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Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson is the editor-in-chief at GeeksModo where he oversees all of site’s evergreen content to ensure it’s up to date with the latest information. Hailing from New Jersey in the US, he has over seven years of experience in the tech journalism space and holds a degree in English Literature. In his spare time, Dave can found checking out the latest video games, immersing himself in his favorite sporting pastime of football, and petting every dog he comes across in the outside world.

Dave Johnson's Articles

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How to Make a Bootable macOS Installer

by Dave Johnson
The installer deletes itself from Applications once the upgrade finishes.
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iPhone 18 Pro in glacier is paired with the Clear Case.

What Setup Assistant Asks After You Install macOS

by Dave Johnson
Setup Assistant never shows its own name, so it looks like the installer.
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iPhone 18 Pro in glacier is paired with the Clear Case.

The Action Button Feature Apple Promised and Hasn’t Shipped

by Dave Johnson
Apple announced it in May, quoted it twice, and it has not turned up.
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A user's conversation history is shown in the new dedicated Siri app on iPhone 17 Pro.

How to Use the New Siri App

by Dave Johnson
Conversations are kept forever unless you change it to 30 days or a year.
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A collection of Apple products, including Apple Vision Pro, MacBook, iPad, iPhone 17 Pro, and Apple Watch, all displaying various Siri AI interfaces.

How Siri AI Processing Works, On Your Device and in the Cloud

by Dave Johnson
Apple’s own cloud runs on Apple silicon; the Google Cloud nodes run Intel and Nvidia.
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A collection of Apple products, including Apple Vision Pro, MacBook, iPad, iPhone 17 Pro, and Apple Watch, all displaying various Siri AI interfaces.

The Apple Intelligence Accessibility Features in iOS 27

by Dave Johnson
Apple’s own Settings pages still use names that do not match the interface.
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A collection of Apple products, including Apple Vision Pro, MacBook, iPad, iPhone 17 Pro, and Apple Watch, all displaying various Siri AI interfaces.

How to Turn On the New Siri on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

by Dave Johnson
Enabling it takes seconds, but the indexing afterward took well over a day.
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iPhone 18 Pro in glacier is paired with the Clear Case.

How to Watch Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ Event Today

by Dave Johnson
You can watch the Apple event on Apple’s website, Apple TV, the Apple Developer app and the company’s YouTube channel today at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. BST).
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iPhone Won’t Turn On in iOS 27? Here’s why (and what to do)

by Dave Johnson
Even the best smartphone is pretty useless if you can’t get it going. Luckily, we have solutions if your iPhone won’t turn on after iOS 27 update. There is nothing new about the problem of
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A front and back view of two iPhone 17 Pro devices.

How to fix iPhone not connecting to App Store after iOS 27 update

by Dave Johnson
The iOS App Store is by and large the only way you can get apps on your iPhone and iPad. Naturally, that means if you are, for some reason, unable to use the App Store,
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