How do you change or upgrade the time machine backup hard disk without losing your old backup data?

Here is how to transfer backups from a current backup drive to a new high-capacity backup drive Step 01: First, check the format of your new backup drive Step 02: Set permissions on your new backup drive

How to open an Apple macOS app from an unidentified developer.

If you are like mine, use safe macOS default settings to allow the system to run & open apps only from third-party Identified App Developers. You may face a problem with something like this. Your Mac’s Security & Privacy preferences will not allow you to open the app from an unidentified macOS App Developer. If …

Fix Xcode error ‘Unable to boot iOS Simulator’

Background: Xcode is a one-stop development app for OSX and iOS devices, including all Macintosh Desktops, laptops, iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch. Note: I Assume you are on OSX Yosemite 10.10.3 or the Latest Operating System & Xcode 6 or later installed. With the release of Xcode 6 and later, while developing and running your …

How to enable HTTP persistent or HTTP keep-alive connection feature for your WordPress website.

As Wikipedia explains: HTTP persistent connection, also called HTTP keep-alive or HTTP connection reuse, involves using a single TCP connection to send and receive multiple HTTP requests/responses instead of opening a new connection for every request/response pair. The newer SPDY protocol uses the same idea and extends it to allow multiple concurrent requests/responses to be …

How to reset Macintosh’s Finder App Preferences.

There are times when the OSX Finder starts acting weirdly, won’t obey your command, click, or tap, and you want to reset your Macintosh’s OSX Finder to its default setting to make it work as before, just like when you started your Mac for the first time. If you are using the latest Mac OSX …

How to reset Macintosh Finder App window size to default by deleting all folder windows and icon size settings stored in macOS’s default ‘DS_Store’ file.

I was wondering, after a long day of work with lots of browsing & navigating to ‘Finder’ files & folders, sizing resizing Finder windows continuously for almost last year & two, How do we reset the finder window size for all files and folders to OSX’s default size? Yes, you can do it with just …

Managing Apple ID for your Apple Devices for Maximum Online Security & Peace of Mind. Manage your Apple ID & Communication preferences with minor tweaks & changes.

Nowadays, every other person we meet on the street has a smartphone, tablet, or phablet, and we all have laptops in our bags and desktop computers at home and in the office. So, data security between devices is a big issue now. Let’s see: For Apple Products users in the Apple iOS and OSX ecosystem, …

Indent Multiple Lines of Code on Mac using Xcode. Fix Code Tab Indention on Mac using XCode?

The problem is when you have flat multiple lines of code & you want all of the code indent in one click of a button without going through every word or line by pressing the button ‘Tab’. So I put down few notes containing tutorial to how to indent multiple line of code within one …

How to write Language C or C++ Program on Macintosh OSX using Xcode

I assume that you are on latest Mac with Xocde 5 or later already installed on your mac from Mac App Store. SO here is how to write Language C or C++ Program Code on Macintosh OSX using Xcode. Note: Writing a C or C++ specific code only differs on Step 05 every other step …

If you are getting error while updating your Credit Card or Debit Card details under your iTunes Store Account Payment Option then here is solution to that problem. Error Code & Symptoms: ‘Your payment method was declined. Please enter valid payment method information.’

If you are getting the following Error: ‘Your payment method was declined. Please enter valid payment method information.’ I contacted Apple iTunes Support on their Support page; here is the answer I received from them.