How to look at your command history list in macOS’s Terminal

With the Terminal in macOS, you can save lots of time and type less by using the command history functions built into the Terminal shell. The shell keeps a record of the commands you run, and you can access this history with a few simple keystrokes to run commands again or edit them so you don’t have to retype them. You can check to see what...

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How to connect an Apple LED Cinema Display to a new MacBook

Apple rarely releases sales figures on particular models of products they offer, but I have to imagine they shipped at least hundreds of thousands of its two Apple LED Cinema Displays (24-inch, 2008 to 2010, and 27-inch, 2010 to 2013) based on the number of people who have reached out and want to connect them to a USB-C equipped MacBook. I purchased...

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Apple is reportedly testing a new high-end monitor with an A13 chip inside

According to a report from 9to5Mac, citing “sources familiar with the matter,” Apple is internally testing a new display that will have an Apple SoC inside. The report says Apple is currently using the A13, the same processor as you’ll find in the iPhone 11. Though Apple has long been rumored to be working on a new lower-cost monitor, this particular...

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Apple Music expands spatial audio and lossless to Android

Apple on Friday completed the rollout of lossless and spatial audio in Apple Music with the launch of the higher-quality audio formats on Android. However, if you don’t have a newer flagship phone, you might not be able to get the full listening experience. In the update notes, Apple says users can “experience spatial audio and enter a new dimension...

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Five Apple TV+ originals to watch after the ‘Ted Lasso’ season 2 premiere

When Apple TV+ launched in the fall of 2019, Apple really tried to generate a breakout hit for its streaming TV service. It loaded up the premiere with big-budget shows featuring big-name talent. The opening slate was solid, but nothing really caught fire with the public. Then along came Ted. Ted Lasso, which seemed like a “second-tier”...

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macOS Monterey: How to use Live Text and Visual Look Up

Live Text is a new feature in macOS Monterey that allows you to use the text in an image. It’s a feature that’s quite helpful—for example, if you’ve ever been in a meeting or lecture, and took a picture of a whiteboard filled with written information, you can now select the text in the photo, copy it, and then paste it into a document. There...

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How to set a custom scale for each website in macOS Safari

Website designers have particular feelings about how their work should look on your display. The rise of responsive design over the last several years has led to most sites automatically resizing their type and graphics and reshaping their layout to fit the size of your browser window or the device you’re using. You should be able to read, navigate,...

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How to Speed Up and Slow Down Videos on Your Mac and iPhone

Modifying the speed of your clips with slow- and fast-motion effects can instantly make them look like a Hollywood-style production. Not to mention you can speed through long and uneventful clips by creating timelapses that will keep your viewers engaged. Check out these simple techniques and tools below to effortlessly add these effects to your next...

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Google Maps can now tell you when your train is too crowded for comfort

Even if you’re vaccinated and commuting to work, the past year has made us all a little more wary of crowded and close confines. To help ease our minds, Google has announced a massive expansion of its transit crowdedness predictions to let you know when your bus or train might be too crowded. Previously available in some 200 cities, Google is...

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AirPods Pro: Buy now or wait?

AirPods are some of Apple’s most successful products of all time. Though Apple doesn’t report sales figures, it has been estimated that sales of AirPods brought in revenue of $12 billion in 2020. That’s a Fortune 500 company on its own, and more revenue than Nvidia, AMD, Spotify, or Twitter. The middle child of the lineup is now the AirPods Pro, which...

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