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Messages Read Receipts Not Working, Fix

Last updated on April 5, 2019 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

This short article explains how you can troubleshoot when read receipts feature for iMessage is not working properly. Several iPhone and iPad users have noticed that read receipts is not always sending or failing to deliver. For instance, some users have said that they stopped getting the notifications that their messages are read even thought you […]

Your Carrier May Charge For SMS Messages Used To Activate iMessage

Last updated on March 6, 2017 By Serhat Kurt 2 Comments

Are you receiving a popup message saying “Your carrier may charge for SMS messages used to activate iMessage” Are you keep getting this message randomly? And you want to turn this off? I was getting this message too whenever my iPhone restarts. Even though iMessage on my iPhone was working as expected as I was […]

How To Download Zip Files Without Unzipping

This short tip explains how you can stop Safari from automatically unzipping downloaded zip files. When you want to save a zip file on your computer, Safari will unzip .zip and .gz files after downloading. So what if you want to save as a .zip file without extracting. Zip files are compressed, archive files that […]

How To Reduce Bandwidth Usage On Your Mac

Do you want to cut down your Internet data usage? If so this article is for you. This article explains a few simple yet effective tips to reduce bandwidth usage on your Mac. In order to be able to use some tips explained here, your Mac should be running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 or later. […]

Activity Monitor: What It Is & How To Use It (Task Manager)

Activity Monitor shows a variety of processess in use, in real-time. So that you can view each of the processes running on the computer, and see how they affect the overall performance of your computer. Activity Monitor also lets you see hidden background processes. Activity Monitor is a utility app included in macOS. If you […]

How To Block or Allow Pop-Ups On Your Mac

This article explains how you can block or allow pop-up window ads on your Mac. Generally, pop-ups are forms of advertising. The good news is that you can easily configure your Safari browser to allow or block pop-up windows. How to block pop-ups in Safari Pop-ups are annoying. They are unwanted. Sometimes they may slow […]

How To Use Spotlight On Your Mac

Spotlight lets you find apps, documents, and other files and folders on your Mac. In fact, with Spotlight, you can search your Mac for anything. It is probably one of the most frequently used part of the macOS software. I, for example, use it constantly to quickly find what I am looking for on my […]

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