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Many people record video on the iPhone or iPad and have the device oriented vertically, and while there is nothing inherently wrong with that, a side effect is you end up capturing vertical videos with large black bars on the sides. Fortunately there’s an easy way to rotate movies in iOS with little effort, which ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=8yZTHnok3CM:DUWHb-SGEsE:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=8yZTHnok3CM:DUWHb-SGEsE:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.co…

Apple has released a new iPhone ad emphasizing the devices hands-free Hey Siri feature. In the commercial, celebrity Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, remember that show?) asks Siri to read an acceptance Thank You speech for some unknown award, and then lip-syncs the response from Siri. Apple calls the ad: ‘Thank You Speech’ and included ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=UEdYSOc76VI:j93aP14nr9E:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=UEdYSOc76VI:j93aP14nr9E:gIN9vFwOqvQ…

The excellent battery saving Low Power Mode available to iPhone users in modern versions of iOS typically requires being enabled through battery settings, but there’s an even faster way to toggle the feature on and off again at any time; Siri. Siri can quickly turn on low power mode or turn the feature off again, ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=9nJPL6mAMsc:5fFZNCNHSZs:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=9nJPL6mAMsc:5fFZNCNHSZs:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.co…

Longtime Mac users likely recall that Mac OS used to log in automatically when a computer was booted up or restarted. For security purposes this has changed over time, and for the most part Macs now request a login and password in order to successfully access a Mac and whatever documents and apps are contained ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=8WJ9WDt296k:RnzUxrjxyw8:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=8WJ9WDt296k:RnzUxrjxyw8:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~…

Rarely, Mac users may notice their clock is displaying the wrong system time. This typically occurs after a Mac has been shut down for an extended amount of time and hasn’t connected to the internet in a while, but it can also happen with traveling across date lines, between regions with daylight savings time observations, ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=1ENv93sqK1s:feYa8oF8r50:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=1ENv93sqK1s:feYa8oF8r50:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.fee…

Want to disguise your Mac a bit and make it look like it’s running Windows? Maybe throw someone off or prank a coworker? Or perhaps you’re just feeling nostalgic for those beautiful Windows logo screen savers of yesteryear? You can relive the Windows screen saving experience this with a goofy .saver file called FoolSaver for ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=_pgT0kE8oM8:CSFUHbO3jaw:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=_pgT0kE8oM8:CSFUHbO3jaw:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.f…

Instagram is a wonderful social network for sharing pictures and moments, and now that Instagram supports multiple account switching you can easily change between personal, public, private, and work related Instagram accounts. If you have decided you no longer want to use Instagram, or no longer need a particular Instagram account, or perhaps you have ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=URP0g-mVDCI:hAO4_zwfzfQ:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=URP0g-mVDCI:hAO4_zwfzfQ…

Advanced users who spend a fair amount of time in the command line may wish to adjust their sudo password expiration to be more secure (or less secure, by extending the password grace period timeout). Typically this means removing any password timeout so that the default five minute password cache is abandoned, thus requiring the ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=5djZLI9WtT8:FGaPWrcZeMU:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=5djZLI9WtT8:FGaPWrcZeMU:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://fe…

Getting the IP address of a connected router or default gateway is pretty simple in iOS, so if you find yourself in a situation where you’re using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and need to get a connected router or gateway address, you won’t have to leave iOS to do so. This is frequently ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=yvJepTl_ugw:YRqO98nUfAs:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=yvJepTl_ugw:YRqO98nUfAs:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/yvJepTl_…

The iPhone includes a Voice Memos app that allows anyone to quickly record their voice, a speech, something nearby, or any other ambient audio from the devices built-in microphone. The resulting audio quality is quite good, and going further, you can save and share the recorded sound with another iPhone, Mac, Windows PC, Android user, ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=LtUvsmebADE:C_5hYZPuo5U:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=LtUvsmebADE:C_5hYZPuo5U:gIN9vFwOqvQ http…

If you’re a Safari user on the Mac, you’ve likely noticed that when you click into the address bar and start typing something to search for, you’ll quickly see suggestions of various things based on what you’re typing. These search engine suggestions can be undeniably useful for some cases, but they can also be completely ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=LWavNxCMCW4:diclgykR0P4:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=LWavNxCMCW4:diclgykR0P4:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feed…

Apple has issued a variety of updates to their beta system software efforts, including iOS 9.3.2 beta 4, OS X 10.11.5 beta 4, and tvOS 9.2.1 beta 4. The beta builds are available to download now for both regular developer testers as well as users participating in the public beta testing programs for the respective ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=r8EIqlV3UOU:b1fow1kRRbQ:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=r8EIqlV3UOU:b1fow1kRRbQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.c…

Having Hey Siri enabled for hands-free activation of the virtual assistant is undoubtedly useful, but sometimes you may find that Siri doesn’t always respond on the iPhone. Conversely, sometimes you may experience Hey Siri activating out of the blue seemingly unsolicited. Both of these issues are usually a result of Siri not recognizing your voice ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=1i-P6JWpjnk:bmE2fVuieiw:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=1i-P6JWpjnk:bmE2fVuieiw:gIN…

