Moving Smart Homes? Here Are the Decisions to Make and Steps to Take

Whether you're leaving or taking your smart home gadgets with you, these tips will help.

'open -a' opens a new instance

In my apple script, I use do shell script to call the command open -a "MyApp". Normally, when the application MyApp is already open, its main window gets focused instead of opening a new instance. However, on one of my machines the beha…

iPhone 17: Everything we know so far about the 2025 iPhone

Macworld It doesn’t take long for iPhone rumors to circulate. It’s one of the most iconic and influential tech gadgets of all time, and everyone wants to know what’s coming next. That Apple is so secretive only heightens the appeal of iPhone r…

How to Find the Sweet Spot and Buy Your Next Console at the Perfect Time

There's a lot to consider before buying a new console.

I Love Google Chrome's New Tab Organization Feature

Tidy your tabs with one quick click.

how to text non apple users on my MacBook Air?

I have pure talk & so do my parents for some reason im not able to text them from my MacBook they have android phones im able to text anyone who has iPhones/iMessage but not sms? can anyone help me?

10 Fixes for Excessive Apple Watch Battery Drain

Watch battery letting you down? Try this.

Could the CrowdStrike crash happen on the Mac?

Macworld A couple of weeks ago, a massive global IT outage occurred when Windows computers running the CrowdStrike security software crashed. CrowdStrike is popular in enterprise installations, meaning businesses worldwide–including airlines s…

Arc Browser Is Now Available on Windows 10

Also, ARM64 support in the works.

Younger Gamers Are Ignoring Classic Games, So I Asked Them Why

Hand me my pipe and slippers.

Galaxy Watch Ultra Teardown – Not Just An Apple Watch Clone

Photos albums lost after changing icloud email address? How to restore?

I recently changed the email address associated with my iCloud account which has somehow led to my losing the ablums I had created in Photos on my Macbook. I am using OSX Mojave 10.14.6. I do not seem to be missing any pictures, however…

Microsoft Copilot Will Get Video-Creation Capabilities

Use natural language to automate video creation in Clipchamp.

How to Factory Reset a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or Any Mac

If you have a newer Mac, you can wipe the slate clean with just a few clicks.

Here's Why Smart Home Apps Need an Activity Log

Web browsers keep a detailed history list; smart home apps should too.

Display live iPhone screen in Keynote slide

Keynote only shows the internal camera as a source for live video. Is there an app that can make the iPhone mirrored screen look like it's a camera? Or is there another way to make this work? I've done various searches and the only thin…

Acronis True Image Is Back and 20% Off With This Code

Disk cloning, backups, cybersecurity, and more.

Ranking Apple Vision Pro Environments (Including Lake Vrangla)

These virtual locations inside the Vision Pro are detailed and a must-see.

Apple buying guide for students: The right device for every grade level

Macworld Whether they’re just learning their ABCs or ready to venture off to university, the students in your life will rely heavily on digital devices. But it can be hard to pick the right Apple device in a sea of iPads, iPhones, and Macs. Ou…

How do I block certain videos on YouTube?

I would like to block certain videos based on keywords. I found this question, which asks the same: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/66167/how-do-i-block-videos-by-keyword-on-youtube but the answer is not satisfying and is fr…

Anyone know why a "hard" refresh in Safari is loading css/js/image twice? This isn't happening with Chrome

I'm trying to figure out how I might stop Safari from "double fetching" assets on a web page when I do option-command-r (a hard refresh): I have verified it is indeed hitting the server twice by looking at apache's access logs for the …