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The Importance of Staying Updated
Does it feel like your Apple devices are always asking you to install operating system updates? You’re not wrong—from September 2022 to January 2024, we saw the following releases in Apple’s previous set of operating systems: macOS 13 Ventura: 20 releases iOS 16: 25 releases iPadOS 16:
Did You Know Text Entry Boxes in Web Browsers Are Easy to Expand?
Have you ever noticed the shading in the corner of text area fields in Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and most other Mac Web browsers? These “handles” let you resize the field—always vertically and sometimes horizontally. That’s handy when the website designer has provided only a small text box and you wa
Use the Command Key to Rearrange and Remove Menu Bar Icons
Is your Mac’s menu bar overwhelmed with icons? They’re helpful little critters, but finding one can be difficult when you have too many and they’re in no particular order. The hidden trick to cleaning up your menu bar relies on the Command key. Rearrange the menu bar icons in an order that makes
Changing Passwords Periodically Doesn’t Increase Security
Does your organization or some financial website require you to create a new password periodically? This practice was recommended long ago, but some organizations haven’t kept up with current recommendations that discourage such policies. If you’re bound by a password expiration policy, you can use
Send Photos in Messages Faster with This Hidden Shortcut
On the iPhone and iPad, to send a photo to a Messages chat, tap the ⊕ button and then tap Photos in the list that appears to reveal the photo picker. That’s not difficult, but it requires an extra step you can avoid with this tip. If you’re running iOS 17 or iPadOS 17, instead of tapping the ⊕ butto
Annoyed by Inline Predictive Text Suggestions? Here’s How to Turn Them Off
In a slight nod to the hype surrounding generative AI, Apple added inline text prediction capabilities to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. They can be helpful, particularly on the iPhone and iPad, where it’s often much easier to tap the Space bar than to finish typing a word or sentence. But that’s less t
Turn on Stolen Device Protection right away!
If you haven't heard, there have been some really terrifying iPhone thefts recently where a thief will watch you enter your iPhone passcode in public then snatch your iPhone and run. Knowing your iPhone passcode, within minutes they can reset your Apple ID password, view saved passwords, remove
macOS Ventura & Sonoma: Time Machine Now Offers Daily and Weekly Frequencies
Since its inception, Time Machine has backed up on an hourly schedule. It then keeps hourly backups for the previous 24 hours, daily backups for the last month, and weekly backups back to the start of the backup. Once free space on the backup drive gets low, Time Machine deletes older backups to mak
Explore the video screensavers and wallpaper in macOS Sonoma
When macOS Sonoma was released a few months ago, one of the highlighted features was new videos for screensavers and wallpaper, similar to the drone videos you might recognize from Apple TV. After upgrading to macOS Sonoma, you are asked if you would like to keep your current screensaver and wallpap
Use iPhone 15 Pro to capture video in 3D
Beginning with iOS 17.2 last week , iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max can now capture “spatial video” for 3D playback on the upcoming Apple Vision Pro (and presumably other 3D devices). if you have an iPhone 15 Pro I recommend updating your software as soon as possible so that your holiday memories this
Loose power plug on an airplane? A Europlug adapter might help
All too often, I've had trouble where the mere weight of my iPhone or MacBook power adapter is enough to pull it from its own airplane power socket. Why are they so loose? If the plug at your seat is one of the universal outlets that can accept any plug, you might find that an inexpensive Europlug
Use This Hidden Setting to Stop Triggering Caps Lock Accidentally
This tip isn't for most people, but read on if you struggle with accidentally touching the Caps Lock key while typing and having your text suddenly TURN INTO CAPITAL LETTERS, or accidentally enabling it when entering a password. If you don't use the Caps Lock key, you can prevent this mistake by dis
Clickbait Warning: You DON'T need to disable Name Drop
There has been a rash of articles and social media posts lately warning people to disable Name Drop, one of the cool features of iOS 17 that allows you to easily exchange contact information with someone you just met. The posts suggest that this feature could be used to steal your contact informatio
Four Solutions to Gotchas in macOS 14 Sonoma
I'm seeing an increasing number of people switching to macOS 14 Sonoma, and by and large, things are going better this year than most. However, Apple introduced some new features—and turned them on by default—that are causing some consternation. If you’ve switched to Sonoma or are planning to soon,
watchOS 10.1 Brings Double Tap to the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2
Apple recently released watchOS 10.1, with support for a new double-tap gesture that selects the primary action in many apps without requiring that you touch the screen! No more trying to tap a button with your nose while your other hand is unavailable. It’s available only on the new Apple Watch S
The “Hey” Part of “Hey Siri” Is Now Optional
If you use Siri, particularly on a HomePod, you’re probably accustomed to saying “Hey Siri” as the trigger phrase before your requests. In Apple’s new operating systems for 2023, you can now choose to invoke Siri using the traditional “Hey Siri” or just “Siri” (at least in Australia, Canada, the UK,
Auto-update is enabled. Why aren’t my devices updating?
A question I am getting more often than ever, now that updates are more important than ever: "Why isn't my iPhone or Mac updating automatically even though I have Auto-Update turned on?" There are many possible reasons for this. The biggest reason is that Auto-Update does not mean upda
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