Stop OpenAI’s ChatGPT User agent from scanning and using your website’s content.

Background: Wikipedia Describes ChatGPT as an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022. It is built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 families of large language models (LLMs) and has been fine-tuned (an approach to transfer learning) using both supervised and …

Recover accidentally deleted Apple Address Book Contacts, Calendars and Safari Bookmarks from Apple iCloud

Apple’s iCloud is for iPhone, iPad and Mac cloud data syncing platforms activated by default for every Apple ID on any Apple device. Apple introduced Apple iCloud after the failure of MobileMe cloud offerings for Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac. In day-to-day life, it may happen that you may accidentally delete or lose your Apple …

With the release of macOS Big Sur & macOS Monterey, the user cannot format External Hard Disk to ‘Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)’ format as there is no option to do the same.

With the release of the macOS Big Sur Mac Operating System, Apple has removed the option under Disk Utility to allow users to format External Hard Drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) format. There is only one option for Mac OS Extended (Journaled) but no choice with encryption. It only allows users to format …

Apply UIVisualEffectView & UIBlurEffect to any Views in iOS / iPadOS or macOS app.

Apple describes UIVisualEffectView & UIBlurView in its support document as follows:Depending on the desired effect, the effect may affect content layered behind the view or content added to the visual effect view’s contentView. Apply a visual effect view to an existing view and then apply a UIBlurEffect or UIVibrancyEffect object to apply a blur or …

Add a mouse hover effect / UIPointer Interaction to any iOS or iPadOS app views.

As Apple describes Pointer Interactions in its support document: Pointer Interactions: Support pointer interactions in your custom controls and views. iPadOS 13.4 introduces dynamic pointer effects and behaviours that enhance the experience of using an iPad with an external input device, like a trackpad or mouse. As people use an input device, iPadOS automatically adapts …

Get the iOS, iPadOS, and macOS operating system names, versions, and model identifiers programmatically.

Programmatically get iOS, iPadOS, macOS Catalyst Operating System Name and Version and a model identifier of iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. Here is a simple way to programmatically get the operating system name and version of your iOS, iPadOS and macOS. The code below will also return the value of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac …

Get iOS, iPadOS and macOS app Versions and Build numbers programmatically.

Here is a small function I have written that you can use in your iOS, iPadOS or macOS Catalyst app to get your app’s current version, build number, and print it on the screen whether it will be on the app’s about or support view. Copy the below function in the Xcode project’s UIViewController Swift …

Reset the Bluetooth module using the Terminal app on your Mac.

Here is the simplest way to reset the Bluetooth module on your Mac if you face any issues using your Bluetooth mouse (Magic Mouse) or Bluetooth keyboard (Magic Keyboard). This command will reset Bluetooth on your Mac and then connect to all Bluetooth devices again after the reset. Step 01:Open the Terminal app from your …

How to save your contact’s WhatsApp Profile Photo

A few years ago WhatsApp was allowing WhatsApp Mobile / iPhone / Android and Mac app used to save any contact’s profile photo by clicking on the action sheet button and then tapping save. But then WhatsApp removed that button. But somehow one trick works. Assumption: We assume that you have connected WhatsApp iPhone & …