How to Train Yourself to Use the iPhone 16’s New Camera Control Button
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The iPhone 16’s new Camera Control button is a welcome shortcut, but you may need to retrain your brain so you remember to use it.
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Control Window Tiling in macOS 15 Sequoia
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Those who are disconcerted by dragged windows suddenly resizing accidentally in macOS 15 Sequoia, take note: you can tweak settings to make Sequoia’s new window tiling feature activate only when you want.
Read MoreAdd Weather to Your Mac’s Menu Bar with This Sequoia Tip
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In macOS 15.2 Sequoia, you can display the current weather conditions in your Mac’s menu bar. Here’s how to enable that feature.
Read MoreHow to Convince Microsoft Office Apps to Save Files on Your Mac
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Microsoft Office apps save documents in the cloud-based OneDrive by default, but you can easily switch to saving files elsewhere. The apps generally remember your change but may forget after an update.
Read MoreUse Guided Access for Securely Allowing Others to Use an App on Your iPhone or iPad
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If you’d like to allow a child, friend, or colleague to enjoy a specific app on your iPhone or iPad while keeping them focused and preventing access to everything else on the device, check out Apple’s Guided Access feature.
Read MoreNew Seventh-Generation iPad mini Adds A17 Pro for Apple Intelligence
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Apple has updated the iPad mini with an A17 Pro chip for Apple Intelligence, along with more storage, faster connectivity, and support for the Apple Pencil Pro. It’s still $499 and remains an excellent option for anyone wanting a smaller iPad.
Read MoreNo More Ransom Website Offers Ransomware Decryption Tools
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Ransomware primarily affects Windows and Linux computers, but if you, or anyone you know, falls prey to it, visit the No More Ransom website for advice and decryption tools.
Read MoreFive Quick Tips to Ease iPhone and iPad Text Editing and Amaze Your Friends
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Editing text on an iPhone or iPad will never be as easy as on a Mac, but with these tips, you can quickly position the insertion point and select words and paragraphs using your finger.
Read MoreEnergy Saver Can Shut Down Your UPS-Equipped Mac in a Power Outage
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If you connect your Mac to your UPS with a USB cable, you can use Energy Saver to shut your Mac down automatically in the event of a power failure… before the UPS battery runs out.
Read MoreSet macOS to Require a Password after Screen Saver Start or Display Sleep
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Don’t forget about local security on your Mac. Make sure to require a password shortly after the screen saver starts or the display sleeps to prevent people from riffling through your email, photos, messages, and more.
Read MoreHaving Trouble with a Public Wi-Fi Network’s Captive Portal Login Page?
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When you connect to a public Wi-Fi network, you often must authenticate or agree to terms on a captive portal login page. Here’s the solution if that page doesn’t appear.
Read MoreMissed an Alert? Check Notification Center
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If a temporary banner disappears from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac before you have a chance to read it, you can find it in Notification Center.
Read MoreBe Careful When Scanning Unknown QR Codes
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QR codes—those blocky squares you scan with your iPhone camera—are an easy way to open a Web page. Unfortunately, scammers also use them to trick people into visiting malicious websites, so read our tip about scanning these codes safely.
Read MoreProtect Domains That Don’t Send Email from Email Spoofing
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If you have parked domains that never send email, it’s important to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC so scammers can’t forge legitimate-looking email from those domains.
Read MoreInsert Emoji More Easily with Text Replacements
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Finding and entering a desired emoji can be tedious. For those you like to use regularly, creating a text replacement lets you type a few characters to get a particular emoji quickly and easily.
Read MoreHow to Copy an App Icon on the Mac
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Have you ever wanted to use a Mac app’s icon in documentation or a Web page? It’s easy to copy a high-resolution version straight from the Finder!
Read MoreApple Explains Its Approach to Device Longevity
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Apple has published a white paper that offers an illuminating look at how the company works to increase device longevity while balancing environmental impact, protecting customer privacy and safety, and enabling transparency in repair.
Read MoreRemember the Magnifier App When You Need to Read Tiny Text
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The built-in Magnifier app on the iPhone and iPad is a godsend when trying to make out a tiny serial number or anything else that’s too small to read easily.
Read MoreFind Some Ham Amidst Your Email Spam
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Rather than frequently skimming your entire spam mailbox for incorrectly captured messages, try searching for specific keywords that are likely to appear in legitimate email.
Read MoreQuickly Catalog Books or Other Named Items on Shelves
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You can take advantage of Apple’s Live Text feature in Photos to catalog books, boxes, or any other items with text names. Think of it as a lazy person’s ad hoc database.
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