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How to Stop Meta Using Your Instagram Photos & Reels for AI

Jamie Cuevas — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:52:06 +0000

Meta, who owns and operates FaceBook and Instagram, has enabled a setting automatically that allows anyone to use your public Instagram photos, profile picture, and/or reels for AI purposes. This includes everything from your posts, stories, stickers, reels, and even your profile photo. Some users may not like this, whether they’re opposed to AI in ... Read More

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Mac Keyboard Setup Assistant Keeps Popping Up? Here’s the Fix

Jamie Cuevas — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:00:06 +0000

Some Mac users may encounter an unusual situation where a “Keyboard Setup Assistant” application opens at random on their Mac, even if they already connected and setup a keyboard to use with their computer. The Keyboard Setup Assistant might pop up completely randomly, when the computer is woken from sleep, when the computer is freshly ... Read More

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Fix @unknown Terminal Prompt in MacOS

Paul Horowitz — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:02:01 +0000

Some Mac Terminal app users may find that their zsh prompt and Mac host name at the command line randomly sets itself to “@unknown”, or some variation of that. Opening the Terminal, you might find your prompt is something like “@unknown92844982″, @unknown184Afb84.home”, @UNKNOWN, or some variation of “@unknown” with a bunch of alphanumeric characters on ... Read More

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How to Use Split View in Google Chrome

Paul Horowitz — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:25:26 +0000

The latest versions of the Google Chrome browser have built-in split view browser mode, allowing you to have two websites open side by side. This is a really handy feature for many obvious reasons where it’s useful to see two websites or pages open next to each other, whether you’re reading one page and taking ... Read More

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How to Customize the Lock Screen Clock on MacOS

Jamie Cuevas — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:41:52 +0000

One of the hallmark visual features of the Apple ecosystem of devices is the Lock Screen Clock, visible on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. There have long been many ways to customize the appearance of the Mac, from wallpapers to icons, and with new versions of MacOS like Tahoe and Golden Gate you can personalize the ... Read More

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MacOS Golden Gate 27 Compatible Mac List: Will Your Mac Run MacOS 27?

Jamie Cuevas — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:05:16 +0000

MacOS Golden Gate 27 brings some refinements and new features that are sure to be popular among Mac users, including many performance related improvements, some Liquid Glass tweaks and a slider to adjust the intensity of the interface, new Apple Intelligence features, new Siri AI features, improvements to iPhone Mirroring, and many other small changes ... Read More

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Need Java on MacOS? Here’s How to Install Java (JDK/JRE) on Mac with Eclipse Temurin

Paul Horowitz — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:39:58 +0000

Need to install Java on your Mac to run a particular application? While most Mac users will never need Java, there are certain apps, development tools, enterprise software, and utilities that still require a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) to function properly. You might discover this when you go to open ... Read More

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iPadOS 27 Compatible iPad Models: Will Your iPad Run iPadOS 27?

Jamie Cuevas — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:24:44 +0000

iPadOS 27 is an interesting new update for iPad with a host of performance improvements, tweaks to Liquid Glass including a slider for the intensity of the UI look, and a range of various features and significant AI improvements, including the all new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features. But unlike iOS 27, which is ... Read More

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iOS 27 Supported Devices & Compatible iPhone Models

Jamie Cuevas — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:13:23 +0000

iOS 27 is sure to be a popular update for iPhone, with a big emphasis on boosting device performance, Liquid Glass refinements, significant improvements to Siri with Siri AI and Apple Intelligence, and more. With all of these exciting improvements and features, you might be wondering if your iPhone is capable of running iOS 27, ... Read More

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How to Install MacOS Golden Gate 27 Beta

Jamie Cuevas — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:06:13 +0000

MacOS Golden Gate 27 is the latest version of MacOS system software to come from Apple, debuting at WWDC 2026. With the emphasis being considerably geared towards performance and stability, Golden Gate brings refinements both under the hood and in the user interface, with improvements to the Liquid Glass UI, new Siri AI and Apple ... Read More

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Try the Flight Simulator in Google Earth & Fly Around the World

Jamie Cuevas — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:09:07 +0000

Did you know Google Earth now has a flight simulator built-in to the web version of the app? The Google Earth Flight Simulator was recently launched, and it’s kind of an Easter Egg in that it’s slightly tucked away, but but also kind of not, because it’s just a menu option away from accessing at ... Read More

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MacOS Golden Gate 27 Beta Won’t Install in a Virtual Machine? It’s a Known Issue

Jamie Cuevas — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:29:56 +0000

Running MacOS Beta versions within a virtual machine is generally a fantastic way to test out system software without having to fully commit to running the beta as the primary operating system. But sometimes even trying to get the VM setup fails. In this case, trying to install macOS Golden Gate 27 beta in a ... Read More

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How to Install iPadOS 27 Beta on iPad

Jamie Cuevas — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:26:13 +0000

iPadOS 27 is here, announced at WWDC 2026, with a huge emphasis on performance improvements, efficiencies, Liquid Glass adjustments and a slider, lots of little changes, and some pretty major new Apple Intelligence and Siri AI features. If you’re excited about trying out iPadOS 27 beta on your iPad, you might be wondering about installing ... Read More

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Bypass Siri Waitlist in MacOS Golden Gate 27 Beta with a Terminal Trick

Jamie Cuevas — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:13:18 +0000

If you’re already running the macOS 27 Golden Gate beta, and you’d like to gain access to the new Siri capabilities that require joining a waitlist, you can use a little Terminal trick to bypass the Siri waitlist. Really! And no, you don’t need to disable SIP or do anything too crazy, it’s achieved through ... Read More

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How to Install iOS 27 Beta on iPhone

Paul Horowitz — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:02:13 +0000

Now that iOS 27 has been announced at WWDC 2026, any user who is registered with the Apple Developer program can download and install the iOS 27 beta onto a compatible iPhone model. And while we generally do not recommend installing the iOS 27 developer beta unless you’re an advanced user or onto a secondary ... Read More

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