How to set an animated Memoji on your Lock Screen in macOS Ventura
When choosing your profile picture that is displayed on your Mac's Lock Screen, you can choose to have an animated Memoji as one. Here is how to set it up.
When choosing your profile picture that is displayed on your Mac's Lock Screen, you can choose to have an animated Memoji as one. Here is how to set it up.
Being able to map out your entire drive beforehand, with estimated travel times and future course changes, is a powerful addition to an already handy app. Here's how to create a multi-stop route in the latest version of Apple Maps.
When something goes wrong with your Mac, it's a boon to have a separate, external drive that you can work from — but Apple no longer makes that easy. Here's how to do it.
As part of the security improvements in Apple Silicon Macs running macOS Ventura, Apple has made it so that new USB or Thunderbolt devices have to be approved. Here's how to manage how often you see the requests.
If you want to stream online via Twitch or another video platform, OBS Studio is the tool to use. Here's how to get started using it on macOS.
Apple's iCloud can be handy for syncing your data across devices, but sometimes you want to turn iCloud syncing off for particular apps. Here's how to do it for Notes on iOS or iPadOS.
Focus on Finder with ease by hiding everything else on the Mac's screen, which can be accomplished with just two clicks in macOS.
The Finder is probably the most fundamental app in macOS. Each person has their own way of using the Finder, but what you may not be aware of are the many ways it can help you work faster.
Apple allows people who own a Mac to enroll in the macOS public beta program after showing the new operating system at their WWDC conference. Here is how to enroll in and unenroll from it.
There are a lot of hidden files and folders in macOS, which you can still access if you know the method. Here's how to see the invisible files.
If you sync your data to iCloud, it keeps temporary backups without you telling it to. Here's how to retrieve those backups.
Built into macOS, iOS, and iPadOS is a handy way to take multiple images and make them into one image, without having to use an image editor. Here's how to use Shortcuts to get it done.
If you're off the grid, can't see wireless, and need help, and have an iPhone 14, you can use Emergency SOS via Satellite. Here's how to use it.
You can add another layer of personalization to your contacts by adding their relationship to you on your iPhone. Here is how to set that up.
Spammers are already filling up Twitter with fake accounts since Elon Musk scuttled the service's verification process, and they are very, very good at fooling people. Here's what you can do to see what's real.
Taptic Chimes allow you to know when a new hour has started with sound and haptic motions on your Apple Watch. Here is how to enable and customize the feature.
After years of keeping Mac users waiting, Apple has finally brought the Weather app to the Mac with macOS Ventura. Here's how to get the best from it.
Keyboard shortcuts don't stop at Command-Z, Command-C, and Command-V. Here's how to create your own keyboard shortcuts in every version of macOS.
Although it's very rarely needed, flushing the DNS cache might help clear up mysterious internet connection issues. Here's why, when, and how you do it.
The new Hover Mode is either a gimmick you'll never use, or part of making Apple Pencil feel ever more like a natural part of your workflow. Here's how to use it.
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