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How to Use Passkeys on Your iPhone or Mac
Read full article: at LifeHacker A seamless login future is coming for all Apple users. Starting with iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Apple offers built-in support for passkeys. You can add these new cryptographically generated keys directly to your iCloud Keychain and they’ll sync across all your devices using end-to-end encryption. As long as a…
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How to Sign Out of Apple ID on MacOS Ventura
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Sign Out of Apple ID on MacOS Ventura An Apple ID is used as a gateway to every Apple service and many features on the Mac (and other Apple devices), ranging from iCloud, iCloud Photos, iCloud Drive, Find My, iCloud Documents and Data, backups, Contacts, Messages, Notes,…
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How to Download All Photos from iCloud to Mac
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Download All Photos from iCloud to Mac If you have a bunch of photos and videos stored in iCloud Photos, you may be wondering how you can download all of your photos and videos from iCloud Photos to your Mac local storage, or to an external hard…
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How to Delete Comments from Shared iCloud Photo Streams
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Delete Comments from Shared iCloud Photo Streams iCloud Shared Photo Albums are one of the better features available for users who want to privately share pictures and videos with groups of people without blasting them onto social networks. You can even leave comments on photos and videos…
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9 Things That Suck About Setting Up a New iPhone (and How to Fix Them)
Read full article: at LifeHacker Getting a new iPhone is an exciting thing, especially if you haven’t upgraded in a while. From the initial unboxing, to peeling the stickers off the device, everything about the experience is fun. That is, until you start setting it up, and hit some snags along the way. While many…
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Fix “Confirm Mac Password” to Keep Using iCloud in System Settings
Go to OSX Daily to read Fix “Confirm Mac Password” to Keep Using iCloud in System Settings Some Mac users have discovered a “Confirm Mac Password” message in System Settings or System Preferences on their Mac, and while it can appear at random, it often shows up soon after installing a system software update. For…
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How to Install Unsupported Apps on Older iPhones
Read full article: at LifeHacker As much as Apple will want you to buy the iPhone 14, your old phone is probably serving you just fine, even if the company doesn’t officially support it anymore. But the bigger problem with aging tech isn’t necessarily the lack of official software support, it’s when third-party developers stop…
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How to Sync Desktop and Documents Folder to iCloud on Mac
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Sync Desktop and Documents Folder to iCloud on Mac Do you want to make sure the files stored on your Mac’s desktop and in the documents folder are accessible from all your Apple devices? You can set this up pretty easily on your Mac with the help…
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How to Download iCloud Photos via the Command Line
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Download iCloud Photos via the Command Line Ever wanted to download all photos from iCloud Photos using the command line? Thanks to the third party icloud_photos_downloader tool, you can do just that. Called icloudpd for short, it works to access and download photos directly from iCloud using…
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How to Create Local Backups of Notes on Mac
Go to OSX Daily to read How to Create Local Backups of Notes on Mac The Notes app is popular for keeping bits of data, jotting down information, maintaining lists, storing text, photos, and so much more. It’s completely reasonable to want to create a local backup of notes from the Notes app, but you…