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Quick Tip: Benefits of ‘AssistiveTouch’ – The Other iOS Home Button

The Home Button is typically at the center of your iOS use. Logging in, closing apps, Touch ID and returning to the home screen all require the use of the Home Button. What you might not know is that there is another option that can essentially function as your iPhone’s Home Button. AssistiveTouch acts as a virtual Home Button that...

How to Run Android Apps on Your Chromebook or Mac…or Not

A while back I showed readers of the Rocket Yard how to take an old MacBook and repurpose it as a Chromebook -- a computer that runs Google Chrome as a web-based operating system. Today I'm going to take the cross-platform...

Why Hard Drives Fail and Why You Should Have a Backup Plan

Like death and taxes, there's one more thing that's an absolute in life - all hard disk drives (HDDs) will eventually fail. It's not a matter of "if" the drive will fail, just "when" it will stop working. That's why we...

Get the New iOS 10 and macOS Wallpapers Right Now

The cover was taken off of iOS 10 and the freshly named macOS Sierra at WWDC this month, with the usual performance and aesthetic improvements. One of the minor updates many Apple fans look forward to is the new default...

Rocket Yard Guide: How to Optimize Your Mac for Gaming

Macs are great gaming machines. But even great machines need maintenance to stay in good working order. This guide will help you make software and hardware adjustments to keep your Mac as speedy as possible over the long haul so...

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