Facebook Messenger is among the most popular third-party cross-platform messaging services. And almost everybody with a Facebook account uses it, whether they want to admit it or not. Like Messages and Mail, you can hide Facebook Messenger notification previews on your iPhone or iPad Lock Screen to increase your privacy. In this quick tutorial, we show you how to do that.
When you've pressed your display brightness down key on your Mac's keyboard as many times as you can without the screen going completely black, and it's still too bright for you, then you're probably like me and need a way to further dim the display's dimness level beyond the OEM minimum.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to further decrease your display's brightness than what's allowed by the standard brightness settings of macOS.
Apple's iOS 9.3 beta was seeded to developers and Public Beta program participants last week with some pretty big changes to the mobile operating system. One of the flagship features of the release is the f.lux-like Night Shift mode that will change the display's color temperature depending on the time of day to make using the device easier on the eyes at late evening and night hours.
Snakebite is an upcoming jailbreak tweak that works with the iPhone 6s' 3D Touch multitasking gesture. The tweak replaces the App Switcher with a new interface for quickly accessing recently used apps or favorite apps. From the Snakebite interface, it's possible to quickly access the App Switcher via the Multitasking shortcut button.
Even if you don't own a 3D Touch capable device, you can utilize Snakebite by means of a handy tap and drag gesture. Watch our full video walkthrough to see what I mean.
If you've been on Facebook for a few years now, chances are you've shared a bunch of photos and videos with your friends and family thus far, many of which might no longer be stored on your iOS device or Mac.
Unfortunately, Facebook doesn't make things any easier by not providing a straightforward way to download the photos and videos users have uploaded to the service.
But worry not, our loyal fans, the iDownloadBlog tutorial series comes to the rescue. In this detailed tutorial, you will learn about five different techniques that will help you download Facebook photos and videos onto your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Mac without too much hassle.
I don't know about you, but I'm annoyed every time an app crashes on my Mac and the macOS Crash Reporter interrupts my work with a pop up warning in the middle of the screen. Wouldn't it be great if those crash reports were displayed as banner notifications?
As explained by LifeHacker, a simple Terminal command will override the default system behavior and send those app crash reports straight to the macOS Notification Center, so they don't interrupt your workflow.
In this tutorial you will learn about a Terminal command which will route crash reports through your Mac's Notification Center rather than display them windowed in the middle of your screen.
Your iPhone is equipped with a feature called Frequent Locations, which slowly tracks your location in the background to keep you updated via the Today View and the Lock screen on how long it would take you to get to your favorite places based on how often you visit them.
If you choose to enable Location Services during the initial iPhone setup, this feature will be enabled by default, so if you feel like it is a slight hindrance on your ability to remain private, you just might be right. In this tutorial, we'll show you how you can disable the feature and keep your iPhone from knowing where you are going next.
Rejoice, iPad Pro users; GarageBand has finally been updated to accommodate the additional real estate provided by the iPad Pro's massive 12.9" screen. Not only that, but the release also adds support for 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s.
All in all, the "2.1" isn't really indicative as to how big of a release this is. Have a look at the full change log for a glance into how much effort was put into this latest update.
Apple today announced the release of a brand new iPhone and iPod touch application aimed at musicians and songwriters: Music Memos. As its name suggests, Music Memos was designed to “make it easy for people to tap into their musical potential and create incredible music no matter where they are.”
With Music Memos, musicians and songwriters can capture, organize and develop their musical ideas on their iPhone.
If you like to rate songs on Apple Music, including those you have purchased on the iTunes Store, chances are you will at some point want to submit your star-based ratings. Now, iTunes for Mac and Windows PCs used to support half-star ratings out of the box, but recent updates have changed this behavior to using full stars only.
Fortunately, as noted by The Loop's Dave Mark, this can be quite easily reverted back to half-star ratings with a quick Terminal command.
In this post, you will learn how to enable half-star ratings in desktop iTunes and rate music more accurately than before.
Did you sign up for Netflix's $7.99 per month plan with high-definition streaming before new pricing tiers were unveiled?
If so, the company will reward your loyalty by slapping you with a price increase later this year, according to Netflix's letter to shareholders issued yesterday as part of the company's quarterly earnings release.
Grandfathered Netflix customers in the United States will have two choices: continue using their $7.99 per month plan, but only in standard definition, or choose to pay $9.99 per month to continue watching in high definition.
Apple has filed an application with India's department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) to build and operate its own retail stores in the populous country, India Times reported Wednesday.
Apple is also seeking to sell its products online in India. The official move is the culmination of Apple's multi-year effort to bring the official retail presence to shoppers in the 1.25 billion people market.