Category: LifeHacker

  • How to Download and Install Older macOS Versions With Terminal

    How to Download and Install Older macOS Versions With Terminal

    When it’s time to install a new version of macOS or download a new update, nearly everyone turns to the Mac App Store to start the process. While the App Store makes OS installations easy and relatively painless, it doesn’t always work—and it might be time to turn to Terminal (and a little creativity) instead.…

  • How to Stop Staring at Your Phone All Day

    How to Stop Staring at Your Phone All Day

    What’s the longest amount of time you’ve gone recently without looking at a screen? I’d wager, for most people, the answer is just a few minutes or even seconds. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Get 13,000 New Fonts For Your iPhone and iPad

    How to Get 13,000 New Fonts For Your iPhone and iPad

    If you’ve been wanting to give your iPhone or iPad a little refresh, a new font can potentially be a way to do it. This week, Adobe’s Creative Cloud made 1,300 fonts available for free to anyone that downloads its Creative Cloud app from the App Store. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Set Up Your Brand-New AirPods Pro

    How to Set Up Your Brand-New AirPods Pro

    I am weak. I splurged on a brand-new pair of AirPods Pro and I’ve been fiddling around with them all day. Setting up these third-generation wireless earbuds isn’t that difficult, but there are a few settings you’re definitely going to want to play with if you preordered a pair yourself (or plan to pick some…

  • How to Prevent iOS 13.2 From Breaking Your HomePod

    How to Prevent iOS 13.2 From Breaking Your HomePod

    Apple released iOS 13.2 the other day, which adds some neat features for your HomePod—including the ability to detect and differentiate between multiple voices and pass audio from an iPhone to the Homepod by bringing the phone near the speaker. The bad news is that this update seems to be bricking some HomePods… Read more……

  • How to Enable Gmail's Dark Mode in iOS

    How to Enable Gmail's Dark Mode in iOS

    Finally, my favorite email app is getting dark mode. And if you’re lucky, you’re already able to take advantage of the new feature within Gmail on iOS and Android. We’ve already written about the latter, and now we’re here with a quick guide to enabling dark mode on the former—if you can access it. Read…

  • How to Access a Lost iPad That's Locked With Apple's 'Find My'

    How to Access a Lost iPad That's Locked With Apple's 'Find My'

    Apple’s “Find My” feature can be a powerful tool for recovering lost or stolen devices. It can also be a pain in the ass if you’ve purchased or otherwise legally acquired a used device that’s still tied to another person’s account. In this week’s Tech 911 column, we’re tackling the latter. Read more… Read full…

  • How to Mute Individual Email Threads in iOS 13

    How to Mute Individual Email Threads in iOS 13

    The dings and chimes of your smartphone’s notifications are a part of the background din of everyday life. While these help us stay on top of our important communications, the constant noise can create anxiety. And there’s no worse culprit of superfluous notifications than an email inbox that’s stuffed with threads… Read more… Read full…

  • How to Get the Apple TV App on Your Roku

    How to Get the Apple TV App on Your Roku

    The Apple TV app has been available on just about every Apple device since the service launched, and began appearing on select Samsung smart TVs in the past couple of years. And as of today, Apple TV is (finally) available on a wide array of Roku devices. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker

  • How to Prevent Apple Employees From Listening to Your Siri Commands

    How to Prevent Apple Employees From Listening to Your Siri Commands

    Apple has started rolling out new options for managing Siri data—most importantly the ability to opt-out of having Siri audio clips reviewed by Apple employees. Users will also be able to submit Siri data deletion requests in the near future as well. These new features have been appearing in the latest round of OS… Read…