Tips and Guides

Learn how Apple’s System Status page can help you check for reported iCloud service problems when mail, photos, or other features stop working.

Turn Caps Lock on or off on the iPhone or iPad onscreen keyboard, and recognize the line beneath the Shift arrow when it is enabled.

This iTunes-era tip discusses how old iPhone and iPad backups use Mac storage and the considerations before removing an unneeded backup.

This 2018 Safari guide explains iCloud tabs, letting you open and close tabs from other Apple devices signed in to your account.

Learn how Desktop Stacks introduced in macOS Mojave group files by kind, date, or Finder tags to organize scattered desktop icons.

Learn how macOS Mojave’s screenshot toolbar captures screens, windows, or selected areas, and records video of your Mac screen.

This iOS 12 tip explains Face ID’s Alternate Appearance option and its use for sharing access to an iPhone with a trusted person.

Explore Screen Time parental controls in iOS 12, including Family Sharing, Downtime, App Limits, content restrictions, and usage reports.

Learn how notification stacks work in iOS 12, including expanding alerts, clearing a group, and choosing to group notifications by app.

Understand what an iPhone Carrier Settings Update changes, why your carrier supplies it, and where to check for a pending update.

Scan documents to your Mac with an iPhone or iPad using Continuity Camera, with options for multiple pages and scanning directly in iPhone apps.

Learn how iPhone Reachability brings the top of the screen within thumb reach, with gestures for Home button models and the iPhone X.

Apple’s 2018 AirPort Express firmware 7.8 update added AirPlay 2 multi-room audio. Learn which AirPort Express model received the update.

Compare an edited photo with its original in Mac Photos using the M key, and learn how Control-M also shows the image before cropping.

On the face of it, Apple’s Find My iPhone feature does what it says. If you lose your iPhone, you can identify its last known location by looking in the Find iPhone app or on the iCloud Web site, and you can make it play a sound.

Keep distant tasks from cluttering Apple Reminders with a separate Far Future list, while retaining alerts for the dates you need them.

Learn about checking an email address with Have I Been Pwned, breach notifications, and password manager tools for identifying password risks.

Understand scam emails that claim to have hacked your computer, why they may include an old password, and the risks of reused passwords.