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Why Do I Keep Seeing an Alien Next to Emojis?

If you’ve been texting a friend who uses emoji lately, you may have noticed an outline of an alien in a black box. It usually appears next to another emoji, such as a face or hand. Why is this happening? The simple answer is Apple’s new diverse emojis.

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How to Find Recent Downloads on a Mac Computer

When we download content, our computer's store it in a specific place. By default, your Mac stores downloaded content from the Web in the Downloads folder. Access it via the Finder directly or through a browser. You can also change the default location for downloaded files.

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I Cracked My iPhone Screen - Now What?

Has this ever happened to you? One moment your phone is safely in your hand and all of a sudden it’s on the sidewalk, shattered like a baseball through a glass window. You hold back tears. “I never thought it would happen to me!”

If you break your iPhone’s screen, it’s not the end of the world. Here’s how to get it replaced.

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Weekly Mac Tip: Tab Between Buttons in Dialogue Boxes

Welcome to The Weekly Mac Tip, where we present you with helpful, bite-size tips and tricks to help you use your Mac like a pro. In this episode, Austin walks through how to configure your Mac to enable tabbing through dialogue box options and buttons. If you are already used to using the tab key to navigate around OS X, you might find this trick incredibly helpful!

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How to Enable Advanced Editing Tools in Photos for OS X

Much like Photos for iOS, Photos for Mac gives you three primary adjustment sliders to edit your photos: Light, Color, and Black & White. Each of these expands to reveal more fine-tuned controls. But what if you want to go further? Photos features a way to add even more advanced editing tools.

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Brenthaven Forest Backpack Review

Austin and Ramy review the Forest backpack by Brenthaven. This bag has a lifetime warranty, excellent design and enough pockets and pouches for everything you need to carry around. The Brenthaven Forest backpack is $119.95 and you can pick it up at any of our locations!

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CityMac Mother's Day Gift Guide

Mother’s Day is a great opportunity to get Mom the incredible gift she deserves. Flowers are great, but if you want to kick it up a notch this year, we have some great gift ideas for any budget. From cases to accessories, audio equipment and more - CityMac has you covered this Mother's Day. 

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App Review: Dark Skies

Weather is a uniting force of nature. We are all subject to it and we all love to talk about it. I mean seriously, what would small talk be without the weather? Phones have been able to receive weather updates for awhile now, but there are tons of different apps available in the App Store which present the weather in slightly different ways. My personal favorite weather app is Dark Skies. With its incredible accuracy, appealing design and advanced notification options - Dark Skies is the perfect app for those who like to keep a finger on the weather's pulse. 

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