Tools, Tips and Fixes for iPhone, Mac, iPad and iPod

January 27, 2012

Energy Saver Settings – Mac OS X

If you would like to conserve battery power on your Mac, this tutorial is for you! Energy Saver settings on your Mac can be used for many things including conserving battery power and scheduling your Mac to shut down. While this tutorial does not require any additional software, it does require Mac OS X Lion. [...]

January 27, 2012

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Top Free Mac OS X Games

Now that the holidays are rolling around, you may have some extra time off to use your Mac or iOS devices. If so, you may want to try out some new games on your Mac—for free! In this article we will be highlighting a few of the best free games for your Mac. Keep in [...]

January 27, 2012

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OnLive Releases OnLive Desktop

OnLive is well known for their “cloud gaming” service which is available for Mac and iOS. OnLive lets users play console on their mobile devices via the cloud. This takes away the need for high-end graphics cards and processors which are usually required to play full featured video games. OnLive has recently launched an iPad [...]

January 25, 2012

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OpenOffice – Better Than Office?

Microsoft Office for Mac has been the premier office suite for professionals and students since its initial launch in mid-1989. Unfortunately, Microsoft Office is expensive, bulky and has an aging interface. What if there was a free alternative that was backwards compatible with Microsoft Office files? Fortunately, there is. OpenOffice by Oracle is an open [...]

January 20, 2012

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My IPad’s / iPhone’s home button is not working, how to fix

Several users have reported that their iPad / iPhone home button suddenly stopped working and became unresponsive. Here are some tips to troubleshoot this problem; try each step until you solve this issue: Restart your device by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red “slide to power off” slider [...]

January 18, 2012

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Safari accept cookies setting keeps resetting itself to never accept cookies, fix

Several users have reported an issue that the Safari app on iPhone keeps resetting preferences to “Never Accept Cookies” by itself after restarting the iPhone . Possible fixes: Make sure there are no restrictions on cookie permissions, if you are a part of an Exhange account. It has been reported that turning off iCloud Bookmarks [...]

January 15, 2012

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iPhone 4s call failed, how to fix

Several users have reported problems when trying to make a call. The reported problems include, but are not limited to, call failing and no sound. Fix There has been similar Siri related problems with outgoing calls where there is no sound while a connection is established. It has been reported that updating to the latest [...]

January 15, 2012

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How to determine the true size of an app (iTunes may be incorrect)

You may wonder sometimes what was taking up all the space on your iPhone. Since you have a very limited space on your device, you may want to know how much space exactly an app is using so that you can manage them more efficiently, especially if you have a lot of apps. Here is [...]

January 14, 2012

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Playing Video Games – Mac OS X

While iOS devices have a wide variety of games, everything from Angry Birds to Grand Theft Auto to Fruit Ninja, Macs are sometimes left out of the gaming scene. Recently, however, this has started to change with the introduction of new gaming services such as Steam and OnLive. In this article we will be showing [...]

January 14, 2012

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Guide: Trackpad Configuration

If you’ve recently received an Apple notebook as a gift or just want to know how to configure you Mac’s trackpad, read on! Multi-touch trackpads are one of Apple’s flagship features on the latest MacBook Airs and Pros. This is because they add a ton of functionality to OS X Lion as well as other [...]