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How to Use FaceTime's SharePlay Feature on Mac to Watch Movies and TV Shows Together

Monday November 8, 2021 11:08 am PST by
Note: The SharePlay feature in FaceTime requires macOS Monterey 12.1, which is only available to beta testers at the time of writing. Expect Monterey 12.1 to be released to all users in late fall 2021. In macOS Monterey, FaceTime received some major enhancements on the Mac, including the ability for you to share your screen with other people on a video call. Officially called SharePlay,...
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How to Use High Power Mode on MacBook Pro

Tuesday November 7, 2023 7:55 am PST by
Apple's 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip was the first Apple silicon laptop to feature a High Power Mode for intensive, sustained workloads, and now both the 14-inch and 16-inch models with M3 Max support the feature. This article explains what it does and how to enable it. Both of Apple's latest 14-inch and 16-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ models with M3 Max chip include a High Power Mode that...
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How to Change the Refresh Rate on Your MacBook Pro Display

Wednesday November 3, 2021 5:27 pm PDT by
Like the Apple Pro Display XDR, Apple's 2021 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models offer professional-level display performance and customization options. This article focuses on how to change the refresh rate of the display on the new ‌MacBook Pro‌. For its redesigned ‌MacBook Pro‌ models, Apple pulled out all the stops to make the new Macs more attractive to professional users. In doing so,...
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How to AirPlay Music and Video From iPhone or iPad to Mac

Monday November 1, 2021 12:48 pm PDT by
Thanks to the release of macOS Monterey, Apple has introduced full AirPlay support on Mac, which means you can now ‌AirPlay‌ content from an iPhone or iPad straight to your Mac, or even from one Mac to another Mac. With Monterey installed, your Mac can also function as an ‌AirPlay‌ 2 speaker source, allowing you to wirelessly stream music or podcasts from an Apple device to a Mac or use the...
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How to Hide the MacBook Pro Notch

Monday November 1, 2021 12:46 pm PDT by
Apple's 2021 MacBook Pro models unexpectedly came with a display notch, or as Apple calls it, a camera housing, which sits dead center at the top of the screen. This article covers all the ways you can conceal the notch or at least make it play nice with your apps using software-based solutions. The inclusion of a notch on the redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro allowed Apple to slim...
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How to Make an App's Menu Bar Fit Below a MacBook Pro's Display Notch

Friday October 29, 2021 12:53 pm PDT by
When Apple unveiled its new MacBook Pro models with a notch to house the camera in the thinner display bezel, many users saw it as a potential problem for third-party apps that place additional content across the menu bar, such as menus that extend from the left or menu items that extend from the right. However, it turns out Apple was wise to the potential issue of having menus or menu items ...
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macOS Monterey: How to Make Your Mac User Profile an Animated Memoji

Wednesday October 27, 2021 9:43 pm PDT by
In macOS Monterey, you can use an animated Memoji as your Mac user profile instead of a standard static image. Of course you could always use a still photo of yourself to welcome you at startup and on the Lock Screen, but where's the fun in that? Keep reading to learn how it's done. Click the Apple () symbol in the menu bar and select System Preferences.... Click Users & Groups in the...
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How to Enable Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio and Apple Lossless on HomePod

Friday February 3, 2023 2:00 am PST by
Apple's ‌HomePod‌ (first- and second-generation) and HomePod mini feature support for Apple Music's Lossless Audio and Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio formats. This article explains how to enable them. Apple's spatial audio feature uses Dolby Atmos to create a richer, more immersive soundstage when listening to songs in the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog that support spatial audio. With Dolby Atmos...
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How to Clean Install macOS Monterey Easily Using the New Erase Mac Option

Monday October 25, 2021 2:45 pm PDT by
Apple today released macOS 12 Monterey, and whenever a new operating system is released for the Mac, some users prefer to perform a clean installation. This article explains how to perform what is effectively a clean install of Monterey using a brand new option that's available on Apple silicon-powered Macs and Intel Macs with a T2 security chip. Clean installing macOS is often done to...
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How to End-to-End Encrypt Your WhatsApp Chat Backups in iCloud

Friday October 15, 2021 2:03 am PDT by
WhatsApp end-to-end encrypted backups are now rolling out for iPhone users, Facebook has announced. Until now, WhatsApp let users back up their chat history to ‌‌iCloud‌‌, but the messages and media contained in the backups weren't protected by WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption while in ‌‌Apple's cloud servers‌. End-to-end encryption ensures only you and the person you're...
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How to Fix Mail Notification Sounds in iOS 15

