How to Use Screen Distance on iPhone & iPad to Help Eye Health
Screen Distance is a little-known health feature for iPhone and iPad that is designed to help users keep their eyes at a healthy distance from their displays. Theoretically, Screen Distance could help to reduce myopia and eye strain, and even if the feature isn’t right for you and your device, you may find it to … Read More ⌘ Read more

Get the iPadOS 18 Default Wallpapers
iPadOS 18 includes an array of new wallpapers to adorn the backdrop of the iPad, with colorful interesting shapes that are pleasing to the eye. While they may be included in the iPadOS 18 beta, that doesn’t mean you have to brave the betas just to gain access to the new default wallpapers. We’re including … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Fix iPhone “Charging on Hold” Message
The iPhone has an interesting feature that will temporarily prevent the iPhone battery from charging if the iPhone temperature is not at an appropriate level to safely charge. When this happens, you will see a notification on the iPhone screen stating “Charging on Hold – Charging will resume when iPhone returns to normal temperature.” Most … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Install iOS 18 Beta on iPhone
With iOS 18 announced, many iPhone users are interested in trying out iOS 18 beta so that they can have hands-on experience with the upcoming iPhone operating system and it’s host of new features. Whether you want to play around with the new customizable dark mode icons and themes, move your Home Screen icons and … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Install MacOS Sequoia Beta
MacOS Sequoia 15 brings a host of new features and enhancements to the Mac, such as iPhone Mirroring with drag and drop support between the Mac and iPhone, Apple Intelligence AI capabilities and ChatGPT integration, simplified window tiling for better window management, a dedicated Passwords app for managing logins, and some pretty big upgrades to … Read More ⌘ Read more

Can’t Upgrade a Sonoma VM to MacOS Sequoia Beta? Try This
If you already have a MacOS Sonoma virtual machine setup in UTM, Parallels, VMWare, VirtualBuddy, or otherwise, you may be interested in upgrading the MacOS Sonoma VM to a MacOS Sequoia Beta VM. One simple way to accomplish this, one might think, is to use a developer Apple ID within your Virtual Machine, and install … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/06/12/cant-upgrade-a-sonoma-vm-to-macos-sequoia-beta-try-th … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia 15 Beta 1 Available to Download Now
Apple has rolled out the first beta version of MacOS Sequoia 15 to users enrolled in the developer beta testing program for Macintosh system software. MacOS Sequoia 15 introduces a variety of new features and capabilities for the Mac, including iPhone Mirroring, Apple Intelligence AI features, easy window tiling, a dedicated Passwords app, improvements to … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/06/11/macos-sequoia-15-beta-1-available- … ⌘ Read more

iOS 18 Beta 1 Download Available Now for iPhone & iPad
Apple just announced iOS 18 at the WWDC 2024 keynote, and it’s already available to download and install onto eligible iPhone models right now. Specifically, iOS 18 beta 1 is available to download for registered Apple Developers. You can also find iPadOS 18 beta 1 available to download too if you’re using iPad, along with … Read More ⌘ Read more

Watch the Full WWDC 2024 Keynote Video, or Short Clips
Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote was aired on the morning of June 10, and tons of things were announced and covered over the course of a nearly two hour long marathon event presentation. Apple Intelligence. iOS 18 with new customizations to the Home Screen and Control Center. iPadOS 18 gets that too, plus a Calculator app. … Read More ⌘ Read more

iOS 18 Announced with Dark Mode Icons, AI Features, Control Center Customizations, & More
Apple has announced iOS 18, the next major version of system software for iPhone, with a host of new features, design updates, and changes. iOS 18 brings all new customization options for home screen icons including Dark Mode icons with color tinting, the ability to place icons and widgets anywhere on the Home Screen, a … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2 … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia Announced with iPhone Mirroring, AI, Passwords App, & More
Apple has announced MacOS Sequoia, the next major version of the Mac operating system. Versioned as macOS Sequoia 15, the future software update includes some intriguing new features, including iPhone Mirroring, a host of new AI features called Apple Intelligence, the inclusion of a Passwords app, new features to tile windows easier, new summary and … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/ … ⌘ Read more

Where’s the Calculator on iPad? Use Spotlight!
Calculators are wildly useful tools for various obvious reasons, whether you need to perform simple math or complex calculations. One of the more curious iPad oversights on Apple’s behalf is the lack of a built-in Calculator app, which is missing on iPad, but has been included on the Mac, iPhone, and Apple Watch, since the … Read More ⌘ Read more

