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iPhone 8 Model Hands-On & Feature Predictions

I don’t usually do rumors. But the iPhone 8 or X or whatever it’s going to be called has now just shown up in way too many places to be ignored. So I managed to get my hands on the dummy model of the leaked images etc. to see it for myself. As with any leak, take it with a grain of salt–just maybe slightly less salt considering how widespread this is, but still, served salted. If it is true though, there’s a few predictions we can make about the feature-set of the new phone. These aren’t facts, they’re just […]

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Huawei Matebook X Review: A Macbook for Windows?

Huawei, a Chinese company that has become more popular here in the States thanks to their flagship spec’ed, yet moderately priced cell phones (they even made the last Nexus device for Google: the 6P), has made it clear that they don’t want to just make phones. Last year they launched their first ever laptop the Huawei Matebook and this year they’ve expanded the Matebook line to the D (their lower-end offering), the E (the successor to the original Matebook 2-in-1) and X (their top of the line model). Which happens to be the one I have here. So, let’s check

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Sega’s Turn for Nostalgia: Sega Forever Brings Classic Sega Games to Mobile for Free

Turns out Sonic and his pals want in on the nostalgic action that Nintendo’s been getting recently–albeit in a very different way. No new huge console push, just a free app to play your favorite Sega games on your phone: simple. The app is called Sega Forever and will be available tomorrow with the following 5 titles at launch: Sonic the Hedgehog (duh) Comix Zone Altered Beast Kid Chameleon Phantasy Star II With more games launching every two weeks, it’ll slowly become a nice repository soon enough, I imagine. The app is free to download but will contain ads, but you

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How to Get High Sierra Right Now (No Developer Account Required)

For the impatient, did a video on how to get iOS 11 Beta right now and so I figured I’d do a video on getting Mac High Sierra beta as well. Here’s how to get the latest High Sierra beta on your Mac without needing a developer account (cause who wants to pay $99 when we just want to play with the new software, no?). Create a Time Machine Backup Before we do any of this, make sure to create a backup by going to System Preferences > Time Machine and having it create a backup (either to your own

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How to Get iOS 11 Beta Right Now (No Developer Account Required)

Thanks to the way Apple changed the way iOS betas are provisioned, it’s easier than ever to try out an iOS beta. You simply download the device profile and then go to System Updates like normal and it’ll let you update to the beta. Here’s how to get the iOS 11 Beta right now. Please keep in mind this is a beta and so there will be bugs. You can, however, easily go back to iOS 10 by deleting the profile from the phone and “updating” in iTunes back down to your original iOS version. Ready to try iOS 11,

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Everything Single Thing Announced at WWDC Today in a Bulleted, Easy to Read List

Apple held their annual developer’s conference today and with it, an insane amount of new products and announcements. Instead of having to watch the over 2 hour keynote yourself, here’s a quick look at the things Apple announced in a bulleted, no frills so you can get back to your day (but just will all the Apple knowledge) kind of way. Apple WatchOS 4 Directly connect to devices via Bluetooth (think heartrate monitors, glucose meters, etc.) High Sierra New file format: Apple File System (replaces HFS as default file system format): Native encryption, instant copying of files and folders, crash

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How to Make the Apple Logo on Your iPhone Light Up Like a Macbook (iPhone 7 & 7 Plus) (Video)

Well, thanks to the response from you guys for the iPhone 6/6 Plus light kit and the iPhone 6S/6S Plus kits I put together, here’s how to make the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Apple logo light up like it does on a Macbook. Now, there was a bit of a delay getting the iPhone 7 kit to work and the main reason is the fact that Apple changed the way the screen connects to the motherboard. In the previous versions of this kit, we ended up leeching power from the back of the screen and that essentially allowed the

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New “Server-Grade” iMac Models with Xeon Processors Coming This Year?

