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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
Looking for the best portable battery pack or power bank for iPhone? I compare three Anker picks for every use case, with tips on flying and getting the most from your charge.
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:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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