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November 26, 2025

Updated Passwords App Adds History

November 26, 2025/ Tom Puls
Updated Passwords App Adds History

Apple’s Passwords app can now show your password history in macOS 26 Tahoe, iOS 26, and iPadOS 26, helping you track down why that “correct” password isn’t working.

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November 26, 2025/ Tom Puls/
macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Mac, iPad, iPhone
November 19, 2025

How to Customize the iPhone and iPad Home Screen with Liquid Glass

November 19, 2025/ Tom Puls
How to Customize the iPhone and iPad Home Screen with Liquid Glass

Apple’s new Liquid Glass design lets you make iPhone and iPad icons and widgets dark, clear, or tinted. Discover how to access these customization options and see if they enhance your Home Screen.

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November 19, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS, iPhone, iPad, iPadOS
November 10, 2025

What’s Liquid Glass, and What to Do If You Don’t Like It

November 10, 2025/ Tom Puls
What’s Liquid Glass, and What to Do If You Don’t Like It

Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface brings semi-transparent, floating controls to all your devices. Here’s what that means and how to customize it to optimize your experience.

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November 10, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Article
iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro
July 21, 2025

Working with Time Zones in Apple’s Calendar Apps

July 21, 2025/ Tom Puls
Working with Time Zones in Apple’s Calendar Apps

Managing time zones in Apple’s calendar tools is straightforward if you remember two key points. Our article clarifies your options and explains how to handle common scenarios.

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July 21, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Article
macOS, iPadOS, iOS
July 14, 2025

Why Passkeys Are Better than Passwords (And How to Use Them)

July 14, 2025/ Tom Puls
Why Passkeys Are Better than Passwords (And How to Use Them)

Passkeys are finally gaining mainstream traction, with support from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and numerous major websites. Find out why they’re more secure than passwords and how to start using them.

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July 14, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Article
Security, macOS, iOS, iPadOS
July 02, 2025

Make Sure to Check Settings on Multiple Devices

July 02, 2025/ Tom Puls
Make Sure to Check Settings on Multiple Devices

Is your app behaving differently on different devices? The culprit might be device-specific settings. To avoid frustration, check and synchronize your preferences across all devices to ensure consistent behavior where appropriate.

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July 02, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS, macOS, iPadOS
June 25, 2025

Try Blip for Fast Transfers of Any Size Between Platforms

June 25, 2025/ Tom Puls
Try Blip for Fast Transfers of Any Size Between Platforms

Looking for a better way to transfer large files across devices and platforms? Blip offers secure, direct file transfers between Apple devices and other platforms, with no size limits and automatic resumption of interrupted transfers.

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June 25, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS, macOS, iPadOS
June 18, 2025

Share Wi-Fi Network Passwords Using QR Codes

June 18, 2025/ Tom Puls
Share Wi-Fi Network Passwords Using QR Codes

While Apple’s automatic sharing of Wi-Fi passwords feels like magic, it doesn’t work in every situation. For a more reliable manual approach, use the Show Network QR Code feature in the new Passwords app.

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June 18, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS, macOS, iPadOS
June 16, 2025

Security Precautions to Take While Traveling

June 16, 2025/ Tom Puls
Security Precautions to Take While Traveling

Security at home is one thing, but what about when you’re on the road? Many of the same precautions apply, but depending on your level of concern and where you’re going, additional techniques can help keep you and your data safe.

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June 16, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Article
Security, macOS, iPadOS, iOS
June 11, 2025

At WWDC 2025, Apple Unveils Liquid Glass and Previews New OS Features

June 11, 2025/ Tom Puls
At WWDC 2025, Apple Unveils Liquid Glass and Previews New OS Features

At its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple unveiled the first major interface change to its operating systems in many years, along with a boatload of new features, many powered by Apple Intelligence. Here are a few of our favorites.

