails, and it’s all done through the web. The great thing about this approach is that allows a user to check and use iCloud.com email without ... Read More

26 Jun 2016

OS X Daily: The Mac “Differentiate without color” Accessibility Setting Explained

OS X Daily: The Mac “Differentiate without color” Accessibility Setting Explained

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The Mac “Differentiate without color” Accessibility Setting Explained

Posted: 26 Jun 2016 01:21 PM PDT

Mac users who have explored the Display Accessibility preference panels, perhaps to disable transparency or to increase visual contrast, have likely seen another setting called “Differentiate without color.” If you have wondered what that setting does or means, you’re certainly not alone, and you may have even toggled it on or off trying to see ... Read More

25 Jun 2016

OS X Daily: How to Use Apple Hardware Test to Diagnose Mac Problems

OS X Daily: How to Use Apple Hardware Test to Diagnose Mac Problems

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How to Use Apple Hardware Test to Diagnose Mac Problems

Posted: 25 Jun 2016 01:04 PM PDT

One of the definitive ways for an average user to determine if their Mac has a hardware problem is to run Apple Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostics, which is what we’re going to show you how to do in this tutorial. Yes, most Mac users will experience plenty of years of trouble-free computing, but sometimes ... Read More