Thursday October 14, 2021 9:19 pm PDT by
After updating to iOS 15, a number of users have discovered that they are no longer hearing notification sounds for the Mail app. To fix this issue, you may need to adjust your Mail notification settings. Open the Settings app, tap Mail, and then tap Notifications. At the bottom of the Notifications screen, tap Customize Notifications. Tap the desired email account. Turn on or off the...
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How to Watch the 'Unleashed' MacBook Pro Apple Event on October 18

Thursday October 14, 2021 5:33 pm PDT by
Apple's second fall event is coming up and is set to take place on Monday, October 18 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. As with Apple's last several events, "Unleashed" will be digital only and streamed online. It is expected to focus on the MacBook Pro models, which many Apple fans are eagerly awaiting. This how to offers details on how you can watch the event and when it will take place in your...
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iOS 15: How to Set a Recovery Contact for Your Apple ID Account

Thursday October 14, 2021 12:36 pm PDT by
Losing your Apple ID password can make your digital life a misery, because it can leave you locked out of the account that you use to manage your Apple devices, unable to access your iCloud data and manage your app and service subscriptions. In this scenario, Apple can't just reset your password for you, especially if your have two-factor authentication enabled. Setting up a recovery is one ...
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iOS 15: How to Get Notified If You Leave Your AirPods Pro Behind

Monday October 11, 2021 10:41 am PDT by
In iOS 15, Apple added separation alerts to the Find My app, which let you know when you leave an AirTag or other Apple device behind. Thanks to an October 2021 firmware update, AirPods Pro now also support separation alerts. This article explains more about how they work and how you can set them up. Called "Notify When Left Behind," the ‌‌Find My‌‌ separation alerts in iOS 15 let you know ...
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How to Find Your AirPods Pro Using the Find My Network in iOS 15

Monday October 11, 2021 10:35 am PDT by
Apple in October 2021 updated the firmware on ‌AirPods Pro‌‌ to enable the wireless earphones to take advantage of the ‌Find My‌ network and allow them to be located through connections with the Apple devices owned by other people. This article explains how to make sure your ‌AirPods Pro‌ have the latest firmware and how to find your ‌AirPods Pro‌ using the ‌Find My‌ Network. Prior to...
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iOS 15: How to Set Up a Notification Summary

Monday October 11, 2021 10:27 am PDT by
Notifications in iOS 15 got a design overhaul on iPhone and iPad, and one of the marquee feature additions is notification summary. This article explains what it is and how to use it. With the notification summary, you can schedule select app notifications to be delivered alongside others as a bundle at a specific time of the day. The idea is that by bundling non-urgent notifications and...
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How to Enable Conversation Boost on AirPods Pro

Friday October 8, 2021 4:32 pm PDT by
Apple's AirPods Pro in October 2021 received a software update that adds a Conversation Boost feature to the wireless earphones. This article explains what Conversation Boost does and how to enable it. Designed to help people with mild hearing challenges hear conversations better, the Conversation Boost feature uses the beam-forming microphones on the ‌AirPods Pro‌ to boost the volume of a...
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iOS 15: How to Use Tags to Organize Your Notes

Thursday October 7, 2021 5:56 pm PDT by
In iOS 15, Apple has added a much-requested feature to the Notes app in the form of tags. This means you can now include hashtags in your notes which can help you organize your notes and find stored notes more easily. Let's take a look at how they work. Launch the Notes app and create a new note or select an existing one. Add a tag anywhere in the note by using the hash (#) symbol and...
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How to Shoot Macro Photography on iPhone 12 and Earlier Models

Thursday October 7, 2021 2:03 pm PDT by
iPhone 13 Pro models feature an upgraded Ultra Wide camera that enables macro photography, allowing users to take close-up photos of flowers, insects, and other objects that are as close as 2cm to the camera lens. While Apple's Macro Mode is limited to ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro models, owners of older iPhones can also take close-up shots, thanks to popular third-party camera app Halide. Halide's Macro...
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How to Disable Macro Mode on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max

Thursday October 7, 2021 2:01 pm PDT by
When Apple introduced the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max models, it debuted a new camera feature that enables macro photography, allowing users to take close-up photos of flowers, insects, and other objects that are as close as 2cm to the camera lens. When Macro Mode is enabled, the ‌iPhone‌ camera automatically switches from the Wide lens to the Ultra Wide lens when an object is placed within 5.5...