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How to recover deleted photos, music and other files on your Mac

How to recover deleted photos, music and other files on your Mac

Christopher Lee · Apr 21, 2018

Most of us have experienced the pain of losing an important file. Maybe you hit the ‘Delete’ key at the wrong moment or a file has become corrupted, or perhaps the problem is more severe, for example maybe you formatted your hard drive without realising that this deletes all your data! Regardless of whether you […]

Apple finally removes Calculator% app after police investigation

Apple finally removes Calculator% app after police investigation

Christopher Lee · Apr 20, 2018

In today’s Apple news the company has finally dropped the popular Calculator% app from the App Store. This comes only a few days after the Durham police department warned parents to guard against this type of app. Teenagers reportedly loved Calculator%, which on the surface was a full-featured and totally legitimate calculator app for iPad […]

Feeling watched? Opt out of targeted ads on Facebook, Twitter, and Google

Feeling watched? Opt out of targeted ads on Facebook, Twitter, and Google

Christopher Lee · Apr 20, 2018

Have you ever researched a product online, only for that exact same item to suddenly feature in every advert you encounter across the World Wide Web? If you’ve ever encountered an online ad and immediately thought “but how do they know?” then chances are you’ve seen targeted advertising in action. This particularly invasive brand of […]

Apple reportedly plans to start subscription magazine service

Apple reportedly plans to start subscription magazine service

Christopher Lee · Apr 20, 2018

According to a new report, Apple intends to introduce its own top-rated subscription magazine service. This will be integrated into the Apple News app. Apple, of course, bought magazine app Texture earlier in 2018. The app offers well over 200 magazines for only $9.99 per month. Since buying Texture, the Cupertino-based company reportedly terminated the […]

Get a great night’s sleep! How to use Sierra’s Night Shift feature

Get a great night’s sleep! How to use Sierra’s Night Shift feature

Christopher Lee · Apr 18, 2018

Messing around on electronics before bed can seriously affect the quality of your sleep. Scrolling through your smartphone, tablet or laptop keeps your brain active and can even send your stress levels through the roof (especially if you’re in the bad habit of checking your work emails right before bed!) There’s a scientific reason why […]

Batteries bursting from Apple Watch Series 2 devices

Batteries bursting from Apple Watch Series 2 devices

Christopher Lee · Apr 17, 2018

If you are the proud owner of an Apple Watch Series 2 model that has a swollen battery or fails to power on, Apple will now repair it free of charge. The company on Friday sent an internal document to Apple Authorized Service Providers and Apple Stores in which it states that it was aware […]

How to setup and use Family Sharing on Mac

How to setup and use Family Sharing on Mac

Christopher Lee · Apr 17, 2018

Need an easy way to share music, movies, TV shows and apps with your family? Using Family Sharing, you can share purchases, subscriptions, storage and more, with up to six people, and without having to share your Apple accounts. What exactly can I share? Once Family Sharing is up and running, you can share lots […]

Change your Dock’s colour, shape and the way it functions, with cDock

Change your Dock’s colour, shape and the way it functions, with cDock

Christopher Lee · Apr 16, 2018

macOS isn’t the most customisable of operating systems, but with the help of some third party tools you can completely overhaul the macOS Dock to better reflect your personal style. In this article, we’re going to look at how to change the Dock’s colour, shape, and even the way it functions, using the cDock application. […]

Prevent cryptocurrency miners from hijacking your CPU

Prevent cryptocurrency miners from hijacking your CPU

Christopher Lee · Apr 14, 2018

Even if your Mac is protected with anti-malware and anti-virus software, and you make a point of keeping your operating system and applications up to date, there’s always new security threats to worry about. Cryptocurrency mining is the latest threat that can transform your Mac into an algorithm-solving machine that generates cryptocurrency coins for website […]

How to rip DVDs and Blu-rays to your Mac, using Handbrake

How to rip DVDs and Blu-rays to your Mac, using Handbrake

Christopher Lee · Apr 13, 2018

Since Apple made the decision to remove disc drives from their laptops, watching a movie or TV show on your Mac isn’t always the easiest thing in the world! With the rise of streaming-on-demand services like YouTube, Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, your Mac’s lack of a physical DVD drive might never become an issue. […]

How to permanently turn off your Mac’s startup sound

How to permanently turn off your Mac’s startup sound

Christopher Lee · Apr 12, 2018

Every time you power up your Mac, it greets you with that distinctive chime that Apple computers have become known for. This startup tone lets you know that your Mac has passed a pre-boot test and that everything is working fine, but after a while the startup sound can become annoying – and perhaps even […]

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