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HomeMac OSiPhoneiPadTips & TricksNewsiOSTroubleshootingBeta 4 of macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5, & PadOS 15.5 Available for TestingMay 3, 2022 - Leave a CommentThe fourth beta versions of macOS 12.4 Monterey, iOS 15.5, and iPadOS 15.5 are available to users participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. Additionally, new betas are available for Apple Studio Display, tvOS 15.5, and watchOS 8.6 as well.Any active user in the developer beta or public beta testing programs can get the latest beta builds on their eligible devices now.These are not expected to significant updates with any major new features, but it’s more likely the beta builds will fix bugs and include security patches for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and the other Apple operating systems. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - News - Leave a CommentHow to Disable Live Text on MacMay 3, 2022 - Leave a CommentThe Live Text feature available in modern MacOS releases allows Mac users to select text from within images and photos, but some users may find this feature to be more annoying than helpful, and thus may want to turn Live Text off on their Mac. This may be particularly true for some designers and image editors who spend a ton of time editing photos and images and find the Live Text selection tools to be cumbersome in their workflow. If you’d like to disable Live Text in MacOS, read along and in no time you’ll have the feature off. And of course you can always turn it back on again if you change your mind. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - Leave a CommentEasily Bulk Download & Install Mac Apps with macapps.linkMay 2, 2022 - 2 CommentsReady to automate Mac app downloads and installs? If you’re setting up a new Mac, you probably know how tedious it is to manually navigate to a bunch of different developer websites, and to individually download and install all the Mac apps you may want. This is a necessary but time consuming procedure for setting up a new Mac, particularly when you’re using apps not found on the Mac App Store. And here is where the MacApps.link service comes in handy, by bundling a bunch of different Mac applications of your choosing together into a single executable command string that you can toss into the Terminal, then go about your business while the apps are downloaded and installed onto the Mac. Basically you’ll be automating the download and installation of a ton of popular Mac apps.For example, let’s say you have a brand new MacBook Pro for work, and you want to install your typical workflow setup of Chrome, Firefox, Chrome Canary, Skitch, Fantastical, GitHub, IntelliJ, BBEdit, Sketch, Docker, The Unarchiver, CyberDuck, iTerm2, iStats Menu, BarTender, VLC, Steam (I swear it’s for work boss!), Atom, Slack, Discord, Zoom, and Skype… that’s a ton of different websites and developers to go to manually to install apps from right? With the MacApps.link service, you simply select all those apps from their list, get the install link, toss it into the Terminal, and let run the command to completion. Easy peasy. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Command Line, Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 2 CommentsiPad Magic Keyboard Backlight Not Working? Here’s How to Fix ItMay 1, 2022 - Leave a CommentThe backlit keyboard on iPad Magic Keyboard typically lights up the moment you attach the Magic Keyboard to the iPad Pro or iPad Air. But sometimes that doesn’t happen, and sometimes the iPad Magic Keyboard backlighting does not work. Usually this is an easy fix however, so don’t freak out if you find the backlit key illumination is not working as expected with your iPad Magic Keyboard. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - iPad, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting - Leave a CommentHow to Turn Off or On Headphone Notifications on iPhoneApr 30, 2022 - Leave a CommentThe iPhone has a nice optional health feature called Headphone Notifications, that aims to protect your hearing from loud music and sounds.What exactly does Headphone Notifications do, you ask? In layman’s terms, the feature notifies you if you’ve been listening to loud audio via headphones. How does your iPhone know if your music is too loud, you ask? Basically, your iPhone analyzes your headphone audio levels, and checks if you’ve reached the recommended 7-day audio exposure limit. This is a feature that some users may really want to enable, while other users may not want the headphone notifications and wish to turn them off. Read more »By Hamlin Rozario - iPhone, Tips & Tricks - Leave a CommentHow to Type the Inverted Question Mark on iPhone & iPad ¿Apr 29, 2022 - 1 Comment¿ Need to type the inverted question mark from your iPhone or iPad? Whether you’re learning a foreign language, speak another language fluently, or simply need access to the ¿ punctuation character for any other reason, typing the inverted question mark symbol is very easy from iPhone or iPad.We’ll show you two ways to type ¿ on the iPhone and iPad, using the onscreen keyboard and also using a hardware keyboard. