Apple Has a Fix for the MacBook Notch, But It’s Not Pretty

Spice up your home decor with this on-sale Alexa-compatible lamp

Hello, cold weather! Now that you’re spending a whole lot more time in your small, drafty Bay Area space, you may be jonesing for some quick fixes to make your space all the cozier. You’re not trying hard enough to paint your walls or spend tons of …

Become your own boss and ditch the 9 to 5 for only $15

Being able to follow your passion, keep what you earn, and set your own hours is a result of living your life as a self-made entrepreneur. If you’ve been itching to ditch the desk job and become a business owner like Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban then yo…

Macworld Podcast: Deep thoughts about the M1 Pro MacBook Pro

Apple’s new MacBook Pro is here in the Macworld offices, so we talk about it and its M1 Pro processor, its display, the notch, and more on this episode of the Macworld Podcast. This is episode 766 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola.  …

What Is “Blooming” or the “Halo Effect” on a Monitor or TV?

Low Resolution Mode in macOS Monterey

I routinely run Windows on Virtual Box on my iMac. I have just updated to macOS Monterey, and have also updated Virtual Box. When I started Windows this morning, I found that virtual machine uses full retina resolution on my iMac. In th…

Here’s How Android Apps Work on Windows 11

Opening PDFs in the same window using Preview not working with Monterey?

On Big Sur, I had no issues opening multiple PDFs in tabs under the same Preview window. However, ever since I upgraded to Monterey, Preview seems to be opening separate windows for each PDF I open. Is anyone else experiencing this prob…

How can I avoid an error preparing macOS Monterey installation on a Mac with an OWC Aura Pro x2 SSD?

I have a 1TB OWC Aura Pro X2 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) model. I'm currently running macOS BigSur 11.6.1. When I tried to upgrade to macOS Monterey the update fails with a generic message saying: An Error Occurred Whi…

Shut down of macOS takes forever

I have a MacBook Air 2014 with macOS Big Sur. Shutting it down takes over a minute! Only when being logged in though. If I shut it down before logging in right in the login screen it just takes a few seconds to turn off. Is this normal?…

Shut down of macOS takes forever

I have a MacBook Air 2014 with macOS Big Sur. Shutting it down takes over a minute! Only when being logged in though. If I shut it down before logging in right in the login screen it just takes a few seconds to turn off. Is this normal?…

How to Show Battery Percentage in Menu Bar of MacOS Monterey & Big Sur

Are you a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air user who likes to keep an eye on their Mac laptop battery life? Want to see the battery percentage in the menubar of MacOS with Monterey or Big Sur? Let’s check how you can show the battery percentage indicator i…

Hate Safari Tabs in iPadOS 15? Get iPadOS 15.1 to Revert Them Back

If you’re an iPad user who updated to iPadOS 15 and did not like the redesigned Safari Tabs experience, where the tabs are hard to tell apart and differentiate from and look like strange buttons instead of, well, tabs, you’ll be happy to know you ca…

This mini portable projector is big screen entertainment that fits in your pocket

Projectors have long been a favorite for at-home entertainment for their incredible screen size potential. As projectors have become more effective and compact they’ve seen a rebirth in their popularity. Increases in their resolution and brightness,…

How to disable pop-up blocker on Safari on MacBook Air

I regularly use Zoom links, and I want it so that I don't have to click allow every time I open the zoom link. Specifications: Safari 15.1, macOS Monterey, and have a MacBook Air M1 late 2021. I've tried going to safari preferences and …

iOS 15.2: Beta 1 brings the new App Privacy Report

It’s common for Apple to start beta-testing a new version of iOS just a day or two after the previous version is released. And sure enough, iOS 15.2 began its beta test period just a day after iOS 15.1 was released on October 25, 2021. As is typical…

How can I disable the studentd process?

When I see a studentd process in Activity Monitor or a studentd directory in ~/Library I ask myself what is studentd? Catalina (10.15.7) on a 2019 Macbook Air In the linked answer I learned that it is for studends and teachers that use …

How to Disable Search Suggestions in Mozilla Firefox

AirPods Pro with the MagSafe charging case are already on sale

Apple didn’t release a new version of the AirPods Pro at its “Unleashed” event, but it did release a new case for the existing model with MagSafe that’s already on sale: Amazon is selling the newest version of AirPods Pro for $220, the lowest price …

Apple Music comes to PlayStation 5 in new subscriber push

If you’re a PS5 gamer who subscribes to Apple Music, your worlds are finally synced. Sony announced on Wednesday that Apple Music subscribers who own a PlayStation 5 can now access the music streaming service directly through the console. To stream …

use an iCloud+ «hide my email» apple ID forward address as an alias to send mail

Hide my email is the neat feature introduced by apple earlier, and since then I have been trying to figure out how I can use those forward addresses as sender address when composing emails on the iPhone. The adressess don’t appear when …