Ah, Apple doesn’t like people saying that they are “forgetting about the creative professionals that helped the company in its early days”. While they aren’t refreshing the Mac Pro, they seem to be working on the iMac series. According to sources in Apple’s supply chain, there will even be a “server-grade” iMac towards the end of the year. In a rare thing that never happens, Apple actually confirmed that they were refereshing the iMacs earlier this month, but this latest report adds a bit more info to the mix. According to Digitimes (a site that seems pretty spammy in my opinion,

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Uber Broke Apple’s Rules and Got Caught

This story has been going around the internet that originated on the New York Times’ site –feel free to read it there in full detail. The article essentially discusses Uber’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, and how his “drive to win in life” has caused a lot of issues for him and his company. The big part of this article that all the subsequent articles focus on is the fact that in 2014 Uber used a method called fingerprinting to leave information on iPhones even after they were erased so they could track them. Those articles usually don’t mention why Uber apparently did this.

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How to Use Apple Clips

Apple recently launched an entirely new app called Clips. The name is pretty apropos, too, considering it allows you to take multiple short video clips and combine them together, add text or graphics easily and produce an end video super easily. But, as with Apple, there’s no instructions on how to use Clips exactly, so I figured I’d do a quick rundown and tutorial for anyone wanting to try this new app out. The app is super minimalistic and simple actually, and opening it just opens directly to a camera that you can tap three options underneath to start getting

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How to Use Facebook Live 360 on an iPhone (Video)

Facebook today announced their new Facebook Live 360 feature which compliments their Facebook Live product they’ve been pushing by allowing you to now stream 360 video live. Which let’s you almost teleport your Facebook friends directly to where you are and if they have a VR headset that effect is even more pronounced. To get started with it, it’s actually not that hard to do but really quick I’m going to go over how to get it working on an iPhone. So, for this tutorial I’m going to use the Insta360 Nano camera as they’re one of the launch partners

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How to Use Snapchat Hands Free (Video)

A friend of mine recently taught me a tip for recording videos in Snapchat without having to hold down the obnoxious button to record and I figured some of you guys out there might like to know how to do that as well, so here’s how to use Snapchat hands free. Check out the video sponsor Skillshare here and make sure to put in coupon code THEUNLOCKR for 2 free months! Snapchat Hands Free in iOS So to get this to work on iOS, we need to go to Settings. Then tap on General. Then Accessibility. And then AssistiveTouch and

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How to Repair the Screen on an iPhone 6S (Complete Guide) (Video)

As part of my series on how to help you stop paying stupid amounts of money for people to repair your iPhone for you, here’s how to repair the screen on the iPhone 6S. So long as you get a kit with all the tools needed, it’s not as difficult as it sounds. The biggest pain is to have to remove all the components on the old screen and transfer them to the new screen, but if you’re patient you’ll be fine. Now, I used a specific kit for this video that I’ve linked below, but feel free to look online

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Best Editing Laptop? Macbook Pro vs Surface Book vs Razer Blade (Video)

When the new Macbook Pro was released, there was a lot of humming and hawing from the creative professional community. Essentially, everyone was a little disappointed in the power the new Macbook Pro was given. One of the more popular theories of Apple aiming for the mainstream instead of the niche of creatives that helped set them apart years before was given more fuel to burn. And, when you think about it, Apple’s most popular products of all time, the iPod and iPhone, were not aimed at professionals, but at the mass market of your average person. So why not

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How to Jailbreak iOS 10.2

Luca Todesco is at it again. After releasing a jailbreak for iOS 10.1.1 once iOS 10.2 came out, he has now released an iOS 10.2 jailbreak after iOS 10.2.1 is released. Nonetheless, it is a working iOS 10.2 jailbreak will allow you to get Cydia and having mobile substrate working, as well. Now there are a few other caveats to this jailbreak. Besides that you have to be on 10.2, it only works for all the iOS 10 64 bit devices besides the iPhone 7/7 Plus at the moment (Todesco has been adding devices with some of the new releases).

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