Did you accidently activate the Alexa Voice Assistant on your Amazon Fire remote? This causes the Amazon Fire remote to show a solid teal/blue color at the top right of the remote. The light indicates that Alexa (remote) is in listening mode.   1. Hold down the Microphone button on the Amazon remote for 3 seconds....

Are you suddenly getting messages to sign in to your Apple ID on your Apple Mac device? If you click “cancel”, the messages persist and you cannot back out of them. Some of the Apple ID sign-in messages may include:   To continue, sign in with your Apple ID   Update Apple ID Settings Some account...

When you open a video file (MP4, MKV, MPEG, etc.) in macOS, is GateKeeper (macOS Security) attempting to “verify” the file on first open? In some cases, the video file is large and it can take several minutes to verify before it opens in media players like QuickTime or VLC. This prevents you from watching your...

When running full-screen apps in macOS, do you notice the macOS menu bar still showing at the top of the screen? This cuts off part of the top screen of whatever application you are running making the experience frustrating. In the past, macOS would automatically switch applications to full-screen when they tried to run.   You...

Do you see an old distribution list in your macOS Contacts app that you no longer want? It may be a distribution list you want to clean up or remove altogether. The macOS Contacts app does not allow you to right-click a distribution list and delete by default.   Note: Deleting a distribution list or group...