Problem to be solved: You’ve got your awesome Bluetooth headphones but you don’t remember how long it’s been since you charged them. You hate to go out for a run or cycle and halfway through get that dreaded battery low alert. In iOS 9 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, you can quickly find the […]
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How to Enable iCloud Photo Library
This tutorial will show you how to have all photos in their original size you take on your iOS devices to be uploaded to the iCloud and downloaded to your Mac. It will also enable all photos in an optimized size to be moved onto your iOS devices. With this scheme you won’t run out […]
Continue readingChecklist to Limit Data Use on Travel (Updated)
Problem to be solved: I have a shared data plan between my Mifi and my iPad. Under normal use at home I never go over my 4GB plan (not even close) but about 2 days into a vacation I get a 75% usage warning. I had Katie Floyd of the Mac Power Users Podcast on […]
Continue readingHow to Play Content from Your iOS Device On Your Mac
Have you ever wished you could play content living on your iOS device over on your Mac? Maybe you have music on your phone or a podcast or even a video you’d like to play through the better speakers on your Mac. If you’re running Yosemite, you have a new version of QuickTime that will […]
Continue readingHow to Recover Your Voicemails from an iOS Backup on a Mac (for free)
After the move to an iPhone 6/6+ many people lost their voicemails. If you have a backup made from your previous phone, this quick technique will bring them back. Mike Reyes figured this out and wrote short Terminal only instructions, so for people a little less comfortable in the Terminal, here’s a visual guide. Mike’s […]
Continue readingHow to Disable Auto-Play Videos in Facebook
Recently Facebook decided that we wanted our feeds littered with auto-playing videos. The only saving grace is that the audio doesn’t also play but it’s still distracting and annoying to many of us. Luckily, there’s a switch to turn it off from the web-version of Facebook, and in a completely different place to turn it […]
Continue readingActivity Monitor for iOS Using Instruments in Xcode
Activity Monitor is a great utility on the Mac to monitor what applications and services are chewing up CPU cycles, energy hogs, and other things that might slow your Mac down. in this tutorial, I’ll show you how to engage a version of Activity Monitor to track your iOS device. My particular interest in using […]
Continue readingHow to Build Accessible iOS Apps
These notes were created by Donald Burr of Otaku No Podcast from otakunopodcast.com. Donald was the guest on episode #364 of the podcast. If you’d like to listen to the audio as you read along, click the link below: Donald Burr on Accessible App Development How to Build Accessible iOS Apps by Donald Burr When […]
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