Tips and Guides

In 2015, Apple quietly changed the behavior of the Command-1 through Command-9 keys in Safari on the Mac. Before then, pressing Command-1 would open the first bookmark on your Favorites bar. Now, however, Command-1 switches to the first tab, Command-2 opens the second tab, and so on. If that’s not h

The Camera app on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch can take three kinds of video and three types of photos, and the interface suggests that you switch between them by tapping or swiping on the labels below the viewfinder. Unfortunately, those labels are small and can be difficult to swipe accurately

Ever wanted to jump to a particular folder on your Mac while opening or saving a file? You can, thanks to a clever Finder trick. Whenever you have an Open or Save dialog open in an app, switch to the Finder, find the folder you want to access, and drag its icon into the dialog. Presto—instant naviga

iOS 10 and macOS Sierra introduce a shared "Universal Clipboard". Now you can copy text or images on your iPhone and paste them on your Mac. Or copy text on your Mac and paste on your iPad or iPhone. In other words, you now have just one clipboard for all of your devices. Your copi

Lately there has been a lot of talk about Two-Factor Authentication. Elections have been influenced, personal photos have been leaked, and hackers gained access to personal data about millions of federal employees. Many of these attacks could have been prevented or mitigated had they been using this

Ever forget what street you parked on? Siri remembers. More specifically it's where your phone last disconnected from your car's Bluetooth.If you don't have Bluetooth you can ask Siri to "Remember where I parked", and you'll be offered a screen where you can even snap a photo or take a not

 If you've been using Mac Calendar for many years there is a good chance that you have many more calendars to choose from than you need. Back before iCal became simply "Calendar" there was a "+" button that many people thought was to create a new event, but it was to cre

Apple Watch has a function that allows you to quickly call 911 or the appropriate local emergency services. And after your call is finished all of your designated emergency contacts in your iPhone Health app are alerted by text. A user on Reddit recently told a story that shows just how useful thi

One of the greatest functions of iMessage is that you can easily text from a device other than your iPhone. It's great to be able to type on a regular keyboard. But unless you go through some extra steps, you can only text other Apple users from your Mac. It also allows you to receive text messages

If you often tinker with your Wi-Fi network settings, no doubt you've seen the xfinitywifi network popping up as an available option. And it might drive you crazy because your devices keep connecting, and you can't get on the internet. So here is how you can either take advantage of the net

If someone sends you a calendar invite but you don't receive it, there is a chance it's a very particular problem with a not-so-obvious solution. You likely have an iCloud account , but you do not have iCloud Calendar  enabled on your devices. When the sender sends an invite from their own iCloud

For years many people who have switched from Windows to Mac have been driven crazy by Finder's insistence in showing all of your folders mixed in with your file in alphabetical order. I know a lot of people who prepend their folder names with an underscore or other special character to keep them at

Since the introduction of iMessages in iOS 5, you have had the option to turn on "Read Receipts" to tell your contacts when you have read their message to you (in Settings > Messages > Send Read Receipts). But it was all or nothing. Now in iOS 10 you can turn on read receipts

No doubt that over the past couple of years you've heard about Apple Pay. But if you haven't used it yet you might not know what you're missing. It's amazingly fast, easy, and most of all secure. What is Apple Pay? ApplePay is Apple's mobile payment system that allows you to: pay at thousands

On my home visits, one problem I frequently encounter are customers who have dead WiFi zones. Verizon FiOS is a proprietary system, meaning you are required to use Verizon's hardware. In the past one of the only solutions was to add your own good router in addition to the one that Verizon provides

When editing text on an iPhone 6s/6s Plus, you can enable mouse-like controls to quickly move your cursor with precision. Simply hard press on your keyboard. When the letters disappear start dragging like you're using a trackpad on a laptop computer. Lift your finger and your cursor drops at that lo

With the impending 2016 blizzard in the mid-atlantic region, many of you have already stocked up on canned goods and toilet paper. But as technology plays an increasingly important role in our lives it's a good idea to make sure your electronic devices are ready for the storm. Charge your devices

With today's season 2 debut of Serial , the most popular podcast ever, I want to share with you the setting you should turn on for that podcast: Play Oldest to Newest. With the Podcasts app settings at their default, podcasts will start playing with the newest episode first and when the episode is