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June 11, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Article
iPadOS, iPad, iPhone, iOS, watchOS, Apple Watch
June 04, 2025

Don’t Assume That Top Google Search Results Are Guaranteed Safe

June 04, 2025/ Tom Puls
Don’t Assume That Top Google Search Results Are Guaranteed Safe

You know that the phrase “I read it on the Internet, so it must be true” is absurd, but you should extend that skepticism to Google search results. We’ve seen two recent instances of malicious content bubbling to the top of searches. Trust but verify.

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June 04, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Tips
Security, macOS, iOS, iPadOS
February 26, 2025

iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Offer Better PDF Handling in Mail

February 26, 2025/ Tom Puls
iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Offer Better PDF Handling in Mail

Have you ever needed to sign or annotate a PDF you received in the Mail app on your iPhone? With iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, you can manage PDFs directly in Mail. Once you’re finished, you can attach the modified PDF to a reply or a new message.

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February 26, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS, iPadOS
February 19, 2025

Apple Brings Back the Calculator App’s Repeat Feature

February 19, 2025/ Tom Puls
Apple Brings Back the Calculator App’s Repeat Feature

Did you know that Apple’s Calculator app can repeat the last operation when you press = multiple times, which is helpful for tasks like calculating compound interest? Although this feature had briefly disappeared, it’s back now.

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February 19, 2025/ Tom Puls/
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iOS, macOS, iPadOS
February 11, 2025

Apple’s January 2025 Releases Enhance Apple Intelligence Features

February 11, 2025/ Tom Puls
Apple’s January 2025 Releases Enhance Apple Intelligence Features

Apple’s third update to Apple Intelligence introduces changes to notification summaries (including disabling controversial news headline summaries), enhancements to Visual Intelligence on the iPhone 16, and Genmoji creation on the Mac.

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February 11, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Apple Intelligence, AI, Siri, iOS, iPadOS, macOS
January 07, 2025

What You Can Do with the December Wave of Apple Intelligence Features

January 07, 2025/ Tom Puls
What You Can Do with the December Wave of Apple Intelligence Features

We look at the latest wave of Apple’s AI features and help you start using them for discussions with ChatGPT, creating images, making custom emoji, learning about your environment, and more.

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January 07, 2025/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Apple Intelligence, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Image Playground, Genmoji
November 13, 2024

Use Guided Access for Securely Allowing Others to Use an App on Your iPhone or iPad

November 13, 2024/ Tom Puls
Use Guided Access for Securely Allowing Others to Use an App on Your iPhone or iPad

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.

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November 13, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS, iPadOS
November 11, 2024

First Wave of Apple Intelligence Features Appear in macOS 15.1 Sequoia, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1

November 11, 2024/ Tom Puls
First Wave of Apple Intelligence Features Appear in macOS 15.1 Sequoia, iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1

Apple Intelligence is here! These initial features won’t upend your Apple experience, but welcome additions include notification summaries in Messages, message list summaries in Mail, Clean Up in Photos, and audio transcripts and summaries in Notes.

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November 11, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
Apple Intelligence, iOS, iPadOS, macOS
September 18, 2024

Five Quick Tips to Ease iPhone and iPad Text Editing and Amaze Your Friends

September 18, 2024/ Tom Puls
Five Quick Tips to Ease iPhone and iPad Text Editing and Amaze Your Friends

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.

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September 18, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Tips
iOS, iPadOS
September 04, 2024

When Should You Should Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and visionOS 2?

September 04, 2024/ Tom Puls
When Should You Should Upgrade to macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and visionOS 2?

Apple is gearing up to release macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and visionOS 2. We briefly examine the features worth upgrading for and suggest when to upgrade each of your Apple devices.

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September 04, 2024/ Tom Puls/
Articles
macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, visionOS, tvOS
August 28, 2024

Having Trouble with a Public Wi-Fi Network’s Captive Portal Login Page?

August 28, 2024/ Tom Puls
Having Trouble with a Public Wi-Fi Network’s Captive Portal Login Page?

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.

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August 28, 2024/ Tom Puls/
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iOS, macOS, iPadOS
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