How To Change The Default Apps For Certain File Extensions
Are you tired of your videos opening in QuickTime, or your photos opening in Preview? Well, luckily for you, Finder has a built-in option that...
Block Assholes From Calling You On Your iPhone
Spammers. Spammers EVERWHERE be calling my iPhone trying to get me to do everything from switching out my furnace to buying a new credit card...
Kill Off Skype: Here’s How To Make FaceTime Audio Calls From Mavericks
The latest Mavericks update brought FaceTime Audio calls to the Mac for the first time. Unless you need text chat capabilities, you can now safely...
Get Siri To Read You The Latest Apple News, And Act Like An RSS Reader
You’re standing in line bored out of your mind, and you haven’t managed to sneak a peek at the latest headlines from the world wide...
How To Close All Safari Tabs At Once In iOS 7
This one’s simple, but hidden enough that you may not realize you can close all of your open browser tabs at one time in iOS...
How To Get More Out Of Finder Tags
OS X Mavericks lets you assign tags to your files through the Finder. If you’ve ever used Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, or any site that includes...
How To Send Directions To Your iPhone From Apple Maps For Mac
Apple brought its Maps app to the Mac with the release of OS X Mavericks late last year. Though not everyone is sold on the...
Hiding Folders From Spotlight Search
We all have files and folders on our Macs that we don’t want seen by others, whether it be personal financial documents or—cough—other things. One...
Make The Finder Live Up To Its Name With These Searching Tricks
If you’re fairly new to the Mac, you might not know everything that the Finder’s search feature can do. After all, aside from the ubiquitous...
How To Turn Off Web Notifications In Mavericks
When Apple released OS X Mavericks late last year, it gave web developers the ability to send notifications from their websites. When you turn let...
Change OS X’s Notification Banner Duration With This Simple Terminal Tweak
When OS X Lion was released two years ago, Apple brought Push Notifications to the Mac using a unique banner system. As you probably already...
Don’t Like Twitter’s New Look? Here’s How To Make It Less Ugly
“Twitter, that is not a good look for you.” That was my first reaction when Twitter’s latest redesign got switched on for my account. My...
Hey! Cheapass! Create A Quick iPad Stand With A Piece Of Cardboard
Don’t want to drop $50 on a shiny metal iPad stand, but still want something nice to keep your iPhone upright for watching movies and...
Here’s 5 New iPhone Wallpapers For You To Enjoy
Anyone else tired of looking at their iPhone wallpaper? I’m pretty fickle when it comes to keeping wallpapers around. It could be a week, a...
Stop Facebook From Automatically Playing Videos Over Cellular Data With This Simple Fix
In a recent Facebook iOS update, the app gained the ability to automatically play muted videos from your News Feed. While this can be slightly...
Keep Launching Control Center Instead of Camera.app On The Lock Screen? Here’s A Fix
As an avid iPhone photographer, I often find myself accessing my iPhone’s camera by flipping up on the bottom of the lock screen. However, after...
Change Default Quick Look Apps On The Fly
Dear Finder, please stop trying to open up my PHP in TextEdit from the Quick Look window. Is there anything more annoying when OS X...
Get A Quick List Of All Media Sent Across iMessage Conversations
I have a few iMessage chats on the go with friends where we basically share photos and GIFs back and forth. A lot of the...