Learn how to stop your iPhone from vibrating when you receive a notification, a text message, or a call—even when muted in silent mode—to reduce distractions.
How to prevent your iPhone from vibrating when it’s on mute
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How to make your Mac speak with a simple Terminal command
Find out how to make your Mac speak anything you want using the Terminal app that comes preinstalled on every macOS computer.
13 System Settings tricks every Mac owner should know
In this tutorial, you will learn about the most important System Settings (previously called System Preferences) shortcuts and see how to leverage them to make the most of this essential app on your Mac.
How to change how frequently your Mac checks for software updates
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to change the frequency your Mac looks for software updates and notifies you of them so you can stay up to date with the latest bug fixes, security improvements, and new features.
How to transfer purchased media from iPhone and iPad to a computer
In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the easy process of transferring your purchased music, movies, television shows, ringtones, podcasts, and books from an iPhone or iPad to a Mac or Windows PC.
How to revoke app permissions from your X (Twitter) account
Learn how to revoke permission for apps connected to your X (formerly called Twitter) account so you can clean it up and remove old, unnecessary apps from having access to your account.
How to turn off natural scrolling for your Mac trackpad and mouse
Did you recently switch from a Windows PC to a Mac and are annoyed with the scrolling direction? Learn how to turn off natural scrolling in macOS so your content scrolls in the same direction as your fingers when you use the trackpad or mouse.
How to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription
In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of canceling your Spotify Premium subscription from your iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Mac, or PC and downgrade your account to the free tier.
Why and how to stress test your Mac fans and CPU
As rare as it may be, your processor or CPU cooling fans can fail, and there is a really easy way to test your Mac's hardware with the Terminal app that comes with macOS to ensure everything is working right.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to stress test your Mac using Terminal so you can ensure all your processor's cores are working up to snuff and your cooling fans aren't grinding or failing to cool your Mac as they should.
Sort through your photos like that with 3D Touch
We have covered dozens of the best 3D Touch uses in Apple's most important apps, like Messages, Safari, Mail, Camera, Maps and a few others. Today, we explore how 3D Touch on the iPhone elevates your experience in Photos, one of my favorite stock apps.
With 3D Touch, you can animate a Live Photo and make your wallpaper come alive with a deep press, peek at your photos and videos within the stock Photos app, go to your best photos and see what you were snapping up this time last year, right from the Home screen, and much more.
AirDrop not working? Here’s how to fix it
In this article, we cover the most common AirDrop issues and how to fix them on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
How to install emulators on your iPhone or iPad, no jailbreak required
Emulators are a way to play your favorite childhood games on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad without carrying the game disks or cartridges and game consoles around with you. Instead, they sideload the games on your device as a piece of software, and they're given controls that are adapted for the touch screen.
In this tutorial, we'll be showing you a method that still works to this day for getting emulators on your iOS device, and the best part is, you don't even have to be jailbroken to do any of it.