The ‘Apple Mac’ Archives
Posted December 17, 2012 by

Safari: How to Clear the Google Search Box History

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Clearing the Google search box (or address box) history in Safari to prevent people from seeing your prior searches. This tutorial has been updated to show how to erase your Google history in Safari versions 5 and 6. I have also clarified some other questions that people frequently ask regarding Google search histories.

Category Apple Mac, Google

Posted December 16, 2012 by

Determine How Much Space an App Takes Up on Your iOS Device

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With retina-enabled graphics, many apps are growing in size. Figuring out which applications are consuming space on your iPad or iPhone can be accomplished by following the steps in this tutorial.

Category Apple iPhone

Posted December 13, 2012 by

Upgrade Your iCloud Storage Plan

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Apple provides the first 5GB of iCloud storage for free. That may be enough if you are using your Apple ID on only one device. If you have more devices linked or if you just have a lot of data, you will need to consider increasing your amount of iCloud storage.

Category Apple iPhone

Posted December 12, 2012 by

iBooks: Switching between Page Flipping and Scrolling Animations on Your iDevice

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The default view on the iBooks animation is known as Book and is intended to simulate turning through the pages of an actual book. However, some people have problems with it freezing and making the iBooks app frustrating. By following these instructions, you can change the animation to scrolling instead. This loads the entire book [...]

Category Apple iPhone

Posted December 7, 2012 by

iPhone and iPad: Remove Text Message Preview from Lock Screen

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By default when a user receives a new text message, the majority of the message is displayed on the lock screen. If you want to keep your text messages private, you can disable this notification.

Category Apple iPhone

Posted December 5, 2012 by

How to Wipe iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch without iTunes

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You are being hunted and your attackers are after valuable information that resides on your iOS Apple mobile device. Do you know how to clear your iPhone or iPad instantly?

Category Apple iPhone

Posted December 5, 2012 by

Prevent Finder from Opening to All My Files

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In recent versions of OS X for Mac systems, new Finder windows default to the All My Files favorite listing. This can be changed to a different folder location instead.

Category Apple Mac

Posted December 5, 2012 by

iTunes 11: Download All Podcasts

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The command to download all episodes of a podcast is difficult to find for many users.

Category Apple Mac, Music, Windows

Posted December 4, 2012 by

iOS: Add a Secondary Email Address to FaceTime

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FaceTime is being used more and more in routine conversations. Typically people contact people to chat through FaceTime by using a phone number or email address. However, sometimes it is convenient to have multiple email addresses where people can contact you for FaceTime communications.

Category Apple iPhone

Posted December 3, 2012 by

iTunes 11 Up Next: Select, Add and Remove Multiple Files at Once

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Everybody is trying to figure out how to do things with the new Up Next feature in iTunes. One of the most common tasks is adding and removing multiple songs at once.

Category Apple Mac, Music, Windows