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 1 CommentFix Zoom Error Code 1132, 5003, 3160 Connection ProblemsApr 29, 2022 - Leave a CommentZoom is the popular virtual meeting platform used widely by many companies, institutions, schools, providers, groups, and friends, and while Zoom meetings usually work great, occasionally some Zoom users will have a failure to connect to a meeting, and Zoom will show error codes when either attempting to join a meeting, or to login to their Zoom account.If you’re seeing Zoom error code 1132, error code 5003, error 3160, error 1001, or similar Zoom connection errors when joining a Zoom meeting or signing into your Zoom account, read along for troubleshooting methods to resolve the problem. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Troubleshooting - Leave a CommentHow to Create Local Backups of Notes on MacApr 28, 2022 - 6 CommentsThe Notes app is popular for keeping bits of data, jotting down information, maintaining lists, storing text, photos, and so much more. It’s completely reasonable to want to create a local backup of notes from the Notes app, but you may be unsure of how to accomplish that.We’ll discuss a few ways to backup Notes on the Mac, from using iCloud, to exporting the notes as a PDF file, to getting the notes data into a more broadly compatible file format, to creating local backups of the Notes SQL database. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 6 CommentsFix iCloud Errors & “Can’t Establish Secure Connection with idmsa.apple.com” on MacOS Sierra & High SierraApr 27, 2022 - Leave a CommentSome Mac users running MacOS Sierra and MacOS High Sierra have found they’re unable to login to an Apple ID or iCloud through System Preferences, or access iCloud.com in Safari. Additionally, Apple websites requiring usage of an Apple ID from Safari fail with a ‘Safari Can’t Open Page’ error “because Safari can’t establish a secure connection to the server ‘idmsa.apple.com’.”If you’re experiencing any of the following type of error message on MacOS High Sierra or macOS Sierra, you should be able to fix them by installing an Apple certificate in Keychain Access:MacOS iCloud System Preferences error “You can’t sign in at this time. Try signing in again.”Safari error with iCloud.com “Connection error : iCloud encountered an error while trying to connect to the server.”Mac Safari error with any site using Apple ID: “Safari Can’t Open the Page : Safari can’t open the page ‘https://idmsa.apple.com’ because Safari can’t establish a secure connection to the server ‘idmsa.apple.com’ Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting - Leave a CommentHow to Type the Upside Down Question Mark on Mac ¿Apr 27, 2022 - Leave a CommentMany Mac users who are either bilingual or learning another language may need to type the upside-down question mark.The inverted question mark punctuation is found in Spanish as well as some other languages, and so if you’re either typing in another language or just need access to that punctuation, you certainly aren’t alone in wondering how to type the inverted question mark in macOS. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - Leave a CommentBeta 3 of iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4 Released for TestingApr 26, 2022 - Leave a CommentApple has issued the third beta versions of macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5, iPadOS 15.5, tvOS 15.5, and watchOS 8.6. Additionally, a beta version of the Apple Studio Display firmware has been released, which apparently aims to improve the monitors camera resolution and sharpness.Anyone participating in the Apple system software beta programs can download the third beta of system software on their enrolled device, and the updates are available to both developer betas and public beta users.No significant features have been found in the beta versions thus far, meaning the beta releases very well may focus on bug fixes and security enhancements, rather than adding anything new to the various operating systems. