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6 Affordable Mother's Day Gifts

2:25 PM EDT, May 6th, 2019 · Andrew Orr · Quick Tip

Mother’s Day is coming up on May 12. Besides cards and flowers, here are 6 affordable Mother’s Day gifts you might like.

macOS: How to Disable Homebrew Analytics

10:08 AM EDT, May 6th, 2019 · Andrew Orr · Quick Tip

Homebrew has recently started to collect data, which helps the developers. But if you don’t like this you can disable Homebrew analytics.

Summarize Articles With My AutoTLDR Shortcut

12:28 PM EDT, May 2nd, 2019 · Andrew Orr · Quick Tip

Andrew was inspired by Reddit’s TLDR bot to create his own shortcut to summarize articles and save them for later.

macOS Mojave: How to Disable Mojave Screenshot Shadows

9:25 AM EDT, May 1st, 2019 · Andrew Orr · Quick Tip

macOS Mojave changed the way we took screenshots with a new Screenshot app. Here’s how to disable Mojave screenshot shadows using Terminal.

iOS: How to Create a Table of Contents in Pages

11:03 AM EDT, Apr 26th, 2019 · Andrew Orr · Quick Tip

Last month, Apple released Pages version 5.0 that lets people create a table of contents, a feature previously only available on macOS.

iOS: How to Control Which Apps Can Access Your Contacts (You Should)

5:49 PM EDT, Apr 23rd, 2019 · John Martellaro · How-To

Sometimes an iOS app wants access to your Contacts — for good but sometimes also bad reasons. Here’s how control which apps can read your iOS Contacts. And revoke permission if necessary.

iOS Mail: What’s the Difference Between Push and Fetch?

11:08 AM EDT, Apr 18th, 2019 · Andrew Orr · Quick Tip

If you’ve poked around in the Settings app, you may have noticed that Mail supports something called ‘Push’ and ‘Fetch.’

How to Use Alexa to Control Apple Music on Sonos

1:52 PM EDT, Apr 17th, 2019 · Dave Hamilton · How-To

Late last year, Alexa gained the ability to control Apple Music. At that point, only Amazon-branded devices would work. As of today, April 17th, 2019, Alexa on your Sonos One or Sonos Beam can now control Apple Music. You can also use any Echo device to control your connected Sonos system. We’ll show you how!

iOS 12.2: What Does AQI in Apple Maps Mean?

1:33 PM EDT, Apr 9th, 2019 · Andrew Orr · Quick Tip

Yesterday Andrew discovered something new in iOS: AQI in Apple Maps. It’s a new feature that came with iOS 12.2. Here’s what it means.

How To Convert iPhone Photos Back to JPG Format

5:57 PM EDT, Apr 3rd, 2019 · John Martellaro · How-To

If you find that the default file format for your iPhone’s photos is HEIC and you wanted JPG instead, here’s how to change it back.

Turn Your Mac Into a DJ Booth

12:31 PM EDT, Apr 2nd, 2019 · Charlotte Henry · Tips

There are some fantastic software options to help you DJ properly on your Mac and without breaking the bank.

The TL;DR on Apple's macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Gmail/G-Suite Issue: It's Fixed

2:10 PM EDT, Mar 30th, 2019 · Dave Hamilton · Analysis

Earlier this week many folks began experiencing an issue where macOS Mojave 10.14.4 could not properly log in to some Gmail-based accounts, mostly those using G-Suite for custom domains. The good news is that, as of late last night, this problem appears to have been eradicated.