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What is an iPhone Carrier Settings Update?

You may have seen an alert called “Carrier Settings Update” on your iPhone at one point or another. While you should always exercise caution before installing updates from prompts, you can rest assured that carrier settings updates are legitimate. Carrier settings updates are pushed to your phone straight from Apple and your carrier (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc).

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CityMac Father's Day Gift Guide

If you’re looking for something more than a collared shirt, a set of tongs for the barbecue or a new set of golf balls this Father's Day - we have you covered. Introducing the CityMac Father’s Day gift guide - with all kinds of accessories and tech gadgets he’ll love. 

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Apple Announces watchOS 2 Update for Apple Watch

Apple announced a new update for Apple Watch users at WWDC last Monday, with some incredible new features. Apple has included new watch faces, complications, easier ways to see your day at a glance, a new nightstand mode, native apps and much more. 

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How to Bookmark Your Favorite Places on iOS

In addition to providing turn-by-turn navigation, Maps for iOS is great for saving locations you’ve visited or would like to visit. This makes it easy to quickly save where you parked your car, points of interest when you’re visiting a new town, or the address of a friend you visit frequently. It’s incredibly easy to do, but can be confusing if you don’t know what to look for. Here’s how to use Favorites in Maps.

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How to Delete Your Apple ID

An Apple ID provides access to several Apple applications and features. While an Apple ID cannot be completely deleted, there are several ways to render one inactive and remove your personal information.

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How to Make a Photo Book on a Mac

In today's digital age, photos typically exist as files on your computer's hard drive. If you have a Mac, the Photos application is capable of taking these digital files and creating beautiful photo books.

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How to Prevent Redirects in Safari

You click a link while browsing the Web in Safari and, all of the sudden, the App Store pops up displaying what seems to be a random app. What happened? Clicking on the wrong spot can cause a redirect, which is preventable in Safari for iOS 8 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch as well as Safari for OS X Yosemite for Mac.

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Installing Software Downloads on a Mac

There are hundreds of thousands of pieces of software and applications available for the Mac. If you need to install new software on a Mac, you can do so through the App Store or by downloading from a Web browser.

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All About AirDrop

AirDrop is the quickest, easiest way to transfer files wirelessly between Apple devices. It’s a simple alternative to emailing yourself a photo or document or uploading it to a cloud service. How you use AirDrop depends on which devices you have and which operating system they are running.

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