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Today Apple released their annual software upgrades for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and HomePod. This year it's a big one! There are two major focuses with this year's new features: customization and Apple Intelligence (though the AI features are currently in beta and we will get the
People are always astonished when they see someone using trackpad mode to edit text on an iPhone or iPad. So, even if you already know these tips, do your friends a favor and show them how to get the flashing cursor exactly where you want it with almost no effort: Tap once to position the inserti
When you connect to a public Wi-Fi network at an airport, hotel, coffee shop, or school, you may need to interact with a captive portal login page to be granted access to the network. It might require you to enter login credentials, ask for your name and contact info, or make you agree to terms of
iOS, iPadOS, and macOS all let you specify whether any given app should show no notifications, temporary banners, or persistent banners: look in Settings (or System Settings on Mac) > Notifications . Temporary banners appear briefly and then automatically disappear, which is appropria
Not sure which mouse to get for your Mac? I cover Bluetooth vs. Logitech Bolt, ergonomic options, and the picks I personally recommend.
Did you know that your iPhone (and iPad) has a built-in Translate app that is able to translate pictures, images, and speech among a list of common languages? It's very easy and fast, and can even be done when you don't have internet access. I don't speak any of the other languages in my sample scre
A credit freeze is free, effective, and takes about 15 minutes. Learn how to set one up at all three credit bureaus and when to lift it.
Today Apple kicked off the 35th Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with their traditional keynote event. While this event is primarily for software developers attending workshops to get the latest features into their apps, the keynote event is of interest to anyone who likes to keep up with the
We all make mistakes, which is why Undo exists. Immediately choose Edit > Undo or press Command -Z to undo your last change. Most Mac apps support multiple levels of Undo, so you can keep pressing Command -Z to revert change after change. However, suppose you delete a table in your Page
If you have trouble finding particular items across multiple shelves of books, labeled boxes, or anything else that’s clearly identified with a text name, take carefully composed photos that capture all the titles without glare. Later, you can search for any text in those photos to find them—tap the
Research suggests that exposure to blue light fools your body into thinking it’s daytime, making it harder to fall asleep if you work late on a Mac with a bright white (which has a lot of blue light) screen. To help, a macOS feature called Night Shift subtly changes the colors of the screen as the
The latest versions of the Mac and iPad apps in Apple’s iWork suite—Pages 14, Keynote 14, and Numbers 14—have gained a helpful feature: non-contiguous text selection. By holding down the Command key, you can select chunks of text that aren’t next to each other. For example, imagine you want to make
By default, the battery icon in your Mac laptop’s menu bar shows how full your battery is. Clicking it reveals the exact percentage, but you can also set macOS to display the battery percentage next to the icon. Assuming your screen is big enought that you have room, that is! The setting isn’t where
Apple TV is really one of Apple's most underrated products. It's affordable, the picture quality is amazing, and compared to other streaming boxes like Fire TV, Roku, and any built-in "smart" feature of a TV, it is blazing fast and smooth as silk. But there are several settings that are se
Long ago (in the 1900's), before computers were as stable as they are now, users restarted their computers a lot . Sometimes multiple times a day. Back then, Macs couldn’t sleep, either, so it was common for users to shut down at the end of the day to save power and start up the next morning, effec
Many people are frustrated that Apple doesn't include a full manual with their products. I can understand Apple's point of view on this. Software updates often change how their products work, they have not included printed manuals in years because the details are likely to change, and having outdate
In iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, and macOS 14.4 Sonoma, Apple enhanced its Podcasts app to include transcripts of all podcasts in the Apple Podcasts catalog as long as they’re in English, French, German, or Spanish. (It doesn’t translate from one language to another.) Much like song lyrics in the Music a
You can change the resolution of your Mac’s screen—how many pixels appear—to make text and graphics larger and easier to see or smaller to fit more content onscreen. Just be aware that if you make your text too large things may no longer fit on your screen. Head to the menu > System Setti
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