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Last month Apple continued its forays into the financial world with the introduction of Apple Card Savings , a new savings account from Goldman Sachs that offers 4.15% interest with no fees, no minimum deposits, and no minimum balance requirements. The Savings account is designed to hold your Daily
By default, when you take a screenshot (instructions for iPhone and iPad ), it saves to Photos. But what if you don’t want something like a quick image of a map for a friend to clutter your Photos library? In iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, Apple has added new options. When you tap the screenshot thumbnail
With the original version of the Apple Watch, Apple introduced “grid” view, which shows tiny icons for each app in a random circular pattern, making them difficult to find for most people, especially if you don't remember what the unlabeled icons are. At some point, Apple relented and gave us the mo
Have you ever run into a situation where the battery icon in your menu bar is stuck at 80% even though your Mac has been plugged in for hours? Luckily, there are several easy workarounds, but first, let me explain what’s going on. In the past few years, Apple has added optimized battery chargi
Much has been made in the media about a recent FBI warning about “ juice jacking ,” the theoretical act of installing malware on or stealing data from an iPhone connected to a public charging station while you're "juicing" up your battery. Researchers first demonstrated juice jacking in
Should you rent or buy a cable modem? I break down the options and recommend the best modem for Xfinity, Cox, and Spectrum. Updated May 2026.
Way back in iOS 15, Apple added a Voice Isolation option to FaceTime calls to filter out noise around you while you’re talking, which is a boon if you’re making a call in a loud space or outside environment. With the recently released iOS 16.4, Apple has now brought that feature to cellular calls as
The Mac’s Desktop is a remarkably useful place. It’s a good spot for in-progress documents, screenshots, images dragged out of Web pages, and more. However, app windows tend to obscure the Desktop, making it harder to use. There are two quick ways you can temporarily hide windows, making it easy to
Sometimes apps can be too helpful. Beginning with macOS Ventura, Apple’s Mail on the Mac turns pasted URLs into graphically rich previews, and sometimes that’s OK. But other times, the preview is confusing or takes up too much space. Or you may want to send a plain link so the recipient can see its
Those who tend to cut things tight have a time-honored tradition of setting their watches ahead by a few minutes. That way, when you glance at your watch and realize that you need to leave, you actually have a few more minutes. You can do this with your Apple Watch, but only on the watch itself. Pre
Phishing is becoming an ever more common way for people to get in trouble when using the Internet. A phishing attack is some communication, usually an email, that tries to lure you into revealing login credentials, financial information, or other confidential details. A State of Phishing repo
If you have a network-enabled printer from the past 5 to 8 years, there is a very good chance it supports printing from iPhone or iPad. If you look at the printer specs you may see a reference to AirPrint or ePrint which means it's compatible with mobile devices. Of course, my recommended printer
Occasionally, I hear from a client who needs to document a Messages conversation with timestamps, perhaps as part of a lawsuit. Or for making sure you have a safe copy of a cherished memory. The only way to do that on an iPhone or iPad is to take a series of screenshots, but if the conversation is i
Last night Apple released the long-awaited Apple Music Classical app , nearly two years after purchasing the classical music streaming service Primephonic. Apple Music Classical is included with an Apple Music subscription. The app is only available for iPhone. I haven't heard anything about future
In the past few months, Google seems to have gotten a lot more aggressive about wanting to know your current location any time you search. On one hand, many see this as an invasion of privacy, but on the other hand, Google uses your location to offer search results that are more relevant to your loc
If you have a HomePod or HomePod Mini I'm sure you have found how easy it is to ask Siri some simple questions. The recently released HomePod Software 16.3 now supports Find My, which means you can ask Siri to locate one of your devices or a friend or family member who shares their location wit
There are many reasons you might want to get rid of apps from your iPhone or iPad. To begin you can either: Touch and hold on a blank spot or an app icon on the Home Screen to enter “jiggle mode.” Then tap the ⊝ icon for any app, or Touch and hold an app icon long enough for a menu to
Years ago Finder on Mac added a really nifty little feature where the icon thumbnail for audio and video files offers a teensy tiny player right in the icon. While technically really cool, I think I'd file this feature under "we did it because we can". All too often, I see people trying to
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