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10 Apple URLs Every User Should Know

10 Apple URLs Every User Should Know
Sooner or later, everybody needs information from Apple or help solving a problem. 10 little-known pages at apple.com can resolve virtually any issue you may encounter. Here’s a handy quick-reference to 10 crucial Apple URLs. Read more…

What To Do If Your New iPhone Won’t Activate

What To Do If Your New iPhone Won’t Activate
It’s rare, but through no fault of your own, sometimes that shiny new iPhone stubbornly refuses to be activated. Should this unfortunate scenario ever happen to you, here’s what you should do. Read more…

Quick Tip: Swipe Away That Mac App Store Notification

Quick Tip: Swipe Away That Mac App Store Notification
You know that annoying notification banner that comes up to tell you there are updates available for your apps from the Mac App Store? I hate that thing. But there’s a quick, easy way to make the dreaded banner go away. Read more…

10 Things You Don’t Know Your iPhone Can Do

10 Things You Don’t Know Your iPhone Can Do
You’ve probably never read all 284 pages of Apple’s official iPhone manual, but we have. We’ve found 10 awesome things to make your life easier that you probably don’t know your iPhone can do. Read more…

Apple Has a Page Where You Can Check the Status of Their Online Services

Apple Has a Page Where You Can Check the Status of Their Online Services
When Apple’s iMessage/FaceTime service went down today, I learned that Apple has a “Services Status” page. How did I not know about this? I feel so out-of-the-loop. Read more…

InstaWallpaper Makes Instagram Wallpapers In Seconds

InstaWallpaper Makes Instagram Wallpapers In Seconds
For the longest time, the hit photo sharing app Instagram was exclusively an iOS application, a few months back, it finally released an Android version. But let’s face it, even though the Android version of Instagram works well, its implementation for iOS devices is still the best one – making it a seamless, more enjoyable Read more…

Protect Your Mac From Flashback: How To Disable Java

Protect Your Mac From Flashback: How To Disable Java
By now you’ve already heard of the Flashback botnet that has infected thousands of Macs worldwide. Hopefully, you’re not one of the 600,000 Macs that have been infected. Apple is already hard at work trying to make a tool that will finally stop Flashback in its tracks. Protecting yourself from Flashback is as simple as Read more…

3 MagSafe tips every MacBook owner needs to know

3 MagSafe tips every MacBook owner needs to know
If you’ve ever tripped over your MacBook’s charging cord or watch it yank out effortlessly without dragging your laptop to its demise, you surely appreciate the design of the MagSafe. Its magnetic tip connects and disconnects with ease; the power block it’s attached too mimics Apple’s design ethics. In all, the MagSafe is a very Read more…

When Video Streaming, Unlimited Data Is A Must

When Video Streaming, Unlimited Data Is A Must
The iPhone is an amazing device capable of doing so much. One of the best features is video recording and being able to stream content wherever you are. However, it’s a very data intensive task. To compensate for downloading and streaming tens or even hundreds of megabytes, you’ll need a mobile plan that can handle Read more…

SpeakingFox for Firefox

While I do like Safari, as a web developer it’s just more practical for me to use Firefox. Plus, I get to use all these cool extensions! Like this one: SpeakingFox is a Firefox add-on that does one thing, and very well. It allows you to convert text in your browser to audible speech. Safari Read more…
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