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Mar 6, 20221 min read
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...

Mar 5, 20224 min read
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...

Mar 4, 20221 min read
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...

Mar 3, 20225 min read
How to Use Change Tracking Effectively When Collaborating on Documents
Long gone are the days of printing a document, marking it up with a red pencil, and sending it back to the author to input the changes....

Mar 2, 20223 min read
Make Joining Your Wi-Fi Network as Easy as Scanning a QR Code
Whether you have guests who want to get on your home Wi-Fi network, customers who need to join your business network, or attendees who...

Dec 22, 20211 min read
Keep the Menu Bar Showing in Full Screen in macOS 12 Monterey
Do you like using full-screen mode on your new M1-based MacBook Pro but hate having the menu bar disappear unless you move the pointer to...


Dec 20, 20216 min read
FaceTime Gains Cool New Features in Apple’s Latest Operating Systems
It’s no exaggeration to say that videoconferencing went mainstream during the pandemic. However, Apple’s FaceTime didn’t stack up well...


Dec 17, 20213 min read
Apple’s Evolution of Do Not Disturb Helps You Focus
Between texts, alarms, reminders, calls, and myriad other notifications on our iPhones, iPads, and Macs, it’s a miracle we get anything...


Dec 15, 20211 min read
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...

Dec 13, 20214 min read
Should You Use Apple’s New Password Manager in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey?
We continually recommend that every Apple user rely on a password manager like 1Password or LastPass for creating, managing, and entering...

Dec 10, 20213 min read
Print Mailing Labels for Your Holiday Cards with Apple’s Contacts App
If mailing your holiday cards (which you designed in Photos with a plug-in like Motif or Mimeo Photos, right?) is made harder by having...

Dec 10, 20211 min read
Shrink Apps to Prevent the MacBook Pro Notch from Obscuring App Controls
The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models feature a camera housing built into the screen, resulting in a notch like that on the...


Dec 8, 20211 min read
Pay Attention to the iPhone’s Emergency SOS Auto Call Feature
Did you know that pressing and holding the side button and one of the volume buttons on an iPhone 8 or later brings up a screen that lets...

Nov 29, 20213 min read
Beware the Bulging Battery! (And What to Do If Yours Expands)
We’ve been seeing a spate of bulging batteries of late, both in Mac laptops and iPhones. A bulging battery is a Very Bad Thing What to...


Nov 24, 20211 min read
Use Visual Look Up in Photos in iOS 15 to Identify Plants, Pets, and More
Have you ever wanted to identify a plant, flower, or pet breed, or find out what that famous painting is called? Us too. In iOS 15 and...


Nov 22, 20214 min read
Need to Resize Images in Various Ways? Give Preview a Try
Even those of us who don’t work with graphics professionally often find ourselves needing to resize images. Perhaps you have a large...


Nov 18, 20211 min read
With Apple Watch Faces, Too Much Choice Can Be Confusing
The Apple Watch has a lot to offer older people, including heart rate monitoring, atrial fibrillation detection, fall detection, and...

Nov 17, 20211 min read
Apple Provides Temporary iCloud Backup Space for New Device Transfers
When you move from an old iPhone or iPad to a new one, the easiest approach is often the Quick Start device-to-device transfer. But if...
Nov 15, 20213 min read
Avoid Unusual Top-Level Domains in Custom Domain Names
Remember the heady dotcom days, when businesses were desperate to get a short, memorable, easily typed .com domain? It quickly became...


Nov 8, 20214 min read
Live Text Digitizes Text in Photos in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey
The most magical feature of Apple’s latest crop of operating systems—iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey—may be Live Text. You’re...
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