Auto-clickers are sort of niche software, typically associated with repetitive tasks with data entry, gaming, or software testing, but have gained some broader popularity with many people working from home. If you need an auto clicker for Mac, there are a variety of free autoclicker options built for MacOS, and we’ll point you to a few of those options here.
Apple has released iOS 18.4.1 update for iPhone, along with iPadOS 18.4.1 for iPad. The software updates include a few bug fixes and important security patches, making them recommended to update.
Additionally, iOS 18.4.1 includes a bug fix for a particular issue with CarPlay not connecting properly in some situations. If you have been experiencing problems with CarPlay and your iPhone, this update just may resolve that issue.
Separately, you’ll find MacOS Sequoia 15.4.1 update available for Mac, along with updates to watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS.
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.4.1 as a software update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The update focuses exclusively on security updates and bug fixes, and contains no new features.
Separately, Apple also released iOS 18.4.1 for iPhone, iPadOS 18.4.1 for iPad, and updates to tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS, and those updates also focus on bug resolutions and security fixes.
The latest versions of Safari for Mac have changed how a person might find SSL certificate information for a particular website, something that is commonly needed in web development, information security, and developmental web work in general. While in prior versions of Safari you could simply click on the little padlock icon next to the domain name in the address bar, Apple seems to have removed that padlock icon, thereby removing that as an easy way to get SSL certificate details for any domain.
If you work in web development, information security, web work, hosting, IT, tech support, devops, systems administration, or any number of other technical fields that rely on functioning SSL certificates and verifying them, you might want to know how to find and view the full SSL certificate information details in modern versions of Safari for Mac, and that’s what we’ll show you here.
Amazon is offering some fantastic deals on various Apple products, including the AirPods Pro 2 with Hearing Aid Functionality, Apple Watch Series 10, and the M4 series of MacBook Pro models.
If you’re the type of person who likes to maintain Inbox Zero, or who recently went and tidied up their Gmail inbox to get every email marked as read, you may come across a frustrating situation where Gmail shows 1 unread message, and you simply can’t locate that unread email message in Gmail.
If you find yourself experiencing this, read along and we’ll how you how to find that unread email message in Gmail, whether in the Gmail app or Gmail website, so that you can read it or mark it as read, and get back to a 0 inbox.
New betas are available as iOS 18.5 beta 2, MacOS Sequoia 15.5 beta 2, and iPadOS 18.5 beta 2, for users who are participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software.
No notable new features or major changes are expected in these beta versions, at least thus far, suggesting they’re likely focused on smaller enhancements, bug fixes, security patches, and maybe some additional refinements or improvements to Apple Intelligence since that has been a focus of Apple with iOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia. There are also new beta versions of watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS available for users testing those.
The most recently available stable builds of system software are MacOS Sequoia 15.4, iOS 18.4, and iPadOS 18.4.
If you follow AI news, or even tech news, you might have heard of DeepSeek by now, the powerful Chinese Large Language Model that has capabilities rivaling ChatGPT while having dramatically lower training costs. DeepSeek is designed for advanced reasoning, with general purpose natural language and ChatBot abilities, task competency, research, while also being excellent for coding, code generation, and logic, making it a powerful AI tool in general, and potentially for your workflow. While you can run DeepSeek anywhere through the web, and you can also download and run DeepSeek through an app on your iPhone or iPad using the DeepSeek Cloud, another option is available for Mac users; running DeepSeek LLM locally on your Mac.
DeepSeek being run locally can be useful for many Mac users, whether you’re a developer, researcher, or someone simply curious about exploring AI and LLM utilities. One of the most significant benefits of using and running DeepSeek locally is that it’s offline, giving you the benefits of the DeepSeek LLM without relying on cloud services (that are linked to China, whatever you make of that), and offering more privacy and potential freedom to customize and fine-tune the model for your particular use cases.
You must have an Apple Silicon Mac to be able to run DeepSeek locally. In this case we’re going to use a free tool for Mac called LM Studio to be able to quickly setup and use DeepSeek on a Mac. While all of this sounds complicated, and AI and LLM tech can be overwhelming to newcomers, this setup process is really quite easy, as we will walk you through it.
Apple has been busy mucking with the design and functionality of the Mail app, this time bringing Mail Sender Icons to the Mac Mail app. With this new introduction to clutter the Mail interface, you’ll see a Contact Photo or mail sender icon next to the mail sender name, subject, and preview of the mail content. Whether or not you enjoy the Contact Photos in Mail app may depend on who and what you get emails from most often, and while some users may enjoy the mail sender icons others may not like them at all. If you’re in the latter camp, you will be thrilled to discover that you can disable the Contact Photos from appearing as mail sender icons in Mail app for Mac.
