A new scam to watch for: QuickBooks Invoices
As scammers are always looking for new ways to trick us, they have come upon a new idea that seems to evade spam filters: Illegitimate invoices via a legitimate system. …
Put Files in the Mac’s Trash Using the Keyboard
You probably know that you can drag files or folders to the Trash icon in the Dock to dispose of them. And you may know that you can select multiple …
Hidden Tricks for Navigating the Mac’s App Switcher More Quickly
Although the Mac’s Dock shows all your running apps, it’s often not the most efficient way to switch among them. Instead, turn to the App Switcher. You may know that …
Export Passwords from Safari to Ease the Move to a Password Manager
Although Apple has improved the built-in iCloud Keychain password management features in macOS and iOS (you can now add notes to password entries!), third-party password managers like 1Password are still …
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 …
Use Reduce Transparency for a Consistently Colored macOS Interface
For years now, Apple has made transparency a part of the macOS interface, which has the effect of blending the menu bar into the background and making menus and some …
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 …
Extend Your Battery Life in macOS 12 Monterey with Low Power Mode
We’ve become accustomed to our iPhones and iPads switching into Low Power Mode to preserve battery life, and you can enable it manually if you want to reduce power usage …
Delete or Position iOS Apps from Search
In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple added a feature that would have been even more welcome before the advent of the App Library: the capability to manage apps from …