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The built-in firewall of OS X is not enabled by default. Unlike in case of Windows, a Mac user needs to activate the firewall manually from the System Preferences. Here’s how you enable and disable the firewall in Mac OS X. Step 1 Select ‘System Preferences’ From the dock at the bottom of the...

App Store provides the opportunity for the users to download and install their favorite applications to their Mac system. One can find a wide range of applications under various categories like games, sports, news. Both free and paid applications are present. Using your Apple ID and password...

Users might want to highlight some certain portion of the text they read or write. Highlighting of text ensures that the specified portion of text is not missed from one’s attention. Important information, notes, the specific section of information can be highlighted for one’s reference. You can...

Mac OS X ensures that the users view the text in a very clear and the best way possible. Many different kinds of fonts are provided to the user to be chosen. The LCD font smoothing is a famous sub-pixel rendering technology that ensures the font to remain less jagged and pixelated. This will...

There is a good probability for people to make spelling mistakes when they type in a very rapid manner. These need to be corrected instantly in an efficient way. Mac OS X provides a way for the users wherein the wrong spelled words get automatically corrected with the right spelling. This will...

Many times, user might want to capture the contents of the screen or take a screenshot with a neat desktop background without the presence of the icons. The desktop icons can be hidden temporarily in your Mac OS X system during some operation while taking a screenshot. This can be performed...

Siri is an intelligent assistant with awesome capabilities designed exclusively for Mac OS X Sierra and later versions. Siri has constantly been stealing hearts of population using iOS, and we are all well aware about setting up the well-known Siri on our Mac OS X. Usually, the Siri’s voice...

The desktop icon behavior of the Mac OS X is somewhat similar to that of windows, though the graphical effects are unbeatable. You can drop files, pictures, and folders on the desktop or create shortcuts on the desktop through various techniques in Mac OS X. You may have noticed that when you...

The Help menu is a part of the Finder in OS X. It’s contextual, and is present in most applications. The contents and the suggestions of the Help menu will vary based on the application you have opened. From user manuals to shortcuts, the Help menu covers a range of information. The feature is...

The ‘Remote Login’ feature in OS X helps in enabling SSH and SFTP server. On activating the SSH server, your OS X will be able to accept incoming SSH connections. This functionality allows remote Mac users to connect to your Mac. Here’s a look at how to enable ‘Remote Login’ in Mac OS X: Step 1...

IP address is the location of your device. The router or the internet connection hardware needs to detect your device’s IP address to connect you to the internet. IP address is also used in tracking your online activities. Although you may not need to keep your IP address in mind, you should...

Deleting a file permanently on Mac is a hassle. You have to drag and drop the file to the trash bin, then click on the trash bin and empty it. And if you are doing a particular work that is requiring you to create lot of files that you will have to delete, this procedure can take up a lot of...

Everybody nowadays is used to the two finger zoom in feature that is available in all smartphones. Just think how useful this feature would be if it was available on the PC as well? If you were on a webpage or reading a document and you can simply zoom in without having to search for the...

iOS 12 is the latest version released by Apple Inc that is received well by people all around the world. iOS 12 is known for its excellent range of customization options to enhance the user experience for the people. It offers the users different hardware and software keyboard layouts that can...

iOS 12 is well appreciated by people owing to the brilliant degree of intuitiveness and responsiveness of the user interface. Additionally, appearance customization can be done to many of the applications. Users might not be able to hear the Skype ringtone when they receive a call when their...

The iPhone comes with various problems, this is something that all iPhone users know. However, what they don’t know is that most of these problems have a simple solution built into their phone OS. This solution is known as a soft reboot. It is a process by which the OS clears out any extra...

Siri is perhaps the greatest addition to the iPhone in recent times. It is a voice-controlled AI interface that helps you perform various activities on the iPhone as well as perform searches on the internet. People of all ages are actively using Siri to get their tasks done faster and in a...

The recently launched OS for handheld Apple devices, the iOS 12 has been an instant hit with Apple users. However, since in its nascent stage there are some minor glitches which still needs to be wrapped up. So while you wait for the update from Apple, you need to know how to fix these issues...

The latest iOS 12 by Apple comes with a lot of promise. It’s meant to make your device faster and more responsive. From smoother animations to AR Quick Look, iOS 12 has lots in the store to offer. However, there has been recurring complains from Apple-users that Apple-Music is not working after...

Are you facing any problem with starting Facebook Messenger in your device after updating to iOS 12? Many users complained that after upgrading their devices to Apple’s latest iOS 12, Facebook Messenger is either not delivering messages or crashing completely. If you are stuck with the same...

