In this tutorial, we’ll share various easy ways to find and kill apps and hidden system processes that are running in the background on your Mac.
How to clear background apps and processes on Mac
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Alternative stores will stop updating iPhone apps if you leave Europe for 30+ days
Are you traveling outside Europe anytime soon? If so, you’ll have to return after 30 days to receive the latest versions of apps downloaded from third-party app stores.
MacPaw’s new CleanMy®Phone app will declutter your Photos library
There's a new app in town from Ukrainian developper MacPaw, called CleanMy®Phone, that makes it a cinch to free up storage space on your iPhone and iPad lost to duplicates, screen recordings and other photo clutter.
How to prevent Mac apps from accessing your photos, location, camera, microphone, and more
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to view a list of apps that have access to your photos, camera, microphone, location, contacts, calendar events, Bluetooth, and other such things on your Mac. From there, you can revoke the app’s permission if needed.
TrollStore perma-signing utility updated to version 2.0.13 with minor improvements
TrollStore, the popular perma-signing utility by iOS developer Lars Fröder, received an important update early Sunday morning that brought the utility up to version 2.0.13.
Brickd, Guap, NutriNote, and other apps to check out this weekend
It's the weekend again everyone, which means it's time for another Apps of the Week roundup! This week we have some great selections for you including a platform for LEGO-lovers, a minimal budget tracker, and an AI-infused nutrition app. And as always, we have a fun new game for you to check out.
Apple backtracks, saying Home Screen web apps in the EU are here to stay
Apple’s iOS 17.4 software won’t prevent people in Europe from saving progressive web apps to the Home Screen of their iPhones after all.
MacPaw is bringing a Setapp Mobile alternative app store to iPhone in the EU
Setapp, MacPaw's macOS and iOS app subscription service, will launch an alternative app store on iPhone in the European Union (EU) in April.
Zoom will soon end support for iOS 11 and iOS 12
If you still rock an old iPhone or iPad, you'll need to update to iOS 13 or higher (or buy new hardware) to continue using the Zoom app after an incoming update.
Grandfathered subscribers no longer able to pay for Netflix through Apple
Grandfathered subscribers who signed up using Apple’s in-app billing mechanism will need to provide a credit or debit card number to continue their service.
Tinge colorizes notification badges on jailbroken devices to match the app icon
A few years ago, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called ColorBadges that would automatically colorize your apps’ missed notification badges to match the dominant color of the icon itself. Fast-forward to today’s rootless-esque jailbreaks, and this tweak, which was designed to work on rootful jailbreaks, no longer works.
Bunji, Quiver, Anywhere Offline Music Player, and other apps to check out this weekend
I just want to take a moment and congratulate everyone here on making it to the weekend, again. And as a reward, here is another edition of our Apps of the Week roundup. This week we have some great picks for you, including a match-maker for solo travelers, a social app for sparkling conversations, and an impressive offline music player. And as always, we've selected a fun new game for you to check out.