Apple Offers Free Beats in 2017 Back to School Promotion
In branding the modern world is all about capturing the narrative, and that’s what Apple’s attempting to do with its latest Back to School Promotion, beefing up its smaller brand of Beats headphones...
View ArticleApple’s Mac Sales Decline Claims are a Work of Fiction
Above: The future of Windows PC. Thanks to Forsaken Fotos and Flickr. PC sales are collapsing, a pair of analyst reports reveal – and Apple is one of the few PC makers to hold relatively steady while...
View ArticleHow to Use the Same Calendar Across All Your Apple Devices
c/o Dafne Chalet/FLICKR Have you ever saved an event into the Calendar on your Mac and then failed to find it when you need it on your iPhone? The chances are that you have your default calendar set to...
View ArticleHow to Use Tags in macOS and iOS 11
Apple’s new Files app and the existing iCloud integration of Documents across both Macs and iOS devices mean most of us will need to begin making much more extensive use of tags when saving and...
View Article10 tips to help you get around your Mac, fast
You’ll speed through some regular tasks with these 10 top Mac tips. If you already know these tips then you’ll probably know how useful they are. If you don’t, here’s six useful Mac tips to help you...
View ArticleSwift 4 Heads Out of Beta as Swift 5 Development Begins
c/o Apple The proposal phase for Swift 4 is over and the release is now in final engineering with a view to release later this year, Ted Kremenek, Manager of the Languages and Runtimes team at Apple,...
View ArticleHow to Identify the Mac Apps Apple Plans to Kill
Developers have been given fair warning of a Mac move to 64-bit only. Image detail c/o:mjtmail (tiggy) Mac users may have missed Apple’s memo when the company warned it plans to discontinue support for...
View ArticleApple’s iPads and Laptops are ‘Most Reliable’, says Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports makes yet another change in its recommendations I’ll admit to an on/off relationship with Consumer Reports, as I’ve still not quite forgiven the title for its weird MacBook Pro with...
View Article5 Hidden TextEdit Features
Did you know about these less known features Apple’s quietly buried in its lightweight writing app? C/O: Matt MacGillivray/Flickr Ever used TextEdit on your Mac? Did you know about these less known...
View Article5 iCloud secrets you’ve probably missed
Here are 5 less well-known things you can do with iCloud online that you may not have used before. If you have an Apple ID you can also have an iCloud account, albeit with a stingy 5GB of data on the...
View Article5 Spotlight Power Search Secrets
c/o Pleunteje and Flickr You use Spotlight (Command-Space) all the time, right? Or perhaps you use the search bar in your Finder windows? Did you know you can make your searches even more accurate with...
View ArticlePixelmator Pro Will be all the Photoshop Mac users Need
This is great news: The Pixelmator team has announced plans to launch Pixelmator Pro for Mac this fall. Codename: Whirlwind In developing the product, Pixelmator looked again at how people work with...
View Article9+ Useful Siri Commands You May Have Missed
Apple’s Siri voice assistant comes in for a lot of criticism, but it is possible people would like it more if they knew some of these useful commands to help get through their day. Don’t forget, you...
View ArticleHow to Fill in Online Forms Accurately on your Mac
Image c/o: FO and Flickr. I used to get so annoyed at this: When filling in a form on my Mac, I used to get frustrated when the computer wouldn’t move accurately between the sections of the form. It...
View ArticleThese are the Dates Every Apple Fan Now Needs to Know
If you’ve been watching the Apple keynote you’ll have noticed that lots of new Apple products and software updates are on the way, so you’ll need this handy guide. September 15 iPhone 8 and iPhone 8...
View ArticleThis is a Mac Accessory Apple Should Have Invented
I’m liking this little Kickstarter product. It’s a seriously good idea that fixes one of the biggest problems we all face when using the power cable we get with notebook Macs, Sidewinder. Sidewinder...
View ArticleHow to use Mail Split View in macOS High Sierra
Apple’s Mail app introduces a new Split View mode in macOS High Sierra. Some users will have noticed that — on the surface at least — this doesn’t seem to make a great deal of difference as you could...
View ArticleHow to use the new Notes features in macOS High Sierra
c/o Tom Page Flickr Notes saw major improvements in iOS 11 and macOS Sierra. Apple has continued to improves Notes in macOS High Sierra, where you’ll find the following additions: Pin Notes Create a...
View Article5+ Mac Keyboard Shortcuts Make Using Notes Even Better
Image thanks to INPIVIC Family/Flickr Now that your Notes app on your Mac syncs with Notes on your iOS devices (and other Macs) it has become so much more useful. Handy new tools such as the Notes...
View ArticleAn iPhone and Mac Calendar Tip Everybody Needs
Do you manually create reminder alerts for everything you enter into your Mac or iPhone Calendar? Here is how to automate that process: On your iPhone/iOS Entering a meeting or other event on your...
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