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How to Enable Messages in iCloud on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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How to Enable Messages in iCloud on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Jeff Gamet · 10:07 AM EDT, May 30th, 2018 · 1 Comment

iOS 11.4 and macOS 10.13.5 give us a feature Apple first showed off nearly a year ago: Messages in iCloud. The feature is easy to enable. Read on to learn how.

A Great Collection of WWDC 2018 Wishlists
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A Great Collection of WWDC 2018 Wishlists

John Martellaro · 2:56 PM EDT, May 25th, 2018 · 1 Comment

Technical journalists don’t have access to Apple’s roadmaps, but they do have pretty good ideas about what might help us all with Apple’s new hardware and software.

How to Install NetBeans to Write and Debug HTML on Your Mac for Free, Part II
Deep Dive

How to Install NetBeans to Write and Debug HTML on Your Mac for Free, Part II

John Martellaro · 7:07 PM EDT, May 24th, 2018 · 1 Comment

NetBeans is a very useful IDE that supports many languages on the Mac. In the first article, John explained how to do the install. Here, in Part II, he shows how to get started writing and learning HTML.

macOS: How to Optimize Mac Storage for Your Hard Drive
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macOS: How to Optimize Mac Storage for Your Hard Drive

Andrew Orr · 2:03 PM EDT, May 23rd, 2018 · Add Comment

Optimize Storage lets you free up storage space by having the system automatically keep things in iCloud.

Podcasts
  • Sci-Fi Stuff We're Waiting For: From Immersive Reality to Robot Companions
  • I'm Pretty Much a Doctor Now? — Mac Geek Gab 917
  • Focus Mode and Thwarted Criminals – TMO Daily Observations 2022-02-23
  • Apple's Peek Performance Event, and Bryan Spends Some Money
  • Geeky Reactions to Apple's Peek Performance Event — Mac Geek Gab 918
  • The Streaming TV Episode: What We're Watching Now
How to Install NetBeans to Write and Debug HTML on Your Mac for Free, Part I
Deep Dive

How to Install NetBeans to Write and Debug HTML on Your Mac for Free, Part I

John Martellaro · 6:14 PM EDT, May 22nd, 2018 · Add Comment

You’re in an HTML class. You want to write, test and debug your HTML without the fuss of running a separate web server. NetBeans allows you to do that. John shows us how.

1Password 7 Launches Today, and Here’s How to Download It
How-To

1Password 7 Launches Today, and Here's How to Download It

Andrew Orr · 2:46 PM EDT, May 22nd, 2018 · 4 Comments

Here are the new features available as well as instructions on upgrading.

How to Restore from a Time Machine Snapshot
Quick Tip

How to Restore from a Time Machine Snapshot

Melissa Holt · 9:32 AM EDT, May 22nd, 2018 · 4 Comments

Time Machine now saves what are called local snapshots on your Mac’s internal drive; these can be used to restore files when your backup drive isn’t available or even to roll back your entire system. In today’s Quick Tip, we’ll talk about how to take advantage of them!

The Developers Union Forms to Give Indie Developers a Voice to Apple
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The Developers Union Forms to Give Indie Developers a Voice to Apple

Bryan Chaffin · 6:30 PM EDT, May 18th, 2018 · Add Comment

The group says it will start by asking Apple for developer-friendly changes to the App Store. Its goal is 20,000 members by early June (i.e. WWDC), and has 182 members so far (16 of whom joined while I was working on this article).

iPhone Addiction is Our Problem, Not Apple’s
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iPhone Addiction is Our Problem, Not Apple's

John Martellaro · 5:37 PM EDT, May 18th, 2018 · 9 Comments

Sure. We can whine. Apple is causing our iPhone addiction. Except, that’s not true. The cause is us. The solution is in us.

Podcasts
  • Thursdays with Bob: (Lack of) Tech Support – TMO Daily Observations 2022-02-24
  • BBEdit and Shortcuts and You – TMO Daily Observations 2022-02-21
  • Security Stuff: Protecting Your Data and Staying Safe Online
  • Quick Tips Galore! — Mac Geek Gab 915
  • Living that Cord Cutter Life
  • The Streaming TV Episode: What We're Watching Now
macOS: How to Automatically Quit Apps by Being a Quitter
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macOS: How to Automatically Quit Apps by Being a Quitter

Andrew Orr · 1:54 PM EDT, May 18th, 2018 · Add Comment

Marco Arment has an app called Quitter that lets you automatically quit apps by creating a few rules.

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