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How to Share your iCloud Photos with non-Apple Devices

How to Share your iCloud Photos with non-Apple Devices

Christopher Lee · Jun 3, 2017

As a Mac user, whenever you want to share a large number of photos with friends or family, chances are that iCloud Photo Sharing is one of your top choices – but what if one of the people you want to share photos with doesn’t own an Apple device? Although iCloud Photo Sharing is most […]

Apple to release smart speaker next week

Apple to release smart speaker next week

Christopher Lee · Jun 2, 2017

Only days before Apple’s eagerly anticipated Worldwide Developers Conference next week, Bloomberg has reported that the firm might announce the much-rumoured Siri-controlled smart speaker at the event. According to Bloomberg, “people familiar with the matter” confirmed that the gadget is likely to be announced at the WWDC — but that it would only ship later […]

Siri gives most wrong answers of all personal assistants

Siri gives most wrong answers of all personal assistants

Christopher Lee · Jun 1, 2017

A new generation of personal assistants promise to change the way we live. Apps such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Assistant might live up to this promise, provided they work the way they are supposed to — but do they? This is vital since around 60% of voice-controlled digital […]

Remove GPS Data from your Photos Before Sharing them

Remove GPS Data from your Photos Before Sharing them

Christopher Lee · May 31, 2017

With the rise of social networks, we’re all posting more photos online than ever before, but could the images you’re sharing online be revealing your exact GPS coordinates? Every time you snap a photo with your smartphone, tablet or digital camera, metadata (also sometimes known as EXIF data) is baked into the file. This metadata […]

Delivery delays for 15-inch MacBook could indicate impending update

Delivery delays for 15-inch MacBook could indicate impending update

Christopher Lee · May 31, 2017

The Apple Online Store has run out of inventory of the latest 15-inch MacBook Pro featuring Touch Bar configurations. Individuals who order one now can expect to receive it between the 5th June and 7th June 2017. Online retail giant Amazon is also reporting limited stock availability for these models. It just so happens that […]

Check Your Package Files for Malicious FIles and Scripts

Check Your Package Files for Malicious FIles and Scripts

Christopher Lee · May 30, 2017

Mac applications can arrive in a number of different formats, including packaged as PKG files. In the interests of keeping your Mac secure, you should never download any file that you’re suspicious about. However if you have downloaded a PKG and are starting to have second thoughts about the place you downloaded this file from, […]

Apple AI Chip

Apple developing new dedicated Artificial Intelligence chip

Christopher Lee · May 30, 2017

According to a recent Bloomberg report, Apple is working on a dedicated AI (Artificial Intelligence) chip to handle tasks such as facial and speech recognition on its smartphones and tablets. Internally referred to as Apple Neural Engine, the chip might also help enhance general performance and battery life. The company is reportedly planning to fit […]

How to Schedule Emails on the Mac

How to Schedule Emails on the Mac

Christopher Lee · May 29, 2017

At some point, we’ve all slipped up and forgotten about an important event – whether it was a friend’s birthday, a family member’s first day at a new job, or maybe even our own anniversary! Scheduling an email in advance means that, even if an important date does somehow manage to slip your mind, then […]

Updated Apple MacBooks could be announced next month

Updated Apple MacBooks could be announced next month

Christopher Lee · May 29, 2017

Apple is expected to announce an extensive upgrade to its MacBook range during its Worldwide Developer Conference which takes place from 5th June to 9th June 2017. The tech giant is expected to announce a revamped MacBook Pro and 12-inch MacBook. Rhoda Alexander, an analyst at market research firm IHS Markit, recently spoke to Fox […]

Customise every part of your Mac’s Login Screen

Customise every part of your Mac’s Login Screen

Christopher Lee · May 28, 2017

Want to give you Mac’s login screen a makeover? While you won’t find a ‘Login screen’ option in your Mac’s ‘System preferences…’ there’s actually a number of ways that you can customise the look and feel, and even the functionality, of your Mac’s login screen. By default, macOS uses a blurred version of your Desktop […]

Turn your Old Mac or MacBook into a File Server

Turn your Old Mac or MacBook into a File Server

Christopher Lee · May 26, 2017

If you’ve been a Mac fan for a while, then you may have an old Mac lying around somewhere, gathering dust. Maybe you’ve told yourself that you’re going to get around to selling or donating it one day (perhaps as soon as you’ve found the time to wipe all your personal data from it) but […]

Leaked iPhone 8 case compared to earlier versions

Leaked iPhone 8 case compared to earlier versions

Christopher Lee · May 26, 2017

What is rumoured to be an iPhone 8 mould has gained attention online, generating questions as to when the new model will be released and what specifications it will feature. Japanese blog, Mac Otakara, claims to have gotten its hands on an iPhone 8 case and has compared it side-by-side to the iPhone 7 Plus […]

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