I love the new Safari address bar in iOS 15 and you will too

When I finally got around to downloading iOS 15 to my iPhone last week, I was filled with trepidation. It wasn’t fear of bugs or broken apps or battery health. It was because of the new Safari. As I waited for the bar below the Apple logo to fill, I…

How to resolve my mac dying at 75%?

Tl;dr My 2015 Macbook Pro Retina shuts off without any warning at 75%. According to Coconut Battery Design Capacity: 56.7% Made in 4/13/15 Has lasted 3,268 cycles, and the battery status is apparently 'Fair'. Simplo made my battery. mac…

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Using Moneydance to get Quicken Essentials for Mac data into modern Quicken or other personal finance software

Mac users have a long and sordid history with Intuit, the original developers of Quicken. The product has always been second class compared to its Windows version. Recently I had a client who had been using the ill-fated Quicken Essentials for Mac, …

Apple has a ton of new releases coming in October 2021

September was a huge month for Apple, as it often is. It’s the month when the new iPhones are released, along with the latest version of iOS and the new Apple Watch. This September was no different, with the iPhone 13 line, Apple Watch Series 7, and…

Create persistent local APFS snapshots which later get backed up to external TimeMachine volume

My scenario is the following: I have a folder whose contents changes frequently. To be precise, it's my local backup of my Wordpress upload folder wp-content/uploads/ which I rsync in a SSH tunnel from my webhost to my local disk. E…

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How to fix group message replies that appear as individual ones on your iPhone

Apple insulates us from most of the peculiarities of the cellular world’s text messaging system, SMS (Short Messaging Service), and the multimedia version, MMS. If everyone you text with uses an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch, you see nice blue b…

How to resolve my mac dying at 75%?

Tldr; My Macbook Pro Retina, from 2015 shuts off without any warning at 75%. According to Coconut Battery Design Capacity: 56.7% Made in 4/13/15 Has lasted 3,268 cycles, and the battery status is apparently 'Fair'. Simplo made my batter…

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MacOS Big Sur 11.6.1 Beta Released for Testing

Apple has released a beta version of macOS Big Sur 11.6.1 for users enrolled in the beta testing program for MacOS Big Sur. The beta update is said to include security fixes, and hints at what the final version of macOS Big Sur 11.6.1 will include f…

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iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max Teardown Wallpapers

This year’s iPhone internals look so good they are begging to be wallpapers. While the outsides of the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max may not look much different than their predecessors we had plenty to say about the internals. The greatest hits include:…

How to Use Live Text with Images on iPhone & iPad

One of the most exciting features for iPhone and iPad with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 is Live Text. Live Text is kind of like OCR (Optical Character Recognition) but for your images, and it allows you to grab text content from photos, whether it’s a scree…

“Device Support Update” for macOS Big Sur & Catalina Released

Apple has released a “Device Support Update” for macOS Big Sur and Catalina. The vague software update is said to ensure “proper updating and restoring for iOS and iPadOS devices”, suggesting the update is necessary for the Mac to function properly …