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Previous to iOS 8, your only real option for interacting with notifications was to "activate" them, which involved tapping to open the corresponding app. Now you have far richer options for both built-in and third-party apps.For example: Reminders now lets you snooze a notification fo
FaceTime and FaceTime Audio are great features that allow you to make phone and video calls over WiFi instead of over the phone system. It works very similarly to Skype except all you need is the call recipient's iPhone number or Apple ID. People who call or travel internationally are especially tha
iOS 8 brings many features to keep you in control. Among them is battery usage data. This lets you see what apps have been hogging your precious electrons and might give you a clue of why.Tap Settings > General > Usage > Battery Usage . Wait a moment and the data should l
As expected, iOS 8 has been released today! Unlike last year's controversial upgrade that completely changed the cosmetics of your mobile devices, iOS 8 focuses more on refining the user experience and providing powerful tools that allow developers to build even more incredible apps. Comp
A very surprising announcement at last week's Apple event was that U2's new album Songs of Innocence would be available in every iTunes account for free. Everyone got this new album in their music library whether they wanted it or not. For most people this isn't a problem: you just don't listen to t
If you've purchased movies from the iTunes store, you've no doubt noticed that most titles include a feature called "iTunes Extras", which is similar to the extra features we have on DVDs. It's a collection of photo galleries, interviews, behind-the-scenes clips, etc. However, until now yo
Beginning with OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple decided that it was best to hide the Library folder from users. It was probably a good decision because the Library folder contains all of the settings files for your account, and messing with files in there can disastrous effects if you aren't careful. So it mak
You can tell with a quick glance whether an open document has been saved or not. A black dot in the red "close" button means it has not been saved. No dot means it has. This works with nearly any program on Mac OS X.Note that this doesn't apply to some apps like Pages and Numbers, because
It always seems that when I talk to Siri I forget what I'm saying halfway through. Siri detects a pause and assumes I'm finished. New in iOS 7.1, you can now press and hold the home button, talk at whatever pace you wish, and then release the home button when you are finished. Siri will keep waiting
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
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