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - News - Leave a CommentHow to Adjust Backlit Key Brightness on iPad Magic KeyboardApr 26, 2022 - Leave a CommentIf you have an iPad with Magic Keyboard, you probably noticed it has a nice and fancy backlit keyboard. Keyboard backlighting is particular useful for working in lower light situations, but let’s face it, it also just looks cool. Some iPad Magic Keyboard users may wish to have their key backlighting be brighter or dimmer, so let’s check out how you can change your iPad Magic Keyboard backlighting brightness levels via the Settings app. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - iPad, Tips & Tricks - Leave a CommentHow to Control+F Search on iPhone & iPad in SafariApr 25, 2022 - 6 CommentsMany computer users associate Control+F with searching for text on a web page, and if you’re coming to the iPhone or iPad from the Windows world, you may be wondering how you can use the equivalent to the Control+F search in the Safari browser on iPhone and iPad.The Safari web browser on iPhone and iPad has a built in Find On Page search feature that easily allows you to search for matched text on a webpage, mimicking the behavior of Control+F search for users who are coming to the platform from Windows. And arguably, the iPhone and iPad method is even easier to search matched text for than using Ctrl+F, as you’ll see in this walkthrough. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 6 CommentsSet Telegram Account to Automatically Self Destruct and Delete ItselfApr 24, 2022 - 1 CommentDid you know you can set your Telegram account to self destruct, automatically deleting itself after a set amount of time if you don’t login to it?If you’re a privacy and security buff and you’re looking to gain a unique additional layer of privacy with Telegram, you can set your Telegram account to delete itself after no activity has been detected in 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, or 12 months. For example, if you choose one month, and you don’t sign into your Telegram account in a month, the account will automatically delete itself, including all messages and conversations in the app.It’s easy to set this up on Telegram on your iPhone, so if it interests you let’s see how this feature works and set it up. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 1 CommentGrab the 6 New iPhone SE 3 (2022) WallpapersApr 23, 2022 - Leave a CommentThe iPhone SE 3rd generation may have a more retro look and functionality complete with a Home Button, but it’s internal hardware components are new and beefy, and it also happens to sport some snazzy new wallpapers. But you don’t need to buy the 2022 iPhone SE 3 model just to get and enjoy the new wallpapers, you can grab them for any device using the links below. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Customize - Leave a CommentHow to Remove Extensions from Chrome on Mac & PCApr 22, 2022 - Leave a CommentWant to clean up your Chrome extensions a bit? Perhaps you have an unneeded extension or two installed in Chrome and you want to remove them. Deleting and removing extensions from Chrome browser on a Mac or PC is really easy, as you’ll soon see. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - Leave a CommentHow to Use the Gender Neutral Siri VoiceApr 21, 2022 - 6 CommentsSiri now has a non-binary gender neutral voice option available to users who prefer to not have a stereotypically male or female Siri voice. While Apple somewhat recently removed all gender identifying information from Siri voices, simply referring to them as ‘Voice 1’ and so on, the introduction of the gender neutral non-binary Siri voice is freshly available on the latest iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS releases. Apple calls the gender neutral voice, “Voice 5”, and you can set it on any Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 6 CommentsTap to Click Not Working on Mac? Here’s How to Fix ItApr 20, 2022 - 3 CommentsTap to Click is a popular feature for Mac trackpads that allow users to tap on the trackpad to perform a click, rather than exert physical pressure to physically click down on the trackpad. Many Mac users like to use Tap to Click, so if you find it’s suddenly not working, or not working as expected, it’s understandable why you’d be bothered.Some Mac users have found that Tap to Click is not working as expected on their MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, or Magic Trackpad, often since updating to macOS Monterey or later. If you encounter this issue, read along to troubleshoot and fix the problem. Read more »By Paul Horowitz - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting - 3 CommentsNext Page »Subscribe to OSXDailyFollow @OSXDailyTips & Tricks - How to Disable Live Text on Mac - Easily Bulk Download & Install Mac Apps with macapps.link - iPad Magic Keyboard Backlight Not Working? 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