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You might not think about this, but if send or receive lots of picture messages and video messages, those can accumulate and consume a lot of the storage space on your iPhone. They never go away unless you delete them manually. They'll even travel with you from one iPhone to the next if you set up
Siri got a makeover in iOS 7. Not only can you choose between a man's and a woman's voice, but you'll get a much more natural voice (if it still sounds robotic, give it some time - the files are downloaded over WiFi eventually on their own). In addition, Siri responds more quickly and is capab
In iOS 7, Apple introduced FaceTime Audio. This might sound like a silly feature considering that our iPhones are already phones. But FaceTime Audio does have some advantages over a regular voice call. Call Quality . The biggest thing you will notice is that if both parties have a decent intern
With iOS 7 you no longer need to download videos purchases on iTunes before playing them. You can simply press play as long as you have WiFi access. Just head to the Videos app and you'll see all of your previous purchases. If you know you'll want to watch a movie or TV show off of WiFi later, you c
Now that many of us are on metered data plans instead of unlimited, iOS 7 has added a great new feature to help you get handle on your data usage. Head to the Settings app > Cellular and scroll to the bottom. There you'll see each app and how much cellular data it has used, along with the op
iOS 6 supports HTML signatures in Mail. This is an advanced tip that requires being rather familiar with HTML. Create your signature in an HTML file. Images will need to be published on a web server and referenced in the HTML markup. Get the file onto your device (Dropbox works well). Load th
You can ask Siri to add an item to a specific list. I use this all the time for groceries.
Yesterday I showed you how to use emoji in iOS . Here's how to do it on a Mac (OS X Lion or higher required). From nearly any program where you are entering text, go to the Edit menu > Special Characters . Choose Emoji on the left and browse to find the image you want inserted. Double c
Envious of those colorful emoticons your friends send you from their iPhones? Turn on "Emoji" in iOS 6 or higher by going to the Settings app > General > Keyboard > Keyboards > Add New Keyboard... > Emoji. And now nearly anywhere you can swap your keyboar
Sometimes the volume keys on your Mac change the volume too much. Adjust your volume by quarter "notches" by holding Shift and Option while you press the volume buttons.
Are one of the speakers on the bottom of your iPhone not working? I thought so too until I realized that one of the grilles is a microphone.
A great new feature in the iTunes 11 update that came out last year is "iTunes in the Cloud". This allows you to listen to or watch any music or videos you have ever purchased with your iTunes account, even if they aren't on your computer. In other words, movies and TV shows you purchase d
Want to free up a couple extra gigabytes on your Mac? Delete Garage Band if you don't use it. While the app itself only weighs in at 375 MB, the support library is kept in the system's Library folder and can consume several gigabytes.Open Finder and go to your hard drive. If you don't know how to ge
The new Facebook integration in iOS and Mac OS X Mountain Lion is great! But if you have lots of friends the daily birthday notifications from Calendar on OS X can get a little annoying. To disable them, right click (or control-click) the "Birthday" calendar in the left panel and choose &q
Apple Preview allows you to sign PDF documents with your FaceTime Camera using Mac OS X Lion or Mac OS X Mountain Lion. click the button for the edit toolbar click the signature button click "Create signature…" write your signature on a plain piece of paper and hold it up to the c
Jan 4 2025 Update : This feature has become much more useful over the years. You no longer need an internet connection, it types as you talk, and some computers have a built-in microphone button on the keyboard that you can use instead of the FN-double-tap. Mac OS X Mountain Lion added built-i
Is your Mac always picking up the wrong WiFi network? You can modify your network priority. Click the WiFi icon in your menubar > Open Network Preferences... > select WiFi on the left > Advanced... Then you can drag your "Preferred Networks" into the correct order.
Use Messages on Mountain Lion to send documents to anyone through iMessages. Just drag the document from Finder and drop it into the Messages window. Recipients on iOS can read PDF, Pages, Numbers, Keynote documents, Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents, HTML, text, MP3, animated gif, and more.
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