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Looking for More iOS 14 Widgets? Be Sure to Launch Seldom-Used Apps
Home screen widgets are one of the coolest features of iOS 14. They enable apps to offer quick access to features or at-a-glance previews...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 11, 20211 min read


Pin Your Chats in Messages for Faster Access
A new feature of Messages in both iOS 14 and macOS 11 Big Sur is the option to pin up to nine conversations at the top of the...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 11, 20211 min read


Two Tricks for Fixing a Mac That’s Restarting Unexpectedly
Although extremely uncommon, it’s not unheard of for a Mac, particularly an older model, to restart unexpectedly. If it happens once,...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 10, 20211 min read


The Ten Upcoming Mac/iPhone/iPad Features We Think You’ll Most Like
At its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on June 7th, Apple shared details about what we can expect to see later this year in macOS...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 9, 20216 min read
What Is the Cloud?
People talk about “the cloud” all the time these days, but what do they really mean? There’s no agreed-on definition, which can render...
Zvonimir Petric
Jun 3, 20215 min read


Keep Your Mac Quiet at Night and During Presentations with Do Not Disturb
We’re all 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...
Zvonimir Petric
May 15, 20211 min read


Forget Adobe Acrobat: Preview May Be All You Need to Work with PDFs
We regularly hear from people who think they need Adobe Acrobat DC to manipulate PDFs. Don’t misunderstand: Adobe Acrobat is the gold...
Zvonimir Petric
May 14, 20214 min read


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...
Zvonimir Petric
May 10, 20211 min read


Stop Apple Watch Timer Alerts with a Press of the Digital Crown
For those who cook, the Apple Watch provides a helpful Timer app that ensures we don’t forget whatever’s in the oven until it’s burnt to...
Zvonimir Petric
May 8, 20211 min read


Reclaim Local Storage Space by Removing iCloud Drive Downloads
With iCloud Drive, Apple provides an Optimize Mac Storage checkbox that, when checked, stores the full contents of iCloud Drive on the...
Zvonimir Petric
May 8, 20211 min read


It’s Time to Consider Upgrading to macOS 11 Big Sur
We’re cautious when it comes to recommending upgrades to new versions of macOS. Apple makes the upgrade process easy—though it can be...
Zvonimir Petric
May 7, 20214 min read


PostScript Type 1 Fonts Losing Support This Year—Here’s What to Do
For you graphic designers out there, Adobe has announced that it will be ending support for PostScript Type 1 fonts starting with...
Zvonimir Petric
May 5, 20213 min read


Manage Your Apple Purchases and Subscriptions on the Mac and iPhone
Last quarter, Apple’s Services segment generated a whopping $15.8 billion in revenue, 14% of the company’s total—sales of apps, media,...
Zvonimir Petric
May 1, 20214 min read


Not a Fan of Big Sur’s Translucent Menu Bar? Here’s How to Disable It
In macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple went back to a design direction from the earliest days of Mac OS X: a translucent menu bar. Since its color...
Zvonimir Petric
Apr 26, 20211 min read


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...
Zvonimir Petric
Apr 25, 20211 min read


How to Avoid Embarrassment During Online Presentations or Screen Sharing
Along with the now-ubiquitous videoconferencing, screen sharing and online presentations have become vastly more common during the...
Zvonimir Petric
Apr 25, 20214 min read


Make Better Documents and Edit More Easily with Show Invisibles
Some of the trickiest editing and proofreading problems are related to characters you can’t typically see on the screen: spaces, tabs,...
Zvonimir Petric
Apr 24, 20213 min read


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...
Zvonimir Petric
Apr 24, 20211 min read


Try iCloud Drive Folder Sharing Instead of Paying More for a File Sharing Service
Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive all have their place, but as of March 2020, Apple users no longer have to venture...
Zvonimir Petric
Apr 23, 20214 min read


Getting Started with 1Password
We’ve long recommended that everyone use a password manager like 1Password instead of attempting to memorize or write down passwords....
Zvonimir Petric
Apr 23, 20214 min read
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