Watch a Video of John Sculley Discussing Steve Jobs Being Fired from Apple
Steve Jobs being fired from Apple, the company he cofounded, is both a famous moment in Apple history, and broader business history. The story generally goes that Jobs was fired in 1985 due to a significant disagreement with the Apple CEO, John Sculley, and the companies board of directors. Who better to discuss the firing … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/06/08/watch-john-sculley-discusses- … ⌘ Read more

How to Download & Install Windows 11 LTSC ISO
Some advanced users, IT staff, and enterprise users may have a need to download, install, and use Windows 11 LTSC, whether that’s for installing into a virtual machine environment running on a Mac or PC, a dual boot situation with an Intel Mac using Boot Camp, or even installing directly onto a PC, medical device, … Read More ⌘ Read more

Can I Keep My MacBook Pro/Air Plugged in All The Time?
Many MacBook Pro and MacBook Air owners use their laptops in dual use scenarios, functioning as a laptop computer when on the go, and a desktop computer when not. This leads some to wonder if it’s bad for the MacBook battery to leave the computer charging or plugged in, even if it’s not in use. … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Share Folder from Windows in VMWare Fusion to Mac
If you are running Windows 11 in VMWare Fusion on a Mac, you might want to setup a shared folder to easily transfer data from the Mac to the Windows virtual machine. There are a few ways to accomplish this, from using VMWare Tools, to using a networking approach, and we’ll cover the latter here. … Read More ⌘ Read more

15 Keynote Keyboard Shortcuts for iPad
The Keynote presentation app for iPad has a variety of handy keyboard shortcuts available to it that are only accessible when the iPad is connected to a physical keyboard. If you’re a regular Keynote for iPad user, and you have either a Magic Keyboard, Smart Keyboard, keyboard case, or other external keyboard connected to the … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Install Java on Mac with M3, M2, M1 Apple Silicon Chip
Some Mac users may need to install Java on their Apple Silicon equipped Mac – whether it’s an M1, M2, M3, or other M-series ARM chip – allowing them to run Java-based applications and software on their computers. Whether it’s to run specific enterprise software, use particular educational tools and compsci courses, run Java web … Read More ⌘ Read more

Get the New M4 iPad Pro & M2 iPad Air Wallpapers
The powerful new M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air series come equipped from the Apple factory with some pretty nice looking wallpapers, but that doesn’t mean you have to buy a new iPad just to enjoy the appearance on your current devices. The M2 iPad Air wallpapers feature bright shiny colorful abstractions based upon … Read More ⌘ Read more

sysmond on Mac Using High CPU? Here’s the Likely Reason & How to Fix It
sysmond, which as you may have surmised from the process name, is short for System Monitor Daemon, is part of Activity Monitor. Thus, if you use Activity Monitor to keep a watch on your Mac system resources, processes, CPU usage, Energy use, Disk, Network, and critical to our discussion here – Memory usage, you may … Read More ⌘ Read more

Install & Run iTunes, Aperture, or iPhoto in MacOS Sonoma with Retroactive
Do you miss iTunes for Mac? Do you really miss Aperture for Mac? Do you have fond memories of iPhoto in MacOS? What if you could run any of these three now defunct apps in modern MacOS Sonoma? With the help of an app called Retroactive, you can do exactly that, installing iTunes, Aperture, and … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/31/install-run-itunes-aperture-or-iphoto-in-macos … ⌘ Read more

17 Numbers Keyboard Shortcuts for iPad
The Numbers spreadsheet application for iPad includes quite a few useful keyboard shortcuts for when the iPad is connected to an external keyboard. If you use Numbers for iPad regularly, you’ll almost certainly benefit from knowing these keystroke combinations to perform various actions within the Numbers app. So grab your iPad keyboard and launch the … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Find a Misplaced Apple Watch with iPhone’s Ping My Watch
If you’re an Apple Watch user, you should know about a convenient feature for iPhone that helps you to easily find a misplaced Apple Watch. Much like how you can ping an iPhone with Apple Watch to find an iPhone, you can now go the other direction too, by pinging your Apple Watch from your … Read More ⌘ Read more

PSA: Updating to MacOS Sonoma or iOS 17 May Enable iCloud Keychain
Mac users, iPhone users, and iPad users, should all be aware that updating to macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17, or iPadOS 17, may silently enable iCloud Keychain on their devices. Essentially this means that by updating to the latest iOS, iPadOS, or MacOS, you may be unintentionally enabling the feature and thereby uploading your saved … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/28/psa-updating-to-macos-sonoma-o … ⌘ Read more

