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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
iOS 9.3 introduced a feature last year called Night Shift that reduces the blue output of your screen at night, which is believed to reduce the interference of screens on your sleep patterns. A couple of weeks ago Apple released macOS Sierra 10.12.4 , which brings this feature to the Mac.To enabl
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
Many users of Verizon FiOS have difficulty printing and backing up over the network (WiFi or wired) from their Macs. It seems that Verizon FiOS's default configuration can interfere with Bonjour, Apple's autodiscovery protocol. This causes weird problems because sometimes printing and backing up wil
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
Some time ago Apple extended the warranty for several MacBook Pro models past their standard 1 year warranty in reaction to a rather widespread problem with their video adapters. If you have one of these models and if you have been having trouble with scrambled graphics, missing graphics, or with
Today Apple released Sierra , the 13th iteration of Mac OS X, now renamed macOS to keep consistent with their OS naming convention (macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS). On the surface the changes are rather small, but it does have some great additions that more deeply integrate your computer with iOS device
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
If you have installed the new iOS 10 update you may be glad to hear that Apple has implemented a long-requested feature. You can now delete most of the built-in apps in iOS including: Calculator Calendar Compass Contacts FaceTime Find Friends Home iBooks iCloud Drive iTunes Stor
Today Apple released updates for nearly all of their non-Mac devices: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Lots of new new features! WARNING - These initial "point oh" releases, while perfectly fine for the vast majority of users, occasionally cause serious problems for a
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