Ever since Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion, Notification Center has been ported over from iOS to live in the screens of our Mac computers. It used to be that Notification Center displays alerts of things we commonly would like to be notified about, e.g. calendar events and Facebook or Twitter updates but new versions of […]
Treat this article as you may but we are hoping it doubles up as a sort of open letter to Apple Inc, hoping for small changes in iOS. For a while now, we have noticed that since iOS7 came into the wild: whenever we use Spotlight to attempt to quickly Read More
At the time of writing, users have reported that iTunes 11.1.5 may persistently ask for a password from time to time. Regardless whether a purchase has been made and even if the iTunes store hasn’t even been accessed at all. The short answer why this may occur is owing Read More
At time of writing the Airport Utility 6.3.2 (6.3.1 on Mac OS 10.8.5 Mountain Lion) is the latest version of the main administration tool that enables Mac users to communicate with their Apple wireless access points and routers. The Airport Utility has traditionally been located in the /Applications/Utility/ folder across each Mac Read More
Buried within your Mac OS Mountain Lion lies the ability to diagnose your Wi-Fi which can help you make critical decisions on setup or assist in detecting Wi-Fi efficiency or issues. Introducing, Mac’s Wireless Diagnostic application. To launch the Wireless Diagnostic application in Mac OS Mountain Lion: hold down Read More
Most every Apple related web page in the universe is reporting that Apple has released its latest iTunes 11.1.5 update today to cure a nasty bug that could cause iTunes to crash when connected to iOS devices. iTunes 11.1.5 also also addresses compatibility issues with iBooks. Mac aficionados who are still resisting Read More
Ever since Mac OS 10.7 Lion (2011), Apple has stopped shipping Restore DVDs with their Mac computers. Opting instead to rely on their Restore firmware (a.k.a. Internet Recovery) that is encoded onto every Mac’s logic board – which unfortunately requires an internet connection for any restore to be performed. For Read More
A great big thanks to Philipp Schmieder Medien and the guys and girls at Clipgrab, Germany for this superb application that provides a quick, simple and fast standalone application to download your favourite videos from a variety of online sites. Including: Youtube Vimeo Dailymotion Metacafe youku.com myspass.de myvideo.Read More
Apple Mail 6.6’s default behaviour when we reply emails is to strip the original attachment that arrived with our email and reply with only the filename of the attachment in angle brackets. For example, the original attachment was named “expense_report_2014.xls” then our reply would usually contain the quoted Read More
From completely dysfunctional to erratic functionality – Apple’s advanced three finger swipe gesture has been widely reported to be broken ever since the last Mac OS X Mountain Lion update to 10.8.5. Typically, the three finger swipe can be setup within the Mac OS X Trackpad System Preferences to be used Read More
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