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I recently discovered that although you can change your Apple ID, and Apple's ID management website makes it appear a simple task, it can be a hassle if you don't go through the right steps beforehand.Strangely, you are unable to change your Apple ID to your iCloud name (your address ending in @iclo
AirPlay is a really cool technology that is most often used to send audio or video from your iPhone or iPad to AppleTV. Virtually any content (unless explicitly restricted by an app developer, ahem Comcast On-Demand) can be streamed to an AirPlay-enabled device, including AppleTV, AirPort Express, a
Mail for iOS includes your inbox, flagged messages, and VIP folders by default, but you can easily add a folder that displays just your unread messages or messages with attachments.To choose which mailboxes show, go to your mailboxes list (if you're in your inbox tap the "< Mailboxes&quo
By default, iPhoto opens when you plug in your iPhone or any other iOS device or camera. But maybe you don't want it to open. Or maybe you want to load a completely different app like Picasa. This setting is held in two different places, and I can't quite figure out precisely how they interact. iPho
In an effort to make iOS 7 more simple and clean, Apple decided to make the Messages app only show a person's first name. Unfortunately, I have sent messages to the wrong person because I know many Davids, Tommys, and Marks. You are, however, provided an option to always show a person's full name.V
Your iPhone allows you to delete individual text messages, which could be handy if you need to remove sensitive information or if you want to keep your picture and video messages from eating up all of your storage space. But since it's an infrequently used feature, Apple has it hidden in a menu.To d
A hidden feature of Mac OS is Contacts' built-in envelope and label printing. To print, simply open the Contacts app , select the entry (or entries) you wish to print an envelope or label for, and choose "Print" from the "File" menu. To choose between printing envelopes and labe
Let's just get this out of the way: I'm bad at math. Which is probably why I'm so interested in computers. In sixth grade I learned BASIC so that I could program my computer to do my math homework for me. Fast forward a bunch of years, and Siri makes it ridiculously easy to manipulate numbers.1. Si
Recently Apple has picked up the pace on adding content to Apple TV. Just yesterday Yahoo! Screen and PBS were added. Considering the wide array of content there is now (HBO, Disney Channel, ESPN, Smithsonian Channel, Hulu, The Weather Channel...) chances are that you have icons on your Apple TV
Beginning with OS X Lion 10.7, Apple changed the behavior of scrollbars to disappear when not in active use. This brought OS X in line with the behavior of iOS. Personally I find this annoying because I can't glance at the screen and determine which areas are scrollable. I can forgive this in iOS be
Beginning with Lion or Mountain Lion, the default folder when you open a new Finder window has been "All My Files" which simply shows a search of all of your documents. Personally I find this useless since I have so many files. However, it's easy to change the default folder to something l
OS X 10.9 Mavericks brings tabbed windows to the Finder. They work in much the same way as tabs in your browser, allowing you to keep your windows uncluttered while browsing several folders.You can open a new Finder tab in any of these ways: Press Command-T Choose "New Tab" from the F
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion introduced dictation as a built-in feature, presumably using the same technology as Siri's voice recognition. But it had some serious limitations. Notably, it required you to have an active internet connection because the processing was done on Apple's servers. And because it
Yesterday Apple added a new keychain feature to iCloud for users of OS X Mavericks and iOS 7.0.3. Your Mac and iPhone have always had a keychain, which stores passwords for you so that you don't have to retype them every time you reconnect to WiFi or check your email. But now iCloud can be used to
Safari for Mac has long had a "Reader Mode" which strips supported web pages of extraneous content, allowing you to focus on the text and images of the article itself. However, this feature is really beneficial on the smaller screen of the iPhone or iPad, particularly with websites that
After you've upgraded to iOS 7 or after you've migrated your content to a new iPhone there are a few things that you should check. Delete your old backup . If you've upgraded to a new iPhone, it's very likely that you have an old backup hanging out on Apple's servers that is doing nothing but ta
The general consensus I hear is that people like the new look of iOS 7. It's sleek, elegant, and quite polished. However, if you are an iPhone user who already struggles with viewing such a small screen, the svelte typography and subtle shades may be driving you crazy. We can hope that Apple is list
Banner notifications are great because they are rather unobtrusive. But sometimes they linger a little too long and you just want to move on with your work. In iOS 7 it's easy to dismiss them immediately. Simply push them off the top of your screen.
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