Learn how to manually update the Spotify app on your Mac to ensure you have the latest available version with the newest features and bug fixes.
How to manually check for Spotify app updates on Mac
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How to block or unblock people on Instagram
In this short tutorial, we’ll show you how to block people on Instagram as well as unblock them if you change your mind down the road.
How to check Activation Lock status via Apple’s support pages
In the past, you could check the Activation Lock on a dedicated official iCloud page by entering the IMEI number. However, Apple removed it a few years back. Now the only reliable option to check a device's Activation Lock is by having physical access to that iPhone or iPad.
But, there is a workaround that might work for some. So the tutorial below talks about that trick which involves using the Apple Support page to check the Activation Lock. If it works for you, great! If it doesn't, you can follow these tips to check Activation Lock before buying a used iPhone.
How to turn off message notifications for unknown senders
Learn how to silence message notifications from unknown people who are not saved in your iPhone contacts list.
How to prevent your iPhone screen from turning off automatically
Learn how to stop your iPhone display from automatically dimming, locking, or turning off so it stays awake even if you don’t touch the screen.
How to create self destructing status updates on WhatsApp
In this step-by-step tutorial, we'll tell you everything there's to know about the WhatsApp's multimedia status updates feature that you can use to share photos, text, audio note, or videos for 24 hours.
How to mute posts with specific words and from unverified accounts on X
Learn how to keep your X (Twitter) timeline clean by muting all posts that have words you don’t like. Additionally, we’ll show you how to mute notifications from people or bots who haven’t confirmed their phone number or email address, or who use the default empty profile picture.
How to jailbreak your Apple TV 4 with liberTV
As reported by iDB, a jailbreak for the Apple TV 4 and tvOS 9.1-10.1 was recently released by Jonathan Levin. If you're interested in the ins and outs of his new tool, check out our article on the subject for more information.
In this guide we will focus instead on how to install the liberTV application to your Apple TV, and how to use it to jailbreak.
How to change the default AirDrop destination folder on Mac
When you send files to your Mac via AirDrop, the received files are automatically saved to the Downloads folder. While this is a logical place for them to go, it's non-configurable and lumps them in with your Mail attachments and Safari downloads.
This approach is not granular enough for some users who may wish to designate a specific folder for AirDrop files to be saved to. Although macOS does not allow this out of the box, it's possible with some straightforward steps.
In this guide, we show you how to change the save location of files you receive via AirDrop on your Mac.
How to hide contact photos from the Messages app on iPhone
Don’t like seeing the photo or the initials of your contacts in the Messages app on iPhone and iPad? This functionality can be toggled on or off, and we’ll show you how to do just that.
Tip: open video pages in Safari from YouTube app
Thanks to iOS's deep linking feature, YouTube URLs automatically open in the mobile app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Unfortunately, you cannot temporarily disable this feature for those times when you might prefer YouTube links to always open in Safari instead of the mobile app.
But don't you worry—you just have to work around a bit to have the mobile app open a video link in YouTube's mobile interface in the Safari browser.
How to install macOS 10.12 Sierra on unsupported Mac hardware
With macOS Sierra, Apple dropped support for some of its hardware models for the first time in several years. Citing various incompatibilities and hardware deficiencies, they cut out a large swathe of machines from running Sierra. However, many Mac owners have questioned their motives, observing that some machines have made the cut whilst their more powerful contemporaries (such as the MacBook Pro) have mysteriously been left behind.
This led some to conclude that Apple is simply raising the bar to encourage hardware upgrades, and that there is often no incontrovertible hardware reason which dictates the unsupported machines. In many cases this turned out to be true, and with a few tweaks and amendments many of the "unsupported" machines have been brought back into the fold by a tool by dosdude1, called macOS Sierra Patcher. In this guide, we'll walk you through how to use the tool to install macOS 10.12 Sierra on older Mac hardware, which claims not to support it.