One of the big changes that arrived with the iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 updates on Tuesday was the ability to track COVID-19 exposure through your iOS device. The mighty Charlotte Henry over at The Mac Observer has assembled the following quick instructions to activate this on your end. To turn on COVID-19 Exposure Logging […]
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This is one of the handiest things I’ve run across in a long time. As much as I love my Apple keyboard, it builds up dirt over time. A cool instructional video from 2015 by an author going under the name “Gumballer9”, shows you how, quickly and cheaply, take a paper towel, wrap it around […]
It’s understandable that you’d want to keep your personal stuff, well, personal. That being said, CNET’s mighty Topher Kessler has turned out a spiffy step-by-step guide as to how to encrypt certain parts of your Mac’s hard drive while keeping other parts open as needed using OS X’s Disk Utility and Terminal applications. Take a […]
You either love or hate Adobe Flash Player. It’s there, it’s useful, but it can also act like a screaming, colicky infant and be more trouble than it’s worth. Albeit it DOES allow you to watch hilarious cat videos on YouTube, so who are you to argue? Even so, for those who ever wondered how […]
You like your MacBook Pro. And if you paid extra for it, you’re probably pretty fond of your MacBook Pro’s backlit keyboard. So when it goes south/doesn’t light up, there’s some room for consternation. To this end, the cool cats over at MacFixIt have assembled a useful list of steps to take if your backlight […]