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Most Everything to Know About Apple TV 4K

John Martellaro · November 28, 2017

The holidays are upon us, and so John put together (most) everything a buyer might need to know about the Apple TV 4K.

How to Use iMazing to Manage Apps

Jeff Butts · November 8, 2017

Jeff Butts takes you on a tour through the new feature, showing how efficient and effective iMazing has become at app management.

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Everything Apple Pay Cash, From Setup to Sending Money

Jeff Butts · November 7, 2017

Jeff Butts takes one for the team and puts his money where his mouth is in this walkthrough and explanation of Apple’s newest service offering.

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Create a Surround Sound System in macOS With Speakers You Already Own

Jeff Butts · October 9, 2017

Through the magic of Audio MIDI Setup, you too can have your own custom surround sound system in macOS, using speakers you’ve already got laying around.

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How to Make Money from Bitcoin Faucets [Update]

Bryan Chaffin · October 6, 2017

Bryan Chaffin has been using Bitcoin faucets for years, shares everything he’s learned about making the most out of them. [Updated with new information.]

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An APFS FAQ: Partitions, Volumes, and AFPS Containers

John Martellaro · October 3, 2017

Apple’s new file system, APFS, introduces a few wrinkles, so here’s a short, easy FAQ to help you make sense of it all.

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macOS High Sierra Disk Utility: A Video Walkthrough

Jeff Butts · October 2, 2017

Jeff Butts shows us a real “gotcha,” the fact that Disk Utility hides full volume trees by default, plus how to reformat an APFS container and volume to a macOS Extended partition.

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Understanding the watchOS 4 Control Center

Jeff Butts · September 28, 2017

Too many buttons, you might say, but each one in the watchOS 4 Control Center serves a very important purpose.

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Time Machine and APFS: What You Need to Know

Jeff Butts · September 25, 2017

To make a long story short, everything should work fine for most users, with just a few “gotchas” to be aware of.

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Preparation Guide For macOS High Sierra Installation

John Martellaro · September 25, 2017

Here’s everything you need to know before upgrading to macOS High Sierra.

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Prepping Your Old iPhone for Its New Owner

Jeff Butts · September 21, 2017

It doesn’t take much time, but following this procedure keeps your data safe and gives your iPhone’s new owner a fresh device.

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Update Hackintosh High Sierra, the Painless Way

Jeff Butts · August 30, 2017

This used to be a no-brainer, but Apple has made it slightly more difficult with the latest builds.

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Archive, Compress, and Password-Protect Your Files With Automator

Jeff Butts · August 23, 2017

There’s a right way and a wrong way to password-protect your files, so let’s focus on the right, stronger way to get the job done.

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iOS 11 iPad Multitasking Explained

Jeff Butts · August 17, 2017

The way you work with multiple apps on your iOS 11 iPad has changed slightly, with some good changes but also a few that make Jeff Butts shake his head a bit.

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How to Resize Your APFS Container on macOS High Sierra

Jeff Butts · August 7, 2017

It isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do yet, but it’s definitely possible as of the latest macOS High Sierra beta.

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Building Valtur, a Custom Hackintosh

Jeff Butts · July 31, 2017

This was an incredibly fun project that turned out better than I expected.

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Here's Why You Still Need to Force Quit Some iPhone Apps

Dave Hamilton · July 20, 2017

John Gruber penned a piece at Daring Fireball with this premise: iOS is so good at managing background apps that you never need to force quit them. He is 100% correct that this is true about iOS and most apps. Unfortunately, as with most general advice, there are exceptions. We’ll show you how to find them.