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The ubiquitous Bluetooth wireless technology is awesome until you run into problems. If the traditional troubleshooting steps for fixing common Bluetooth connection issues won't help, try resetting your Mac's Bluetooth module to factory settings.
Apple provides the enhanced Universal 2 binary feature to its developers who wish to ship macOS apps that pack in code for both Intel and Apple Silicon systems. In other words, a universal binary runs natively on both Apple M1 and Intel-based Mac computers because it contains executable code for both architectures. However, certain edge cases may justify running a native Apple Silicon app under Rosetta emulation, and we show you how it's done.
macOS Big Sur, Apple's latest software powering Macs, has been available for more than a week now. As some people have reported problems when trying to update their late-2013 or mid-2014 13-inch MacBook Pro notebook to Big Sur, Apple has now offered a fix.
Your Mac comes with the Control Center feature that's similar to the iPhone and iPad's Control Center you already know and love. Follow along with this tutorial to learn how to use macOS Control Center, including how to customize it to your liking by adding or removing items.
Apple is holding its last media event this year tomorrow, November 10, 2020, at 10am PDT. The "One more thing" event is pre-recorded due to the COVID pandemic and work-from-home measures. Here is how you can follow Apple's upcoming product presentation and see the company's first Apple Silicon-powered Mac models, regardless of where you live and which platforms or devices you may happen to be using for the moment.
With the Reminders app on the iPhone, iPad and Mac, you can get a notification when chatting with someone in the Messages app, ensuring you don't forget about an important reminder involving that person, like asking them to return a book you loaned them a while ago.
Apple Arcade connects you with your friends on Game Center. Not only does this allow you to play with them on any of your devices, but also see what they're playing. Follow along with us as we show you how to view the list of games that are popular with your Apple Arcade friends.
An Apple Arcade subscription gives you access to more than a hundred premium games across your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac devices, with additional titles added on a regular basis. iCloud keeps your gameplay progress synchronized across devices, but what about finding you recently played Apple Arcade games? In this helpful tutorial, we'll show you how to resume Apple Arcade games that you've recently played on your devices.
You can force-quit apps on your iPad by invoking the app switcher. But did you know that you can close iPadOS apps even faster with a physical iPad keyboard without ever touching the display, trackpad, or mouse? Follow along with our tutorial to learn about this neat trick that enables you to quickly force-quit iPadOS apps with keyboard shortcuts borrowed from the Mac.
The dramatic Dark Mode look arrived to the Mac with the October 2017 release of the macOS 10.14 Yosemite software update. Fast forward three years and users can now force Dark Mode to become a bit darker thanks to a new setting in macOS 11.0 Big Sur. Follow along with our tutorial for step-by-step instructions for how to to make Dark Mode even darker on your Mac.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to display anything Siri says to you on the screen of your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac.
Apple's Voice Memos app has a feature designed to improve the sound quality of your recordings, including existing ones. Follow along with us as we show you how to use Voice Memos' Enhance Recording feature to reduce background noise and room reverberation of your voice notes.