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 …
Not a Fan of Big Sur’s Translucent Menu Bar and Menus? Here’s How to Make Them Solid
In macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple went back to a design direction from the earliest days of Mac OS X: a translucent menu bar and menus. Since their color changes …
Having Trouble Finding Files on Your Mac? Here’s How to Reset Spotlight
For the most part, Spotlight works well. Press Command-Space or use the Search field in a Finder window, and it finds everything that matches your search term. Sometimes, however, Spotlight …
What to do when your Mac won’t turn on
Every once in a while Mac users will find that their computer doesn’t turn on. Sometimes your computer shows no signs of life, sometimes the fans will spin or the …
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 …
When Asking about Phishing Email, Make Sure to Write Separately Too
Sadly, email is not an entirely reliable communications medium, thanks to spam filters, addressing errors, and server failures. With certain types of email, it’s worth double-checking that a message was …
Forget Adobe Acrobat: Preview May Be All You Need to Work with PDFs
I regularly hear from people who think they need Adobe Acrobat to manipulate PDFs. Don’t misunderstand: Adobe Acrobat is the gold standard, but it’s complicated and expensive—$14.99 per month or …
8 Ways Apple Improved the Camera App in iOS 14
It’s difficult to imagine that a camera could be improved with a software update, but it can! With iOS 14, the camera in your iPhone becomes all the more capable. …
Keep Your Mac Quiet at Night and During Presentations with Do Not Disturb
You may be accustomed to the Do Not Disturb feature on our iPhones since they’re with us for most of the day and often spend the night next to the …
What Are Those Orange and Green Dots in Your iPhone’s Status Bar?
In iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, Apple added two new status indicators to the right side of the status bar at the top of the screen. They’re designed to give …