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Is your Mac ready for Big Sur? Important Steps before you Upgrade

Last updated on November 5, 2020 By Stacey Butler 1 Comment

macOS Big Sur is the next update for Apple’s macOS operating system. The latest macOS, set to be released this fall, will feature: A new design New Control Center Big changes to Maps A newly renovated Messages app A built in translator for Safari plus other major Safari improvements Greater insight into and control over […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: macOS

How to Back Up your Mac with Time Machine

Last updated on November 3, 2020 By Stacey Butler Leave a Comment

Time Machine is a built in feature of Mac for creating full backups of your entire system using an external storage device. Time Machine can automatically back up all of your files or you can use it to do a one-time backup. See also: How To Use macOS Recovery How To Back Up Your Mac […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Mac, macOS

What does AppleCare+ for AirPods Cover? Is it Worth it?

Last updated on October 31, 2020 By Stacey Butler Leave a Comment

AirPods are popular choice for wireless headphones. They are definitely not the cheapest option out there, and as with any electronic device you may encounter hardware damage or other issues. It is also pretty clear AirPods are small equipment. They can be lost or stolen. For these reasons, you might consider purchasing the AppleCare+ coverage […]

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Forgot your iPad Passcode? How to Reset to Factory Settings

Last updated on October 16, 2020 By Stacey Butler Leave a Comment

There are many different reasons you may want to erase or restore your device to factory settings. Maybe you have recently gotten a new iPad and want to sell, trade or give away your device. In that case, it is very important to do a factory reset to remove all of your personal information and […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: iPad, Passcode

Do you Want to Download “f.txt.js”?

Last updated on September 24, 2020 By Stacey Butler 1 Comment

The simple answer to the question posed in the title of this article is NO, definitely not. Many users are reporting these concerning pop-ups on their iPhones, iPads and Macs. What is it? Is it harmful? Does this mean my iPhone / iPad / Mac is already infected with something bad? See also: How to […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Safari

How to AirDrop JPG Instead of HEIC Images

Last updated on August 28, 2020 By Serhat Kurt 1 Comment

You can use AirDrop to share photos with other Apple devices that are nearby. AirDrop is a wireless file transfer feature built-in to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. This article explains how you can set your Apple devices to take photos in JPEG/JPG instead of HEIC so that your AirDrop image files will be the JPG […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: AirDrop, HEIC

How To Restore Disappeared Downloads Folder To Dock & Sidebar In Finder

Last updated on August 21, 2020 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

The Downloads folder is one of the key folders found on your Mac. Its main purpose is to house downloaded files, installers, and other content. By default, a lot of apps (Safari, Chrome, etc) will save downloaded items to your Downloads folder. AirDrop, and many other file transfer apps, will also save received content to […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Downloads

iMessage Read Receipts, How To Enable Or Disable On iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Last updated on August 17, 2020 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

A read receipt confirms that your iMessage was opened. There may be scenarios where you may not want to send read receipts. There are two gray/blue status messages that will appear under each iMessage you send: Delivered. This means that the message was successfully delivered to your recipient’s phone. Read. The recipient has opened (presumably […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: iMessage

How To Forget Wi-Fi Networks On Mac

Last updated on August 3, 2020 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

This article explains how you can forget a Wi-Fi network on your Mac. Doing so will delete a Wi-Fi network from your list of available networks. Forgetting a wireless network may be helpful in troubleshooting connection problems. You may also do this if you want to reconfigure your Wi-Fi profile by deleting the existing one […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Wi-Fi

System Preferences Is Busy And Can’t Be Closed

Last updated on July 24, 2020 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

Several Mac users have said that they are unable to use their Mac because they receive a popup error message saying “System Preferences is busy and can’t be closed.” System Preferences is used to modify your Mac’s settings. Basically, you can use System Preferences to change settings for macOS. This will let you control everything […]

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