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How to Recover Space by Offloading Unused Apps in iOS 11

How to Recover Space by Offloading Unused Apps in iOS 11 Running low on space on your iPhone or iPad in iOS 11? This problem may be easier to deal with than you expect because Apple has added a quick way to free up storage space by removing unneeded apps. Go to Settings > General > iPhone/iPad Storage, where you’ll see a Recommendations section. This section may include an option to Offload Unused Apps with an estimate of how much space you could save. Tap Enable to allow iOS to...

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Seriously Cool Features of macOS 10.14 Mojave You Won’t Want to Miss

Seriously Cool Features of macOS 10.14 Mojave You Won’t Want to Miss With last year’s macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Apple made no sweeping changes, instead focusing on refinements and bug fixes. In keeping with the company’s alternating cycle of releases, this year’s macOS 10.14 Mojave boasts plenty of new features. Dark Mode and Dynamic Desktop In a major visual change, Mojave features a new Dark mode that reverses the standard black-on-white look with light gray text on a dark background throughout the interface—change it in System Preferences > General. If...

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When Should You Upgrade to macOS 10.14 Mojave, iOS 12, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12

When Should You Upgrade to macOS 10.14 Mojave, iOS 12, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12? It’s that time of year again, when an Apple user’s thoughts drift to new versions of macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Apple announced the new versions in June, and public betas have been available since. But once Apple makes macOS 10.14 Mojave, iOS 12, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12 available for free download, you’ll need to decide when to install each. (Note that we say when and not if. There’s no harm in delaying major...

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Remember That You Can Search for Nearly Anything in Your Photos Library

Remember That You Can Search for Nearly Anything in Your Photos Library Apple’s Photos app on the Mac can identify thousands of different objects in your photos, so it’s easy to find photos based on their content. You can find objects (cars and trains), scenery (beaches and forests), and even some events (weddings and parades). This is both big fun and useful for those times when you can’t remember when you took a photo, but do remember what’s in it, like a cat, camera, or carousel. To carry out a...

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Here’s How to Hide All Windows on Your Mac So You Can Work on the Desktop

Here’s How to Hide All Windows on Your Mac So You Can Work on the Desktop If your Mac is anything like ours, you end up with lots of apps open, each with one or more windows that obscure the Desktop. For those people who like to save in-progress documents to the Desktop and keep current project folders there, all those windows get in the way. macOS has a solution. Open System Preferences > Mission Control, and in the Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts section, from the Show Desktop pop-up menu,...

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Fix a Frozen Finder with This Quick Tip

Fix a Frozen Finder with This Quick Tip Finder freezes. They shouldn’t happen at all, and they don’t happen often, but it’s not unheard of for your Mac’s Finder to freeze, freak out, or otherwise stop responding properly. To bring it back to life, hold down the Option key, click and hold the Finder icon in the Dock, and choose Relaunch. (If the “click and hold” action feels odd, you can instead hold down Control and Option, and then just click.) In theory, you should be able to keep working...

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