How to Install VMWare Tools in Windows on VMWare Fusion for Mac
VMWare Tools is an optional toolkit to install into a Windows virtual machine in VMWare that allows you to have easier sharing of files between the host Mac operating system and the Windows virtual machine, as well as some other useful features like time syncing between host and client, being able to pass data back … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Change the Voice of ChatGPT on iPhone, Mac, iPad
ChatGPT for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, all include a very impressive Voice Chat feature, that lets you have voice chats and full on conversations with the advanced AI Large Language Model. One of the fun ways to customize Voice Chat with ChatGPT is to change the voice to something you prefer, and there are multiple … Read More ⌘ Read more

Deals: M1 iPad Air for $399, M3 MacBook Air 15″ 16GB/512GB for $1499, & More
Amazon is back with offering some great deals on the M1 iPad Air M1 model, taking $200 off the $599 MSRP, bringing the final price to just $399. To round it out, there’s also nice discounts on the compatible Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil, so you can get a full iPad Air setup at a … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/26/deals-m1-ipad-air-for-399-m3-macbook-air-15-16gb-512 … ⌘ Read more

How to Change the Voice of ChatGPT on iPhone, Mac, iPad
ChatGPT for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, all include a very impressive Voice Chat feature, that lets you have voice chats and full on conversations with the advanced AI Large Language Model. One of the fun ways to customize Voice Chat with ChatGPT is to change the voice to something you prefer, and there are multiple … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Confirm Before Closing Windows with Multiple Tabs in Chrome, Edge, Brave
If you use a lot of tabs when browsing the web with Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, or any other Chromium based browser, you might want to enable an optional feature that asks to confirm whether or not you wish to close any browser window with multiple tabs open. This can help to prevent you … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/25/how-confirm-before-closing-windows-multiple-ta … ⌘ Read more

How to Search the Web (Minus AI Junk & Clutter) with Google on Safari for Mac
If you’re a Safari user, as many of us are, you might be interested in actually searching the web with Google and then seeing a list of actual web link results, without seeing any of the new AI junk, video and image recommendations, knowledge panels, related searches, suggested searches, or the other junky clutter that … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/24/search-web-google-no-ai-junk-clutter-saf … ⌘ Read more

How to Use ChatGPT for Mac Right Now, Bypassing the Waitlist
OpenAI recently announced that an official ChatGPT app for Mac was coming with ChatGPT 4o support, complete with some pretty cool features like a keyboard shortcut to open a ChatGPT query from anywhere (kind of like Spotlight, but for ChatGPT), screenshot capabilities, ability to initiate discussions based on photos (for example, provide a picture of … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/23/how-to-use-chatgpt … ⌘ Read more

Apple Deals: $200 Off M3 MacBook Air 15″ 16GB RAM / 512GB SSD
Amazon is back with some more great deals on the MacBook Air series, taking $200 off the 15″ model and $150 off the 13″ model, both with the upgraded 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD configurations. The latest MacBook Air features a Liquid Retina LCD display in either 13″ or 15″ screen sizes, the powerful and … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Search Google Without AI Rubbish & Clutter
Remember when you used to use Google search and it would only return a list of links for web results, letting you easily find what you’re looking for? Google was once the best way to search the web, but as almost all Google users have noticed, the web search engine has become less of an … Read More ⌘ Read more

iOS 17.5.1 & iPadOS 17.5.1 Update Released to Fix Reappearing Deleted Photos Bug
Apple has released a small bug fix update for iPhone and iPad versioned as iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1. The update specifically aims to fix a very strange bug where deleted photos would randomly reappear on some users devices. Sometimes the photos that reappeared on user devices were deleted many years prior, raising serious questions … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/ … ⌘ Read more

Play Apple Music in Retro Mac OS X Fashion with QuickTune
Apple Music may be a modern offering from Apple, but a super fun project from developer Mario Guzman offers a very nostalgic interface to Apple Music, giving it a QuickTime lookalike appearance from 2005. Aptly named QuickTune, you’ll find QuickTune has a super simple and fun retro brushed metal interface to interact with Apple Music … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/21/play-apple-music-in-retro-mac-os-x-fashi … ⌘ Read more

