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Feeling festive? Want to decorate your Mac for the holidays? How would you like to have a lovely falling snow screen saver, some holiday lights blinking around the perimeter of the Mac display, and maybe even some snow falling on the desktop itself? With the help of a handful of utilities, you can get all of the above, putting your Mac in the holiday spirit just in time for Christmas and the new year. wrote about them way back in 2006(!) ), are almost certainly not supported on modern Mac versions, and they are not signed by Apple and are not produced by identified developers, and they require downloading zip files from third party websites. This means you will have to bypass Gatekeeper to allow apps from anywhere to be able to use either of them. If you are not comfortable with any of that for potential security reasons, or if you don’t trust apps and downloads from third party sources that are not identified by a registered developer (both of which are … [Read more...] about 5 Ways to Decorate a Mac Desktop for the Holidays

Want to take a screenshot of iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, or iPhone XS Max? Of course you can snap screenshots of iPhone X-series, but you’ve undoubtedly noticed by now that iPhone X line has no Home button, and thus the familiar screenshot method pressing the Home Button and the Power Button no longer works to capture the screen of iPhone X, XR, XS, XS max. Instead, the iPhone X, XS, XR uses a new and different button pressing combination to snap screenshots. It’s equally simple as what you used to use for snapping screen captures of iOS devices, but because it’s entirely new it may take a bit of getting used to before the new screenshot method becomes habit for iPhone X series owners. How to Screenshot iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max Press Volume Up button and Power button together at the same time You must press the Volume Up button and Power button concurrently to take a screenshot of iPhone X, XR, XS. When the screenshot is successful, you … [Read more...] about How to Take Screenshots on iPhone X, iPhone XR, XS, and iPhone XS Max

There are a lot of questions out there about using iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro max, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, or iPhone XR and the new Face ID feature, which scans your face to unlock your iPhone X. Some people want to know if they can use iPhone X without Face ID, and without the iPhone X ever using facial recognition for unlocking the iPhone and performing other verification tasks, like paying with Apple Pay or authenticating other logins. Or perhaps you’re wondering what you do instead if you choose not to setup Face ID. If you don’t like the idea of Face ID or having your iPhone scanning your face for whatever reason, then you’ll be relieved to know the answer is yes, you an absolutely use the iPhone X without ever using Face ID, it is not required. You can absolutely use iPhone X without ever registering or scanning your face for any facial recognition purpose. We’ll aim to answer a few common questions about Face ID and iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS … [Read more...] about Can You Use iPhone 11, 11 Pro, X, XS, XR Without Face ID? Yes! Face ID Questions, Answered

The latest iPhone models from Apple default to automatically enabling HDR on the device camera, this includes iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone XS, XR, X, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone 8. HDR can often create better looking pictures by blending color range from different exposures into a single image, but it can also sometimes make pictures look strange or even worse, particularly in some lighting situations and with some pictures of people as well. By disabling auto HDR on iPhone, you also regain the “HDR” button in the iPhone camera app, which lets you choose HDR to be on, off, or automatically enabled depending on lighting, and directly from within the camera app itself. This contrasts to the default state on new iPhones, which hides the “HDR” button since the auto feature is enabled by default. In other words, if you want the HDR button controls returned to the iPhone Camera app, you have to disable Auto HDR in Settings. How to Disable Auto HDR on iPhone and Get HDR Button Back … [Read more...] about How to Disable Auto HDR on iPhone Camera (For iPhone 12, 11, XS, XR, X, 8 etc)

Want to see the battery percentage remaining on an iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, or iPhone XR? If you have one of these iPhone models, you may have noticed that the battery percentage indicator is not an option to enable in the device settings. This is probably because the prominent notch at the top of the screen, which houses the front facing camera and the phones ear speaker, does not allow for sufficient room on its sides to fit the battery percentage indicator. So how do you see the battery percentage indicator on iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, X, XS, or XR? And how do you know what percentage charged the iPhone 11, X, XS, XR is, or how much percentage charge is left on the iPhone 11, X, XR, XS battery? With iPhone X and newer, including iPhone 11, 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR, there is a way to see the battery percentage on the phone, but it’s probably not where you’d expect it to be. … [Read more...] about How to Show Battery Percentage on iPhone 11, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, X