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Daylight Saving Time Ending: Enable or Prevent your iPhone from “Falling Back” on Sunday, Nov. 6
iPhone times have historically been a bit unpredictable when DST starts and ends. Take a second to check your settings so that you don’t miss church on Sunday!
Newton: Supercharged Email App Black Friday Deal – Get Read Receipts, Email Snooze, and More for 50% Off for Life
Newton introduces read receipts, email snooze, scheduled emails, and tons more for Gmail, Yahoo!, Exchange, iCloud, here’s our review.
How to Setup a New iPhone or iPad (and Avoid Problems)
Starting over on a new iPhone or iPad can be a serious hassle. Fortunately, Apple makes it simple restore from a previous device IF you know all the tricks.
Collaborate on Documents in iCloud Pages, Numbers, or Keynote
Sharing documents over Apples new iCloud iWork is a snap, but does it compete with Google Docs in the way that Apple’s keynote last week presented it?
How to Check iCloud Storage Space from iPhone
Apple gives you 5 GB of storage space on iCloud by default when you create an account. Here’s how to monitor how much space is available.
iCloud Converts iWork Documents to MS Office Format
Sometimes a colleague sends you a document in iWork format — Pages, Numbers, Keynote without converting them to MS Office format first. Here’s how to easily use iCloud to convert them yourself.
Apple iCloud: A Glaring Omission of OS X Backup
I was recently asked a question from a new Mac user about iCloud. I just bought as much space as I could on iCloud, can I back my Mac up to it? After searching long and hard for what I thought you can do, I came to the realization that you can’t. Not in OS […]
No More iCloud Email Push in Germany
Remember when Google announced it was buying Motorola? I said the wealth of patents Motorola has under its belt would allow the search engine giant to fight back at Apple’s lawsuits? The lawsuits directed towards Google’s partners. Well, Motorola just got an interesting victory in Germany.
Apple iTunes Match: Getting Started
Apple’s iTunes Match scans your iTunes library and matches your songs against Apple’s iTunes database and lets you access songs from anywhere you have an Internet connection Here’s how to get started. Apple’s iTunes Match had several issues when it was first released, problems like like losing your music and not finding matches were just […]
Apple iCloud: How To Unsubscribe From a Shared Calendar
Previously goovyPost showed you how to share calendars via iCloud to Windows and Mac users. If you no longer need it, here’s how to unsubscribe to a shared iCloud calendar. First, log into iCloud.com with your Apple ID credentials. After logging in, click on Calendar. I need to leave the calendar shared with me from […]
Apple iCloud: Share Public and Private Calendars
A cool feature of Apple’s iCloud service is it allows for calendar sharing. Here’s how to share public and private calendars. First go to iCloud.com and sign in with your Apple ID. After signing in, click on Calendar. On the left hand side, you’ll see your calendars. Click the button next to the calendar name […]
5 Reasons Why I’m Ditching iTunes for Good!
iTunes has officially outlived its usefulness for me. Here is why I’m ditching it and going pure iOS and iCloud. #1 Updates are done on the device itself. In the past, the only reason I installed iTunes was to install updates on my iOS devices. Since updating to iOS 5, I can bypass iTunes and […]
Apple iCloud: Upgrade iPhoto to Fix Photo Streaming Not Available
If you’re running OS X Lion, set up iCloud and see Photo Streaming is not available, you’ll need to upgrade. Here’s how. To find the version of iPhoto you have installed, click iPhoto >> About iPhoto. The version you’re running will display. Here I’m running 8.1.2 – an upgrade is required. Open the Apple Mac […]