Many iPhone users with a 3D Touch display use the feature sporadically, if at all, often because it’s a bit of a guessing game as to what actions are available with the activation of the push and pop abilities. While 3D Touch may seem a bit gimmicky at times, there are some legitimately useful cases ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=uKOOuQkmWbg:EnYGEe_WK-0:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=uKOOuQkmWbg:EnYGEe_WK-0:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/…

Using the Option key is an essential part of the Apple keyboard experience for issuing many keystrokes, accessing various hidden features, and a myriad of other functions on both Mac OS X and iOS. All Mac and Apple keyboards have the Option key, it’s just not always labeled as such, which is what offers confusion ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=gLMuKo4mylM:OTUxZPAgr3g:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=gLMuKo4mylM:OTUxZPAgr3g:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.co…

Apple is running a new iPhone ad that emphasizes the devices camera capabilities, this time focusing on pictures and videos of various Moms and aspects of motherhood. The ad features a soft song playing in the background as it goes through a variety of pictures of mothers, showing the names of the photographer attached to ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=HpW_9ODn6wk:fkR3GpYqNf8:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=HpW_9ODn6wk:fkR3GpYqNf8:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feed…

If you’re an avid Facebook Messenger user who sends a lot of pictures back and forth, you may appreciate having the app automatically save those photos and images directly to your iPhone, without having to manually do so yourself. With the help of a simple settings switch, you could do exactly that. For this trick ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=UjK5GYVZiPk:zHP-HwrNrOI:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=UjK5GYVZiPk:zHP-HwrNrOI:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.c…

The display on the new iPad Pro includes a feature called True Tone, which uses ambient light sensors to automatically shift and change the displays color hue and intensity according to the surrounding light, shifting from cooler to warmer as the surrounding lighting environment changes. It’s kind of like a smarter real-time adapting version of ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=-SepKKNlf5U:AYNYbLkNdcI:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=-SepKKNlf5U:AYNYbLkNdcI:gIN9vF…

This hilarious video is for anyone who has experienced frustrations with Siri, and who is also a fan of the science fiction classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Imagine Hal is Siri. But, rather than Hal being a creepy malevolent and increasingly self-aware insubordinate artificial intelligence, it’s just Siri, friendly as ever but sometimes incompetent, ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=23ule9oF028:lwFWCt5YQnU:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=23ule9oF028:lwFWCt5YQn…

It’s often only a matter of time before Mac users wind up seeing the dreaded “startup disk almost full” warning message in Mac OS X, which often leads to a frantic dash around the Downloads folder as users trash unnecessary files to attempt to free up disk space. While there’s nothing wrong with going on ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=juc3DViz7tg:eXtSe2PYGKA:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=juc3DViz7tg:eXtSe2PYGKA:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxd…

Many Mac users running a modern version of OS X El Capitan have noticed the Secure Erase Free Space feature has gone missing from Disk Utility. What the “Erase Free Space” feature did (and still does in prior versions of Mac OS X) was overwrite the free space on a drive to prevent file recovery, ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=krrwWEKUUXU:Jl77fM_pcbE:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=krrwWEKUUXU:Jl77fM_pcbE:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/k…

Apple Watch includes a variety of default glances, including a battery monitor, heart rate monitor, a calendar, a media playback adjuster, stocks, maps, a world map, amongst others. Additionally, many of the apps installed onto Apple Watch include a Glance feature with them, which allows users to quickly see a glimpse of what that app ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=ZKCIyBUGNV0:kZUW07LopNg:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=ZKCIyBUGNV0:kZUW07LopNg:gIN9vFwOqvQ http…

Apple has released OS X 10.11.5 beta 3, tvOS 9.2.1 beta 3, watchOS 2.2.1 beta 3, along with a new Safari Technology Preview build for Mac users. Additionally, Apple has released the public beta builds of iOS 9.3.2 beta 3 which was initially released yesterday for developers only. No new features are expected in the ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=9adIGcprto0:uIzvPfh0ZUg:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=9adIGcprto0:uIzvPfh0ZUg:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.…

The Night Shift feature of iOS shifts the display color profile to be warmer, which reduces blue light output, and makes using an iPhone or iPad display much more pleasant in the later hours of the evening (or early morning). While you can toggle Night Shift mode on and off through Control Center anytime in ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=CVkkTGE3S00:nOA5WIu-HFI:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=CVkkTGE3S00:nOA5WIu-HFI:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/o…

Apple has released iOS 9.3.2 beta 3 to users participating in the beta testing program. The new build arrives versioned as 13F65 and presumably focuses on bug fixes and improvements to the mobile operating system. There are no obvious new features included in the minor point release thus far, which is fairly typical of a ... Read More http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=ATgw04ZuUS0:yruQHNoJW78:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=ATgw04ZuUS0:yruQHNoJW78:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedb…