Video: How To Make Your Mac Display Black & White (Steps Included)

Infographic: how to make your Mac black & white (Click to enlarge) Ever wanted a Black & White Mac? Probably not, but it never hurts to know how. And it makes for a great prank! Here's how: 1. Head into System Preferences 〉 Accessibility 〉 Display 2. Check the box marked 'Use Grayscale'. Subscribe and visit www.controlyourmac.com for more helpful apps, reviews, tips & tricks. Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/co...

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How to Use Airdrop on iPhone / iPad

AirDrop has been a feature of Mac OS X for a few years now and in iOS 7, Apple decided to add AirDrop to iPhone and iPad too. Unfortunately, this does not mean that you can share files between an iPhone and a Mac. Only between two iOS Device (iPhone to iPhone, iPhone to iPad, iPad to iPod, etc) On the plus side, AirDrop works extremely well on iOS and transfer images takes a fraction of the time it would take through iMessage. What's the...

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Video: How to Set / Change a Password on a Mac

Ever wondered how to set a password on your Mac to keep it from prying eyes ? Or maybe you just want to change / remove that pesky password you have right now. Watch this short video to learn how. Steps: 1. Open System Preferences 2. Click on Users & Groups (May be called 'Accounts' in older versions of Mac OS X) 3. Select the desired user and click 'Change Password' 4. Enter your old password (Leave blank if there was no password) 5....

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Quick Tip: Invert Screen Colors

Mac OS X Screen with Inverted Colors Quick Keyboard Shortcut: Press. Command+Option+Control+8 together will invert the colors of your Mac screen. If that fails, go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Display and check the box titled 'Invert Colors'. Did that scare you ? Don't worry. It's completely reversible and completely harmless. Pressing the same keys simultaneously will revert the colors back to normal again. Alternatively,...

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My New Project: SCubed.me

Hello Everyone, I've created a new website with a friend: scubed.me to help students prepare for their SAT Subject Tests. Please check it out and share on Facebook and Twitter. It will be greatly appreciated. Follow on: Facebook - facebook.com/scubed.me Twitter - twitter.com/scubedme Website: www.scubed....

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Tip, Split and Calculate: iOS App Update

We've recently updated our iPhone app: Tip, Split and Calculate for iOS 7. Be sure to download it! Tip, Split and Calculate version 1.1 What's new in Tip, Split and Calculate Version 1.1 • User Interface has been completely redesigned for iOS 7.• Fixed a bug some users of iOS 7 were experiencing with the app.• Added a new "Share App" butt...

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Safari Push Notifications on OS X Mavericks

Safari Push Notifications on OS X Mavericks OS X Mavericks includes a great new feature to receive push notifications from websites. That's right. I said websites. I was pretty amazed when I heard about it back in June but I had absolutely no idea how they'd work. How would I choose which websites could send me these notifications. Would it be automatically based on my bookmarks and top sites? Or would the website have to add some sort of link...

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iOS App Updates: BBM and iBooks

The latest app updates include a complete redesign of the Remote and iBooks apps by Apple to keep in sync with the iOS 7 design and also an update to BBM which now allows non-cellular enabled devices (iPad, iPod) to use BBM. But there's a catch. Blackberry Messenger (BBM) A new version of the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app has been released which brings support to iPod and iPad. Previously, BlackBerry had initially...

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Google Search App for iOS Gets Even Better.

Google Search App for iOS - Screenshots (Click to Enlarge) Handsfree mode, notifications, reminders and new cards. Yep, the Google Search App for iOS (my second favorite Google App after Google Maps) just got even better with their new update. Here's a video by Google that explains it a little better. Follow Us Follow Us on Twitter: twitter.com/controlyourmac and on Facebook: facebook.com/controlyourm...

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Setting Up iCloud

iCloud Why iCloud ? Why iCloud, you ask? Because it's awesome (not very radical but still awesome). iCloud keeps all  (well, most) of your data in sync between your iPad, iPhone, iPod and Mac. Create a new note on your iPad and see it on your Mac a few seconds later. Create a calendar event on your Mac and check it on your iPhone when you're on the go. iCloud keeps your Notes, Contacts, Calendars, Mail, Safari Bookmarks & Reading...

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OS X Mavericks Makes Sending Messages Easier

Messages button in notification center on OS X Mavericks If you are an iMessage user, you may already know that you can send and receive iMessages on your Mac. And now, with OS X Mavericks, it's even easier. Mavericks now includes an iMessage button in the Notification Center which allows you to quickly send an iMessage from your Mac without having to open the Messages application or take out your phone. The Mavericks Notification Center...

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Apple October 22nd Event Roundup - iPad, Mac and Apps

The Apple October 22nd event certainly was not hyped up nearly enough. Initially thought to be primarily an iPad event with a possible Macbook upgrade turned out to uncover an iPad so new that it needed a new name, 13-inch & 15-inch Macbook Pros with Retina Display, OS X Mavericks, A completely new iWork and iLife on both Mac and iOS (6 new apps!) and completely revolutionised  software pricing. iPad Two new iPads were launched...

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Apple October 22nd Event - iPads, MacBooks, Apple TV and a Surprise ?

Invitation for September 22nd event Apple's keynote media event begins at 10 A.M Pacific Time / 1 P.M Eastern Time on October 22nd, 2013. Just a few hours away.  If rumour is to be believed (and rumours have been reliable in the past), the event will unveil an iPad 5, a new 9.7 inch (standard-sized) iPad which will feature a design that takes after that of the iPad Mini.  An iPad Mini 2 is also supposed to be released with retina...

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iPhone App - SAT Flashcards: Improve Your Vocabulary

Download Control Your Mac's latest iPhone app! SAT Flashcards: Improve Your Vocabulary is an app that improves your vocabulary for the SAT and other such tests by showing you hundreds of flashcards of words that are most likely to appear in the SAT. In order to allow you to test yourself, the app displays the flashcards in random order and allows you to hide and show the definition with a simple tap. And all this in a beautifully designed...

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Updating to iOS 7: 5 Things to Consider

On the 18th of September, Apple released its much awaited iOS 7 software update as a free download. But before you update, here are five things you should consider: 1. BE SURE! iOS 7 is the biggest change Apple has ever made to iOS and unlike previous updates, the changes in iOS 7 are mostly changes in design. Although the rumors of its 'flat' design weren't entirely accurate, iOS 7 is still a big change from iOS 6 and will definitely take...

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My New Project: YourInternship

Hello Everyone, I've been working on a new project with a friend: YourInternship.in. Please check it out and sign up. Much appreciated - http://yourinternship.i...

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Download Our App: Decisions!

Our iPhone and iPad App 'Decisions!' is now available on the App Store for free download. Ever faced a tough decision? Looking for a die to throw? Or perhaps a coin to toss? Or maybe you just need a lottery number. Decisions! is an app that can be used as a die, a coin, a random number generator and much more. Can't decide which color to pick? Use Decisions! Can't decide what to do when you're bored? Use Decisions! Can't pick between answer...

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iOS 7 Screenshot Gallery (65+ Photos and Counting)

As you may already know, iOS 7, the latest major upgrade to the iOS operating system was announced last week at the WWDC 2013 keynote along with the Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9), the new Mac Pro, iWork for iCloud and a new Macbook Air lineup. iOS 7 is, as Apple says, the biggest change to iOS since the iPhone. And rightly so. Everything about the operating system has been completely redesigned, removing all instances of skeuomorphism (elements...

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iPhone Guide Series: Camera

Click to enlarge As part of a new iPhone Guide series I plan to start, I've uploaded a quick start guide to using the iPhone camera. You can view it as an image below, or download the PDF from: http://goo.gl/iitV3 Click on the image to enlarge ...

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Play with this iOS 7 Mockup before WWDC

Click to enlarge With WWDC '13 just round the corner, rumours, mockups and supposedly 'leaked photos' of the newly redesigned iOS are floating around the web a dime a dozen. One particularly interesting one is the interactive html mockup that works on any web browser, mobile or otherwise. You can use it, play around with it and see mockups of most of the applications. I was particularly impressed by the mockup of notification centre, mail,...

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iOS 7 Concept Video by SimplyZesty

In anticipation of the much awaited redesigned iOS 7, SimplyZesty has created a concept video of what iOS 7 may look like based on the information gathered from the more reliable rumours....

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Free iPad App: LiquidSketch

Liquid Sketch: Solve puzzles using beautifully colored, unbelievably realistic liquid. Rotate your device to pour, use your fingers to splash around or build bridges and pipes with blocks. Engage in 90 challenges testing your logic over 6 stages covering different aspects of liquid mechanics or let your imagination run wild in the sandbox mode. LiquidSketch is truly an amazing puzzle game that has received a great rating on the App Store (4+)....

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A Comprehensive Review of the iPad Mini

iPad Mini I admit, I was skeptical at first. After publicly denouncing the smaller 7-inch tablets, Apple itself came out with the iPad Mini with the (pretty shoddy, I might add) excuse that it wasn't a 7-inch but rather a 7.9-inch tablet. The height of hypocracy ? Or the magic or marketing ? So Apple had come out with a smaller tablet ? Naturally, my first response was "Why?". After all, the iPad had shown itself not only as a powerful...

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