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How to Turn a Live Photo into a GIF on Your iPhone

Live Photos are magical! The camera on your iPhone 6s/6s Plus, iPhone 7/7 Plus or iPhone SE snaps a "photo" that records what's happening 1.5 seconds before and after you tap the shutter button, so all movement and sound is captured for three seconds. With a tap and hold on a Live Photo, you see the photo come to life and...

Sierra Tip: Auto-Empty Your Mac’s Trash After 30 Days

Trash on the Mac is quite similar to its real-world analogue -- anything that you place into the trash can remains there until you "take out the trash". In the real world, you eventually empty a trash can into a...

You Don’t Have to Be a Rocket Scientist to Manage Passwords

Passwords. They're one of the banes of modern life. I know I should be using unique and strong passwords for every account or service I use. But when you consider that the minimum requirements for a strong password can include:...

Tech 101: Changing or Resetting a macOS Sierra Password

As part of the built-in security of macOS Sierra, users are required to enter a password when logging onto a Mac. Security experts suggest that passwords be changed on a regular basis to make it harder for those passwords to...

Everything You Need to Know About Keychain in macOS Sierra

Keychain is a password management system for macOS and iOS that was originally released with Mac OS 8.6 back in 1999 as a way of holding passwords, private keys, certificates and secure notes in encrypted files on the machine. Since...

How to Utilize the Most Useful Mac OS Utilities

The Mac comes equipped with a number of apps, including Safari, Mail, Photos, Calendar, Contacts, and many more, that are used every day by most Mac users. There's also a class of apps known as utilities that are often overlooked...

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