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How to Turn on Bluetooth on your Mac without a Keyboard, Mouse, or Trackpad

Last updated on January 13, 2021 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

This article explains how you can turn on Bluetooth on your Mac without using your keyboard, mouse, or trackpad. This may sound silly but there can be situations that can require you to switch Bluetooth back on without a mouse, trackpad, or keyboard. For example, you may have turned off Bluetooth accidentally on your Mac. […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Bluetooth

How to Find Receipts for Apple Purchases

Last updated on January 13, 2021 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

In this article, I explain how you can view and download your receipts for Apple products that you have directly bought from Apple. Apple makes its products available for sale online and in-store. The main focus of this article is on retrieving receipts for Apple hardware products such as iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Apple

Siri Opens in Full Screen Mode instead of the New Compact Interface

Last updated on December 31, 2020 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

Some users have said that Siri is still taking over the entire screen even if they are running iOS 14 or later. Up until iOS 14, when you invoke Siri, the Siri interface would take up the entire screen. However, if your device has iOS 14 or later, you will now see a Siri orb […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Siri

Keyboard Typing Lag, Fix

Last updated on December 28, 2020 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

Several iPhone and iPad users have said that they have been experiencing keyboard lags when typing texts, mails or iMessage messages. This article explains how you can fix the typing lag or delay problem. Some users have said that they only started noticing lagging problems after updating iOS or iPadOS software. It appears that some […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Keyboard

iPhone or iPad not Showing up in Finder on Mac, Fix

Last updated on December 22, 2020 By Serhat Kurt Leave a Comment

You may want to connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac for various reasons. For example, you may want to do so when you want to sync, backup, restore or update your device using your Mac. When you connect your device to your computer using a USB cable, your device will appear under Locations […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Finder

Your Mac Was Unable to Communicate with your Apple Watch, Fix

Last updated on December 12, 2020 By Serhat Kurt 1 Comment

You can use your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac. This feature is also called Auto Unlock. Several users have said that they are unable to unlock their Mac with their Apple Watch. Users have further said that they receive the following error code when they attempt to set up Auto Unlock on the Mac: […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: Auto-Lock

“PDE.plugin” Will Damage Your Computer, Fix

Last updated on December 10, 2020 By Serhat Kurt 1 Comment

Some Mac users have said that their Hewlett Packard (HP) devices stopped working properly, preventing them from printing or scanning. More specifically, users have reported that they see an alert when they attempt to use their HP printer or scanner. The message says: “PDE.plugin” will damage your computer. This file was downloaded on an unknown […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: HP, Printer

“HPDeviceMonitoring.framework” will damage your computer, Fix

Last updated on December 4, 2020 By Stacey Butler 1 Comment

Users have reported this pop-up message appearing due to an HP printer driver certificate issue. Other possible messages related to this issue are: Report malware to Apple… One or more components of the HP printer software are corrupted or missing ‘Filter’ failed Failed to open a connection to the device (-21345) Software for “%@” failed […]

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

How to Change the Login Screen Background in macOS Big Sur

Last updated on November 18, 2020 By Serhat Kurt 45 Comments

You can customize your login screen on your Mac. This article describes how you can change your macOS Big Sur login screen to display any image you want when your Mac turns on. Here is how: The login screen is where you enter your password. See also: macOS Catalina: How To Change The Login Screen […]

Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: macOS Big Sur

Adobe’s Support for Flash Player Will End: What Does This Mean for Mac Users?

Last updated on November 12, 2020 By Stacey Butler 3 Comments

Adobe Flash Player will officially reach its end-of-life (EOL) status on December 31, 2020 after nearly 25 years. If you don’t keep up with tech news, you may have learned about this from a pop-up like the one above. This means that Flash Player will no longer be distributed, supported or updated by Adobe. But […]

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

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