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Dropbox Isn't Playing Nice With macOS Sierra, Here's How to Fix It
If you just upgraded to macOS Sierra and your Dropbox app is acting up, you’re not alone. Even with the latest version of the app, some users are experiencing strange behavior—error messages, confusing...
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Stop Using iCloud
Apple’s iCloud has a long and troubled past, but the company keeps pushing it for iPhone and Mac users with every new operating system update. Don’t be fooled. The service is an inconsistent mess and...
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Apple Quietly Made the Account Settings Page on Your iPhone a Tiny Bit More...
Every once in a while, Apple will push out a minor update that fixes some random little problem with its operating systems. This time around, it’s the Apple ID page in 10.3, which finally has a more...
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How to Save Storage Space on iOS 11
At WWDC 2017 Apple announced iOS 11, and with it a slew of space-saving features for smaller devices. Good on Apple for making 32GB the smallest storage in its iOS lineup, but it still isn’t enough....
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How to Stop Hackers From Ransoming Your Mac or iPhone [Updated]
Hackers are using Apple’s “Find My” service to remotely hold devices for ransom, reports MacRumors. Multiple people have tweeted about stolen accounts in the past week. Two-factor authentication does...
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How to Ditch Apple Completely
Apple keeps giving us reasons to say goodbye. iOS 11 is buggy as hell, with the most recent error making iPhones almost unusable, and the latest version of macOS briefly exposed Mac owners to a major...
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Which Cloud Storage Service Should You Use?
Got an email address? Use a computer? Is that a smartphone in your pocket? Then you need to get yourself some cloud storage. Having an always-accessible repository of your most important photos and...
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Disable iCloud Before You Get Rid of Your Mac
Using iCloud to monitor the location of your Apple devices is an easy way to keep track of your stuff, and lock it down when it’s in the wrong hands. Just remember to say goodbye to iCloud before you...
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How to Get a Month of iCloud Storage For Free
Even though Apple is never going to offer more than 5GB of free storage, it seems, the company is throwing the slightest bone to users frustrated by its 2012-era storage limits: a free month.Read more...
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How to Find and Set Up Messages in iCloud on the Just-Released macOS 10.13.5
With the public launch of iOS 11.4 earlier this week, Messages in iCloud is finally ready for prime time—and not a moment too soon. If you ever linked your phone number to Messages on multiple devices...
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How to See Which Messages Apple is Storing in iCloud
Hi! In this week’s edition of Tech 911, the column where we attempt to solve your most pressing and head-scratching tech questions (that you should absolutely send us here), I’m venturing a little...
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Why Did iCloud Delete All of My Photos?
We’re turning the lens around for this week’s Tech 911. Lifehacker Managing Editor Virginia Smith posed a question in our internal Slack channel that cuts wide and deep: “It’s safe to delete photos...
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How Do I Recover an Old iPhoto Library?
A disaster from years ago still haunts this week’s Tech 911 letter-writer. She’ll explain the full details in a bit, but it makes me grateful for complicated backup setups. Anyway, let’s go put the...
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Create an Alias For Your iCloud Address to Maintain Your Online Privacy
Online privacy enthusiasts can get all kinds of disposable tools these days to keep their actual information safe. Disposable email addresses to keep their real address from being revealed, and...
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Why Did My iCloud Photos Appear... Then Disappear?
As I’ve written previously, iCloud can be a little confusing. It’s not meant to be—at least, I don’t think Apple intended it to be—but a number of people seem to get caught up by iCloud’s...
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How Do I Restore Deleted iPhone Messages?
It happens to the best of us. You’re going about your day, tapping through your smartphone while navigating around your little slice of the world. Before you know it, you realize that you’ve...
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How to Back up Your Personal Data on iOS and Android
Phones break or get lost all the time, but that doesn’t mean you have to lose your personal data when and if that happens. In the video above, I go over the basics of backing up your Apple and Android...
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The Easiest Way to Transfer Contacts to a New Phone
Next to photos, contacts are usually the most important thing people want to transfer to a new phone. But it doesn’t have to be a headache. In the video above, I share the easiest way to transfer your...
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How to Try Out Apple's New iCloud Website (and Reminders)
Apple’s Reminders app—an incredibly helpful way to stay organized on iOS and macOS—is once again available via your web browser, thanks to an updated version of Apple’s iCloud website. But you won’t...
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Why Your Apple Reminders Disappeared in iOS 13
Apple Reminders is in the process of getting a big overhaul this year. The new version is available now on iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, and will arrive on macOS when the Catalina update hits this month. It...
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What to Do When You're Locked Out of Your iPhone
What happens when someone else locks your iPhone and demands you do something in order to regain access? You freak out—rightfully so, since it means someone has access to your iPhone that shouldn’t or,...
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How to Install iCloud as a Progressive Web App on Android
Apple’s has redesigned the mobile version of iCloud, and if you live in a divided house—Android and iOS/iPadOS devices living in perfect harmony—you should check out the new website, especially if...
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I Removed Photos From an iOS Album and Now They're Gone Forever?
I love a good scavenger hunt—just not when the object of the search is “photos I wanted to keep on my device forever, but that I now can’t find.” While your phone should be pretty smart about what...
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Is the Apple One Bundle Worth the Cost?
The long-anticipated bundle of Apple services is here: Apple One. And while paying a reasonable amount for a few services sounds like a great deal on paper, especially if you’re already a subscriber,...
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How to Prep Your iPhone for Apple's Trade-In Program
For the first time in my life, I’ve decided to take advantage of Apple’s trade-in program. Yes, I know you can get a better deal if you use one of the many different services out there to sell your...
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