How to Install & Run Windows 11 in VMware Fusion Pro on Mac
There are numerous options to run Windows 11 simultaneously with MacOS, and one great app option that is newly free is VMware Fusion Pro 13. VMWare Fusion Pro makes it particularly simple to download, install, and setup Windows 11 in a virtual machine on the Mac, but if you’re new to virtualization and virtual machines, … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to AirPlay from Chrome & Edge Browsers on Mac to Sonos or HomePod
There are many websites that have audio that you may wish to stream from a web browser to a Sonos or Homepod, or any other AirPlay compatible speaker system. For example, maybe you’re on a website for a podcast or music that you want to stream to another speaker in the room or house. This … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Disable Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Edge
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is a feature in the Microsoft Edge web browser for Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android (and it’s also in the Windows operating system, in case you have a PC or run it in a virtual machine) that aims to protect your computer or device from malicious sites and downloads. Because of … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Check Battery Life of Apple Watch
The Apple Watch is a nifty gadget that many of us are fans of, but one of the curious things about Apple Watch is that it doesn’t have an obvious battery percentage remaining indicator, unlike the iPhone, iPad, Apple Pencil, AirPods, or Mac. Furthermore, it’s not necessarily obvious how to check how much battery life … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Factory Reset Mac (MacOS Sonoma & Ventura)
If you are going to sell, return, or give away a Mac, you almost certainly want to factory reset the computer first. Performing a factory reset on a Mac will erase all data on the Mac, and return it to a clean slate as if the computer were brand new, without any data or personal … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Download & Install VMware Fusion Pro for Mac for Free
VMware Fusion Pro is now available for free for personal use, according to a blog post on the developers website. VMware Fusion Pro is powerful hypervisor software that allows you to create and run virtual machines on your Mac, enabling the capability to do things like run a virtualized Windows installation atop MacOS, or run … Read More ⌘ Read more

MacOS Ventura 13.6.7 & macOS Monterey 12.7.5 Updates Available
macOS Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, and Safari 17.5 are now available as software updates for Mac users who are not running the macOS Sonoma operating system and the just released MacOS Sonoma 14.5 update. macOS Ventura 13.6.7, macOS Monterey 12.7.5, and Safari 17.5 focus on security fixes and are not expected to include any … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/14/macos-ventura-13-6-7-macos- … ⌘ Read more

Apple Deals: M1 iPad Air for $399, Apple Watch 9 for $299, etc
Amazon is back with some really great deals on select Apple products. Leading the way is the fantastic M1 iPad Air for just $399, discounted 33% from the $599 MSRP – sure it was just replaced by the M2 Air model but that is $599, so simply getting the last-gen saves you $200! Next up … Read More ⌘ Read more

MacOS Ventura 13.6.7 & macOS Monterey 12.7.5 Updates Available
macOS Ventura 13.6.7 and macOS Monterey 12.7.5 are now available as software updates for Mac users who are not running the macOS Sonoma operating system and the just released MacOS Sonoma 14.5 update. macOS Ventura 13.6.7 and macOS Monterey 12.7.5 focus on security fixes and are not expected to include any significant changes, bug fixes, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/14/macos-ventura-13-6-7-ma … ⌘ Read more

iOS 16.7.8 & iPadOS 16.7.8 Updates for Older iPhones & iPads Available
Alongside iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, Apple has also released iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8 updates for older model iPhone and iPads. iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8 include security fixes and do not appear to have any other changes. iOS 16.7.8 and iPadOS 16.7.8 are available for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/14/ios-16-7-8-ipados-16-7-8-upda … ⌘ Read more

iOS 17.5 & iPadOS 17.5 Updates Released with Bug Fixes
iOS 17.5 for iPhone, and iPadOS 17.5 for iPad, have been released by Apple. The new software updates are available with bug fixes, security enhancements, enhancements to Apple News, and a new Pride Radiance wallpaper from Apple to celebrate the LGBTQIA2S++ communities for Pride month. Separately, updates are also available for watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/13/ios-17-5-ipados-17-5-update-download … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sonoma 14.5 Update Released with Security Fixes
Apple has released MacOS Sonoma 14.5 for Mac users running the Sonoma operating system. The MacOS 14.5 update includes bug fixes, security enhancements, and some changes and improvements to add various word games to the paid Apple News+ service. Mac users running earlier versions of system software will find MacOS Ventura 13.6.7 and MacOS Monterey … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/13/macos-sonoma-14-5-update-released- … ⌘ Read more

Play the Retro First-Person Shooter Classics Marathon & Marathon 2 for Free
The Marathon series of video games are classic first-person shooters set in a sci-fi world, and longtime Mac users may have fond memories of playing Marathon, Marathon 2, or Marathon Infinitiy as single-player or multiplayer over a LAN in the mid 1990s. But you don’t need a time machine or to run Mac OS Classic … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to View Instagram Without an Account
Instagram is one of the most popular social networks in the world, with photo sharing, video sharing, messaging capabilities, and much more. While it seems like many people have Instagram accounts, there are also plenty more people without Instagram accounts, and who don’t ever want to have an Instagram account or profile. So what if … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Listen to Voicemail from Apple Watch
As an Apple Watch owner, you likely have noticed that phone calls from your iPhone will ring on your Apple Watch, where you can answer and reject those calls as you wish. If you reject or mute the call from the Watch, the caller will have the option to leave a voice message on the … Read More ⌘ Read more