MacVoices Magazine

By Chuck Joiner

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The 25 Best Apple Watch Series 4 Tips and Tricks
iphonehacks.com - Khamosh Pathak
Apple Watch Series 4 is the first big update to the Apple Watch since the original one. It comes with a new design, much bigger screen, new watch …
Lifehacks
How to Turn on Skype's New Real-Time Captioning Feature
Lifehacker - Emily Price
If you’re deaf or hard of hearing, then placing or being part of a Skype call can be a complicated affair. This week, Microsoft rolled out a feature …
How to eject a CD or DVD that is stuck in your Mac
applemust.com - by Jonny Evans ·
How to get a stuck CD or DVD out of your Mac I know most current Macs don’t have CD or DVD drives, but we all know that millions of Macs still have …
Google Assistant
Best Alternatives To Philips Hue Light Strips in 2018
imore.com - Mikah Sargent
Philips Hue may offer one of the best smart lighting systems on the market, but its smart light strip has some worthwhile competitors.Philips Hue's …
Apple Pay
You can change your default Apple Pay card
imore.com - Bryan M Wolfe
You can change your default payment method in Apple Pay for Apple Watch. Here's how to do it.Apple Pay provides a convenient way to make purchases on …
Lifehacks
How to Customize Amazon Music with Alexa
Lifehacker - Emily Long
Alexa has long been able to respond to requests for specific music genres, moods, and playlists. Now, she can also help you curate and personalize …
Instagram now lets you send Stories only to ‘close friends’
VentureBeat
App Store
What to do when the Mac App Store says ‘Update Unavailable with This Apple ID’
macworld.com - Glenn Fleishman
The Mac App Store (MAS) registers downloaded apps—paid and free—to the Apple ID associated with the store at the time of download. Most people only …
Gift Guides
MacVoices #18234: Holiday Gift Guide #6 - MacVoices
macvoices.com - Chuck
The MacVoices Holiday Gift Guide #6 features picks for kids, for grown up kids, and picks for pets. Automation, audio, photography, and videography …
MacBook Pro
How to customize your MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar
appleworld.today - Dennis Sellers
Apple’s Touch Bar comes with a default set of shortcuts, depending on which app you're using. If you don't like the default options, you can add and …
HomeKit
HomeKit Weekly: Upgrading your holiday lights with Home, Siri, and automation
9to5Mac - Zac Hall
HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework. Upgrading your Christmas tree and holiday lights to work
Apple Watch
How to set up Apple Watch irregular heart rate notifications
9to5Mac - Michael Potuck
Along with the highly anticipated ECG (electrocardiogram) capability arriving on Apple Watch, the new update also brings additional heart focused health features. Follow along for how to set up irregular
Technology
Fujitsu releases new 64-bit Mac app for popular ScanSnap scanners
9to5Mac - Chance Miller
If you own a ScanSnap scanner from Fujitsu, we’ve got good news for you. You may have noticed that the ScanSnap app for macOS is 32-bit, prompting a compatibility warning when you open it. Recently, however,
Cybersecurity
The Cheapest VPN Services
Tom's Guide - Paul Wagenseil
The cheapest VPN services we've found are Kaspersky Secure Connection, Mullvad and Private Internet Access, but don't just rush out and sign up for …
iCloud
How to download iCloud photos on Windows and Mac
idownloadblog.com - Sandy Writtenhouse
If you want to download the photos you have in iCloud to your Windows or Mac, you have a few different options. Whether you want to store them on …
Apple Pay
New Apple Pay Promo Offers Special Holiday Deals From 12 Different Merchants
MacTrast - Chris Hauk
- Dec 6, 2018 Apple’s latest Apple Pay promotion has a holiday shopping theme. The latest email sent out to users of Apple’s contactless payments …
Apple Watch
How to Take an ECG on Your Apple Watch Series 4 (and Why You'd Want To)
Tom's Guide - Caitlin McGarry
Apple Watch Series 4: ECG Fast Facts The ECG app is now available for Apple Watch Series 4 with the watchOS 5.1.2 update.• For Series 1 to 4 owners, the …
Dr. Mac's Headset Roundup: 2018 Edition
macobserver.com - Bob LeVitus @LeVitus
Dr. Mac’s Rants & Raves Episode #308 This year I auditioned at least half a dozen new wired and wireless headsets for my iPhone and other devices. …
Apple Watch
How to get ‘Animoji’ on older iPhones and iPads without Face ID
9to5Mac - Michael Potuck
Apple’s popular Animoji (and Memoji) are only available on iPhones and iPads with Face ID. But that doesn’t mean you’re totally out of luck on older devices. Follow along for how to get ‘Animoji’ on older
Apple Pencil
How to customize double tap gesture on Apple Pencil
9to5Mac - Peter Cao
The second generation Apple Pencil brought a ton of new and improved features to the stylus. One of the new features is being able to double tap the Pencil to quickly access tools. By default, the double
Apple
From Apple Finder to Path Finder for Power Users
macautomationtips.com
Path Finder for Power Users I will admit straight up that article is not an exhaustive review of the powerful Path Finder 8, a classic alternative to …
Cybersecurity
The Fastest VPNs
Tom's Guide - Paul Wagenseil
Judging the fastest VPN can be tricky, as network speeds can fluctuate greatly over time and among locations. But we've done extensive testing of …
iPhone 8
Everything you can do with Control Center
imore.com
Airplane mode in Control Center Airplane mode disables your cellular connection so you can't send or receive calls or text messages. You can quickly …
Tutorials
How to set up call forwarding on iPhone
idownloadblog.com - Sandy Writtenhouse
Call forwarding is a really simple feature that can come in super handy. Maybe you want your iPhone calls to ring on your home phone, office phone, …
Apple
12 Siri tips you’ll wish you’d used before
computerworld.com - Jonny Evans
Everybody likes to learn a few tips that will save them time, so I’ve identified a dozen things Siri will do for you that you may never have come …
Mobile Photography
Using FiLMiC Pro to Control Your iPhone or iPad Camera
thesweetsetup.com
I said in my last post on LumaFusion that I could upgrade the camera software on my iPhone by using FiLMiC Pro, but that I hadn’t taken the step. Of …
Paramount Pictures
The Best (Free) Streaming Service You've Never Heard Of
WIRED - Brian Raftery
When the classic-movie streaming service FilmStruck shuttered last month, it caused a palpable panic among cineastes. Overstuffed with exceptional …
Apple Watch
How to change or turn off Apple Watch passcode
9to5Mac - Michael Potuck
Whether you want to disable or modify your Apple Watch passcode temporarily or for good, follow along for how to change or turn off Apple Watch passcode. Whoosh! Screen Cleaner Keep in mind if you choose
Webdesigner
MacVoices #18233: Michael E. Cohen Updates Take Control of Pages - MacVoices
macvoices.com - Chuck
Apple keeps making Pages better, and Michael E. Cohen continues to revise Take Control of Pages to keep up. After delving a bit into the history of …