Matt Elliott

All you need to know about MacOS Sierra

Now playing: Watch this: Try these MacOS Sierra features 1:54 MacOS Sierra has landed. While we say goodbye to the “X” in “OS X” with MacOS Sierra, the new Mac operating system introduces a number of improvements and new features. Siri integration tops the list, but Sierra also offers easy filing sharing via iCloud Drive, …

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How to use MacOS Sierra’s picture

Now playing: Watch this: Try these MacOS Sierra features 1:54 Apple’s new desktop software, MacOS Sierra, offers a way to watch a video while you continue to go about your business on your Mac — and it’s substantially better than attempting to resize a browser window just so. With Sierra’s new picture-in-picture (PIP) feature, you can pop out a video …

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How to sync files via iCloud Drive with MacOS Sierra

Apple’s new desktop software, MacOS Sierra, takes the two folders you likely use the most — Desktop and Documents — and syncs them with iCloud Drive. That means any files you have stored in either spot are accessible from your other iCloud Drive-enabled devices, including your iPhone, iPad, other Macs and even Windows PCs. After you install MacOS Sierra, one …

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MacOS Sierra’s universal clipboard is awesome

MacOS Sierra understands you have multiple devices and the occasional need to share data across them. Apple’s desktop software now lets you easily share files via iCloud Drive, but for bits of text or even a photo or video, you can now use the universal clipboard to copy something on one device and paste it using another. Sierra’s universal clipboard …

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6 ways to speed up iOS 10 on older iPhones

After I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 10 it felt like it was on fire for the first few hours, and not in the good way. My iPhone got hotter than it ever has while performance slowed to a crawl. The situation improved by the end of iOS 10’s launch day; my iPhone 6S was back operating at its …

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How to unlock your iPhone without using iOS 10’s Press home to unlock

Granted, I’m still in the getting-to-know-you phase with iOS 10, but I dearly miss the slide-to-unlock gesture that I’ve been conditioned for years to use to unlock my iPhone. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve swiped to the new lock screen widgets when attempting to unlock by phone, but it’s pretty close to the number of times I’ve …

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Why iPhone 5 and 5C owners should not download iOS 10 right away

iOS 10 — the new operating system for iPhone — is compatible with the iPhone 5 and newer devices. But before iPhone 5 and 5C owners update, we would offer the following advice: look before you leap. Why iPhone 5 and 5C owners should wait Because the iPhone 5 and 5C models are on the bottom rung of the iOS …

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Sleep better with iOS 10’s Bedtime alarm

Flicking up on my iPhone, tapping the Timer button from Control Center, tapping the Alarm button and then tapping to turn on my alarm is a familiar sequence, but that’s no longer the last thing I do at night before going to bed. Thanks to iOS 10’s new Bedtime alarm, my iPhone wakes me up at the same time each …

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How to prepare your iPhone for iOS 10

On Tuesday, Apple is set to release iOS 10, the next version of its mobile operating system for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. It adds many new features, including a more interactive Messages app, an entirely new lock screen, and redesigned Maps and Music apps. Apple has also opened up Siri to other developers, so expect many of your favorite …

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How to live stream NFL games when you don’t have cable

The NFL season begins this week. In a Super Bowl rematch, the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos kick things off on Thursday, September 8. NFL games are broadcast on CBS and Fox on Sunday afternoons, NBC on Sunday nights and ESPN on Monday nights. The Thursday night game is on NFL Network, but five — out of 18 — are …

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