Set iPhone to Delete Data After Incorrect Passcode Entries

One way to really make sure that a thief can’t get your data is to set your iPhone to automatically delete all its data when the passcode is entered incorrectly 10 times. If you’re not good at remembering your passcode you may want to be careful, but this is one of the best ways to protect your phone. You can add this setting when you create a passcode, or follow these steps:

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How to Mirror iPhone to Roku

There are two things you’ll need to do to mirror your iPhone to your Roku:

  • Setting up your Roku receiver
  • Setting up the Roku app on your iPhone

First, you’ll want to make sure your Roku receiver and your iPhone are on the same network. You can verify your network settings with the Roku receiver.

Next, you’ll need to make sure mirroring is allowed\setup on your Roku receiver.

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How to Remove iCloud Activation Lock From iPad

There are only a couple of ways to remove iCloud Activation Lock on an iPad. The easiest way is if you have access to the Apple ID username and password originally used to activate the device. You might have this either because it’s your device or because you can contact the person who sold you the iPad. In that case, follow these steps to complete Activation Lock removal:

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Create a Recovery HD Volume on OS X El Capitan and Later

Creating a Recovery HD volume on an internal drive in OS X El Capitan and macOS Sierra and later is a bit more cumbersome. That’s because, with the advent of OS X El Capitan, Apple removed the hidden Disk Utility Debug menu. Since Disk Utility can no longer access the hidden Recovery HD partition, we have to use a different method, specifically, Terminal and the command line version of Disk Utility, diskutil.

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