Apple releases macOS 12.4, iPadOS 15.5, iOS 15.5, watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, HomePod 15.5
Today Apple released updates across all of their OSes. As Apple is getting closer to announcing macOS 13 and iOS 16 on June 6 (with release in the fall), there …
Apple Works to Improve Safety in the Wake of AirTag Stalking Reports
Over the past few months, there has been a spate of media reports about how people may have been tracked without their knowledge using AirTags, Apple’s elegant location trackers. Like …
Reduce iPhone and iPad Data Usage with Low Data Mode
Do you need to be careful about how much data you use with your iPhone or iPad, either via cellular or Wi-Fi? That could be true for those with Internet …
Use Face ID While Wearing a Mask in iOS 15.4
Shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple made it so your Apple Watch could unlock your Face ID-enabled iPhone when you were wearing a mask. Starting in iOS …
Apple releases macOS 12.3, iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5, tvOS 15.4, HomePod 15.4
Today Apple released software updates for all of their devices. In addition to the regular bug, performance, and security fixes, these updates include some significant features: FaceID works when wearing …
Can’t Rotate the Screen on an iPad or iPhone? Fix the Problem in Control Center
Normally, when you rotate an iPad, the screen flips from portrait (vertical) to landscape (horizontal) orientation as appropriate. Rotating an iPhone has the same effect in some apps, though many …
Where to Check macOS, iOS/iPadOS, and iCloud Storage Status
There’s little more frustrating than running out of space, which always seems to happen at just the wrong time. Luckily, Apple makes it easy to check any time, before it …
The Hidden Controls in the iPhone’s Camera App
The beauty of the iPhone camera is that it combines the ease of use of a point-and-shoot camera with the image quality of a DSLR. To take a picture, you …
Apple releases macOS 12.2, iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3, tvOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, HomePod OS 15.3
Today Apple released updates across all of their operating systems. There are no new features at all as far as anyone can tell. But there are a lot of bug …
Avoid Inclement Weather by Enabling Notifications in iOS 15’s Weather App
Thanks to Apple’s 2020 acquisition of weather company Dark Sky, the iPhone’s Weather app has learned some new tricks in iOS 15. (It still isn’t available on the iPad, oddly.) …