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Touch ID lets users register up to five fingers that can unlock an iPhone, which has long been a boon for those who share access to their iPhone or iPad with trusted family members. However, users of the iPhone X haven’t been able to give a second person Face ID-based access, forcing those people to
It’s a constant refrain in many homes—a kid clamoring to use an iPad or iPhone to play games, watch videos, or chat with friends. As a parent, you know too much screen time is bad, especially when it affects homework or family dinners. At the same time, an iOS device may be essential for communicati
This change in iOS 12 is throwing people for a loop, but once you've retrained your muscle memory you're all set. Before iOS 12, you’d tap the camera button in a Messages chat in order to share either a brand-new photo or a photo that had already been taken. In iOS 12, Apple changed things so tappin
It can be easy to become overwhelmed by iOS notifications, particularly if you have chatty friends or apps. In iOS 12, Apple corralled notifications by grouping them into stacks so you no longer see an endless screen of alerts when an app has too much activity. To expand a stack of notifications on
Periodically your iPhone will pop up asking if you want to install a Carrier Settings Update. In my book, you should always install these immediately and I'm kind of surprised your iPhone doesn't install without asking you. Essentially, a carrier update is a new settings file from your carrier
The Mac’s Dock gives you quick access to frequently used apps, documents, and folders, and makes it easy to switch to a running app. In macOS 10.14 Mojave, the Dock has another feature that was brought over from i Pad: a list of apps you’ve used recently that aren’t on your default Dock. Icons for
Do you frequently reach for your iPhone for a quick check of Facebook or Messages? It’s all too easy to let social media, the latest hot game, or even your work email intrude on your real life. If you’re uncomfortable with how much—and when—you use your iPhone or iPad, iOS 12’s new Screen Time featu
I love the Do Not Disturb feature in iOS—it’s essential for keeping notifications from waking us up at night or causing embarrassing light and noise in dark movie theater. But it’s long had a problem. When you invoked Do Not Disturb manually for a movie or doctor’s appointment, you had to remember t
Before iOS 12, Apple Maps was the only mapping app you could run on the dashboard in a CarPlay-equipped automobile. But Apple Maps doesn’t always work well, and some people prefer directions from Google Maps or the Google-owned Waze. Once you upgrade your iPhone to iOS 12 and update to the latest ve
Have you found yourself composing an email message on your Mac while staring at the receipt or document you need to scan and attach to the message? Adding that scan to the message is easier than you might think It’s super simple thanks to a feature called Continuity Camera. It lets you take pi
When you double-click a document, macOS uses the document’s file extension to figure out which app should open the file. So, by default, a PDF file called laser-squid.pdf opens in Preview because the Finder knows that everything with a .pdf extension should open in Preview. But what if you would pre
If you've been following tech news lately you've likely heard that Apple has officially ceased development of their AirPort line of routers. This has been long rumored, and I'm sad to see this day come, but the alternatives have gotten much better in recent years. Here are the questions that c
Unless you can palm a basketball, you may not be able to use an iPhone single-handed. But sometimes one hand is all you can spare. If you find yourself in such a situation, give Reachability a try. On a Touch ID–based iPhone, tap (don’t click) the Home button twice to slide the iPhone’s interface
The System Preferences app on the Mac contains about 30 icons, each leading to additional settings panes. Rather than opening System Preferences, scanning the collection of icons, and clicking the one you want, you can jump directly to the desired pane. Just click and hold on the System Preferences
In a surprise move, Apple earlier this week released firmware update 7.8 for the most recent generation AirPort Express that adds AirPlay 2 support. AirPlay 2 adds support for multi-room audio. This was a surprise because Apple is no longer manufacturing AirPort devices and they have no more invento
Photos on the Mac provides so many editing tools that it’s easy to lose track of how an edited image compares to the original. You can always use the Revert to Original command and then undo it, but that’s fussy. Instead, Photos provides a Show Original button in the upper-left corner, between the
Some Web sites have separate desktop and mobile versions, each theoretically providing the best browsing experience for its platform. Unfortunately, mobile Web sites sometimes leave out necessary features or hide content. That’s especially annoying if you’re browsing on an iPad, where the desktop si
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. It’s great for tracking down a missing iPhone, whether you misplaced i
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