My first encounter with Bluetooth on my Mac was a mystifying experience. Whether devices were discovered seemed to be determined by eldritch forces beyond human comprehension. File transfer was hilariously unfinished, despite theroretically existing. The magic of Apple did not seem to extend to this backwater of wireless connectivity, and I shelved it in my […]
Archives for 2018
Free iOS Apps Today: Download Paid Apps for Free, December 27, 2018
Here is your weekly dose of free iOS apps to download. Have fun! (Note: These apps are free as of this writing; they may go back to their regular price anytime so download the apps for free while you can.)
How to Make Your Lightning Cables Last Longer
Apple doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to cable life. Their Lightning cables don’t seem to be as durable as some users expect them to be. Just browse an Apple forum to discover disgruntled posts about cables fraying, breaking, or wearing out before users believe they should have. Whether Apple’s cables are actually […]
Stop Apps From Running at Startup on macOS
One of the easiest ways to slow down your Mac is by overloading on launch applications. After a year or so, you might not even realize what apps are starting in the background. While apps like Spotify jump up front and center when they launch, alerting the user, other apps are happy to chug away […]
Free iOS Apps Today: Download Paid Apps for Free, December 20, 2018
Here is your weekly dose of free iOS apps to download. Have fun! (Note: These apps are free as of this writing; they may go back to their regular price anytime so download the apps for free while you can.)
Does Your iPhone’s Battery Health Matter?
Users on iPhone support forums are constantly worrying over battery health. It’s not uncommon to see posts through the Apple support ecosystem with iPhone users worrying over measurements like 95 percent or higher. That’s natural and understandable: battery health appears to be a clean and reliable indicator of how your battery is doing. After all, […]
6 Best Lightning Cables
We all have that love-hate relationship with the lightning cable. We love it because we can’t live without it, but we hate it because it can be unreliable. Frayed cords, not charging issues, or cannot sync issues – those are only a few things that can irritate an Apple user. It can be argued, however, […]
Using the Video & Audio Encoder Tools in MacOS
Incorporated in Mac OS X 10.7 and later versions are media encoding capabilities that let you encode and convert video and audio files to a format of your choice on your Mac via the Finder window.
Free iOS Apps Today: Download Paid Apps for Free, December 13, 2018
Here is your weekly dose of free iOS apps to download. Have fun! (Note: These apps are free as of this writing; they may go back to their regular price anytime so download the apps for free while you can.)
What’s Next For Apple’s Battery Tech?
There’s only so much you can do with lithium batteries. You can tweak the doping, change the chemistry, but in the end, we’ve pretty much tapped out that area of technological progress. If Apple wants to improve their products’ batteries, they’ll be looking at solid state battery technology. What’s a Solid State Battery? The big […]