Safari is the most preferred web browser by Apple-users. Naturally, the recent issues with Safari in iOS 12 have caused a lot of stir. The application is either crashing, or not launching in the first place. Are you stuck in a similar problem as well? There can be many reasons for Safari...

The iOS 12 update is marked with awesome features that aim to enhance experience and augment convenience for the user. However, updating to iOS 12 has reportedly caused many issues with many applications – one of them being Screen Recording. There have been complains that the screen recording...

The term ‘Bricked iPhone’ is used to refer to iPhones that are not functioning or have become frozen. Such a discrepancy generally occurs when you upgrade the device to the latest version. So, if you have updated your iPhone to iOS 12, and you’re not able to operate it then don’t worry, there...

The issue of iPhone not being able to update is very common especially after iOS 12 update. iPhone restore can be interrupted due to several reasons. For instance, there can be iTunes error during the process, or may be the jailbreak process took a toll over the process. Whatever the reason be...

There can be many reasons behind iTunes not synchronizing music in iOS 12. May be your iTunes is not updated to the latest version. Probably, it’s a poor Wi-Fi connection that’s causing the intervention. At times, faulty USB cable can also cause disruption. Whatever the case may be, we have all...

You may face many issues that may occur using iTunes like restoring the device or updating iOS. One of the errors you may face while using iTunes is ‘Error 1667’. Several times you may face this error when iTunes might not be correctly installed, or iTunes software installation may be...

Many users may face connection issue while trying to connect their iPhone device with the computer. One common error users face is the ‘iTunes could not connect to the iPhone’ error. (0xE80000A or 0xE800000A). This can also be resolved by ensuring that the latest iTunes version is properly...

Many a time, users update their software, other apps quite easily but to their surprise, they cannot access the App store all of a sudden. If you are one of those iOS 11 user and facing the same issue, please read on to find solutions. Step 1 ‘Check Network Connection’ Ensure that your device...

Many users want to ensure that all their data including photos, video and data in their iPhone remains synchronized with the iCloud. Sometimes there might be issues when the user tries to synchronize the photos in your iOS 12 device with the iCloud. Here is how you can easily resolve the iCloud...

iPhone has become very popular among people owing to the variety of cool features that enables the users to experience a very intuitive and responsive user interface. The users can enjoy listening to music from their iPhone device. iTunes help in transferring the music files from PC to iPhone by...

Users might want to do a complete factory reset of their locked iPhone when they forget their passcode. This is a tricky situation and iTunes helps you in resetting your locked iPhone without any passcode. You will need only a USB data cable to reset your iPhone. This will also allow you to...

iCloud is a very significant feature of all iPhone device. It allows the users to store their photos, videos, messages, files and helps you in preparing backups for your iPhone device and also for the recovery process. In iOS 12, the process to reset your iCloud password, in case you forget has...

iOS 12 has been very successful owing to its responsive and intuitive user interface. Additionally, a lot of cool features including the application management and the advanced screen time feature is provided. There are chances of you forgetting your iCloud password but would want to erase the...

There might be instances when the users want to restore the iPhone and go back to the last backed up version of the iPhone saved in the iCloud. Users can do this by entering the recovery mode and the iTunes application installed in the system will help you perform the restoration of your iPhone...

iOS is well known for its user-friendly, interactive, responsive and user interface. It also provides easy gesture moves to perform some functionalities. You might want to transfer some files directly from your PC device to the iOS 12 device for reference. The files can be of any format, can be...

Over the years, iPhones are used by many people all over the world. iOS is widely appreciated owing to the brilliant set of features that includes rapid responsiveness, intuitive and interactive user interfaces. Users might want to delete the photos from the iPhone due to space constraints. In...

WhatsApp being a major trend in the world of smartphone messengers, people tend to use them for daily conversations and private chats. You can easily delete your conversations from the application, but they are easily recoverable. What if you have a private conversation that needs to be dumped...

Sending large files like really huge videos and a bunch of high-definition images via iPhone is a headache unless you do not breach the legacy of iOS that doesn’t allow file transfer via iPhone’s internal hardware like wifi and Bluetooth. The 'File too Large' message on your phone can sometimes...

The PC and Mac’s are designed in a way that you can transfer your files directly in them. Even Android devices are pretty cool when it comes to transferring music from a computer to the device. But the iOS devices, especially iPhones aren’t so cool for this case. On top of that, what if you want...

Music tends to be an essential part of life especially when you do not have anything to do and just pass your time on some fantasy of a specific genre. Being a music lover with an iPhone would be pretty complex if you couldn’t transfer your music from your Mac to an iPhone. It is not impossible...