You can quickly access “Get Info” for any file or application from within Spotlight search results in Mac OS and Mac OS X. Getting file info from Spotlight requires a set of two simple keystrokes, first to get into Spotlight, then the next is to Get Info on the item in question. Let’s run through … Read More
Setting your personal info, address, and contact information on an iPhone is important if you want to be able to do things like get directions home or to another location from home, appropriate auto-fill details, the ability to easily share your address and contact details with other people, and much more. Perhaps it’s not surprising … Read More
iOS has an excellent flight-lookup feature which allows users to instantly get flight information about planes that are coming and going. All you need to use this great ability is a flight number embedded somewhere, like a text message, email, note, or webpage, and the rest is just a matter of knowing how to retrieve … Read More
Maps is shaping up to be a pretty great navigational tool with its tight integration in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan, as well as with much more error-free data. I use Maps as a sort of mobile, digital yellow pages, finding businesses in town and looking up their phone number, hours of operation, […]
(via Cult of Mac – Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
InstaAgent, a third-party app for users to track visitors to their Instagram feeds, was pulled out of app stores by both Apple and Google after an iOS developer discovered the app was stealing people’s logins and passwords. If you have InstaAgent on your smartphone – and reportedly half a million of you do – delete […]
(via Cult of Mac – Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
So, you just got that shiny new Apple Watch. It’s amazing, right? So amazing that someone may try to steal it from you. Sure, that sucks, but it could happen. Here’s how to clear the credit card info from the…
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Apple Watch preorders are supposed to start delivering on April 24th, but almost everyone we’ve talked to is still seeing a ‘Preparing for shipment’ status on their orders. Tracking information for Apple Watch orders still haven’t been sent out yet, however,…
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Life at Apple has been phenomenal ever since Tim Cook took over as CEO. AAPL shares are up 120%. 750 million iOS devices have been sold. $ 100 billion was returned to shareholders. And Apple just became the first $ 700 billion…
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With Yosemite, OS X is getting its biggest visual overhaul yet, courtesy of Apple design head Jony Ive. But not everything is changing. Case in point: OS X’s File Inspector function. Shown when you right click on a file in…
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Vesper, the note-taking app developed in part by John Gruber of Daring Fireball, has been updated with a cool new feature that allows you to easily see the timestamp, character, or word count for a Vesper note… without adding a…
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