Amazon is back with some nice deals on select Apple products, including a big discount on Apple Watch SE 2, and some nice discounts on brand new M3 iPad Air, M4 MacBook Pro models, AirPods Pro with hearing aid functionality, and more.
One of the more interesting features to arrive on iPhone lately is the Ambient Music player, which, as the name implies, plays ambient music. This neat audio feature was introduced with iOS 18.4, and the Ambient Music Player offers four different ambient music types to play; Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing.
While the Ambient Music Player is free to use, and it seems to be related to Apple Music, it’s unique in that it doesn’t play through the Music app, nor is there a dedicated Ambient Music app to play through either. Instead, the Ambient Music Player on iPhone is mysteriously hidden as an optional part of Control Center, so it’s very easy to overlook or not even notice. Nonetheless, if you like subtle beats and music playing while you work, focus, or rest, you might appreciate and enjoy this feature, and you’ll want to take a moment to see how it works.
Read along and we’ll show you how to add the Ambient Music players to your iPhone Control Center for quick and easy access.
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Perhaps you recently saw that Apple had released the iPhone 16e and drooled with envy at the iPhone 16e default wallpaper, which sort of looks like a drop of Liquid Metal (why did macOS Sequoia autocorrect capitalize “Liquid Metal”? Who knows, but it did it again, so let’s go with it) or maybe a water droplet suspended in air.
But you don’t need to spend $600 on a new entry-level iPhone just to get a new wallpaper, you can download the full resolution version right now and throw it on your current iPhone, an Android, iPad, Mac, or Windows PC.
The Mail app for iPad has been updated to include the Mail Categories feature with iPadOS 18.4. The Mail Categories feature is intended to automatically sort your email inbox within the Mail app into particular email categories, including “Primary”, “Transactions”, “Updates”, and “Promotions”, along with a mostly hidden “All Mail” option.
While the intention may be to clean up and sort the email inbox for users, in practice many users find that the Mail Categories are prioritizing ancient useless emails (like months old DoorDash promotions) and hiding useful recent emails from real people (like emails from family, friends, colleagues). Additionally, the Mail Categories feature places additional layers of interaction between your email inbox within Mail app and being able to actually see all of your emails. For these reasons, amongst others, some users may wish to disable the Mail Categories feature on iPad (You can also disable Mail Categories on Mac Mail app and turn off the feature on iPhone Mail too).
If you want to return the Mail app on iPad back to it’s easy classic interface and disable the Mail Categories feature, we’ll walk you through how to do it, because the setting for this is not in the Settings app.
While Apple may have just released the final versions of MacOS Sequoia 15.4, iOS 18.4, and iPadOS 18.4 to the general public, they’re already back on the beta train. This time around we’ve got the first beta versions of iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, and MacOS Sequoia 15.5.
It’s not clear what the focus of these new beta versions will be, and no major new features are expected, or at least included in the initial betas. Presumably the focus will be on the typical bug fixes and security enhancements, perhaps with some further refinements to Apple Intelligence features.
Beta testers can also find new beta versions of watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS, if they’re testing for those devices as well.
Amazon is offering some intriguing deals on Apple products at the moment, including a deeply discounted M2 MacBook Air, iPad mini 7, and a nice little discount on the latest M3 iPad Air.
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Apple has brought the controversial Mail Categories feature to the Mail app on Mac, and you will find that it is enabled in the Mail app by default. The idea behind Mail Categories is that your inbox is now sorting itself automatically into four categories; Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions. There’s also a hidden “All Mail” category that is where you’ll actually find all of your emails, including emails you likely want to see that are not found in one of the pre-sorted Categories. This feature was first introduced on iPhone and was not necessarily received well by everyone, and now this feature is on the Mac and iPad.
If you wish to turn off the Mail Categories feature on Mac Mail app, read along and you’ll quickly find out how to do that, returning your Mail app to the standard inbox experience that you have been accustomed to for the entire duration of your Mac usage.
Apple has released macOS Sonoma 14.7.5 and MacOS Ventura 13.7.5 as security updates for Mac users running Sonoma and Ventura operating systems. These updates are security patch focused and do not include new features that are otherwise available in the latest MacOS Sequoia 15.4 update that was released simultaneously.
Separately, you’ll find software updates available for both newer and older model iPhone and iPad, along with updates for Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro.
While iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates were just released for modern iPhone and iPad devices, Apple has also released a bevy of software updates for older iPhone and iPad devices. Each of these updates include important security fixes and are therefore recommended for all eligible users and their devices to install.
Specifically, you will find the following security updates available for older iPhone and iPad models;
Some of these software updates go back to several generations older devices, indicating the importance of the security patches contained within these updates.
