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Photos People: How to Add a Face Photos Doesn't Recognize

Melissa Holt · 9:37 AM EDT, May 11th, 2018 · 1 Comment

If Photos won’t recognize a face within a picture of yours—either because the subject is making a funny expression or because she’s turned away from the camera—we’ve got the solution for you in today’s Quick Tip! We’ll tell you how to manually add an image to the appropriate “Faces” category.

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5 Mother's Day iPhone Cases Your Mom Will Actually Like

Andrew Orr · 3:09 PM EDT, May 10th, 2018 · Add Comment

I showed a bunch of cases to my own mom and these are the ones she liked.

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iOS: How to Manage Email Notifications in Mail

Andrew Orr · 1:21 PM EDT, May 10th, 2018 · Add Comment

So you have more than one email account in Mail, and all of a sudden you have a deluge of notifications?

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Here's Everything You Need to Know About Carbon Copy Cloner APFS Snapshots

John Martellaro · 5:09 PM EDT, May 9th, 2018 · Add Comment

Bombich Software released version 5.1 of Carbon Copy Cloner on April 24 with snapshot support. There’s a lot to know about this major upgrade, and so some basic Q&A seems in order. Read this first.

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macOS: Save Multiple Images in Preview as a PDF

Andrew Orr · 1:09 PM EDT, May 9th, 2018 · Add Comment

Preview is such an underrated tool in macOS. It lets you view and edit images and PDFs.

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Here's How to Fix the Black Dot Bug on Your iPhone

Jeff Gamet · 10:49 AM EDT, May 9th, 2018 · 1 Comment

There’s a malicious text message, called Black Dot, making the rounds that can crash the Messages app on your iPhone. Here’s how to fix it.

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How to Stop Your Mac from Showing Up on a Network

Melissa Holt · 9:42 AM EDT, May 9th, 2018 · 2 Comments

If you don’t want your Mac to advertise its existence on any network you join, then there’s a simple option you’ll turn off to prevent that. Depending on your settings, this could stop unauthorized guests from connecting to your computer—or it could just keep people from seeing what silly name you’ve given your Mac. Both outcomes are good!