Work with iOS App Updates in Your Account in the App Store
If you’ve turned on automatic App Updates in Settings > App Store on your iPhone or iPad, you might wonder how you’d know if an app was updated or what …
Change the Default Web Browser and Email App in iOS and iPadOS 14
Since the earliest days of the iPhone, Apple’s Safari and Mail have been the default Web and email apps for iOS and iPadOS. There was no way to choose alternatives …
Apple releases iOS 14.4, iPadOS 14.4, tvOS 14.4, watchOS 7.3, HomePod 14.4
Today Apple released software updates across all of their mobile operating systems. There are a few new features, but more importantly, these updates include bug, performance, and security fixes for …
New Features You May Have Missed in the iOS 14.1, 14.2, and 14.3 Updates
I’ve published overviews of the major features in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, along with detailed looks at some of my favorite features. But Apple keeps releasing minor updates with …
Pinch to Zoom in All Photos View in iOS 14
Photos in iOS 14 provides four views of your library: Years, Months, Days, and All Photos. For the first three, Photos picks representative images that may not include particular shots …
Apple releases iOS 14.3, iPadOS 14.3, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2, macOS 11.1
Today Apple released minor but important updates across all of their operating systems including the first bug fix update for macOS Big Sur. The headline feature is Apple Fitness+, Apple’s …
Did You Know That Your iPhone Can “Name That Tune”?
Several years ago, Apple bought a company called Shazam, which made an app that identified songs by listening to the music playing nearby. Since then, Apple has built Shazam into …
Home Screen Widgets Take Center Stage in iOS 14
A significant new feature in iOS 14 is Home screen widgets, information-rich tiles that share space on a Home screen with app icons. iPhone users familiar with Google’s Android smartphone …
Apple releases macOS 10.15.6, iOS 13.6, watchOS 6.2.8, iPadOS 13.6, tvOS 13.4.8, HomePod 13.4.8
Today Apple released what may very well be the final update across the current OSes before they turn their attention toward this fall’s iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur updates. …
Safari for iPhone and iPad can close your tabs automatically
Whenever you tap a link to open a Web page on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. Having hundreds of tabs open isn’t a technical problem …