How to Get Back to Siri’s Web Results Quickly
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Ask Siri to search the Web and you’ll get five results back from Google (not Bing anymore!)...
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The New Two-Swipe Shortcut for the Camera in iOS 11
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When you want to capture that perfect action shot or incriminating video, it’s a mad rush to open the Camera app as quickly as possible...
Read MoreAvoid Ransom Requests with a Unique iCloud Password
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We’ve been hearing reports from people whose Macs have been locked remotely via Find My Mac, with the criminals responsible holding access to the Mac hostage until they receive a ransom in Bitcoin...
Read MoreSiri Learned Five Languages over the Summer So You Didn’t Have To
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While you were basking at the beach this summer, Apple kept Siri busy taking intensive language classes...
Read MoreEver Wondered How to Search within a Web Page in Safari in iOS?
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Picture yourself looking for something specific on a long Web page on the small iPhone screen. Did you know that you can search through just the text of the page?
Read MoreRearrange iOS Share Sheet Icons for Faster Access
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When you want to share a Web page link from Safari to Messages, search within a page in Safari, or save a PDF to iBooks, you tap the Share button to bring up iOS’s Share sheet...
Read MoreHere’s How to Flip between a Mac App’s Windows with a Keystroke
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It’s easy, in some apps, to end up with oodles of open windows. You can usually switch between them by clicking those you can see or by choosing one from the Window menu, but wouldn’t it be nice to cycle through them from the keyboard, much as you can cycle through active apps with Command-Tab?
Read MoreMake Sure to Get Sierra before High Sierra Ships
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Assuming Apple continues its previous practices, once macOS 10.13 High Sierra comes out, it will become impossible to download 10.12 Sierra for the first time...
Read MoreHave You Tried Falling Asleep to Music or Lectures?
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iBooks in iOS has a built-in sleep timer that can automatically pause playback after a specified amount of time, which is great for listening to an audiobook as you go to sleep (tap the Moon button below the volume slider). What if you prefer listening to content that's not in iBooks, like music or a college lecture?
Read MoreSequels Rule! Reuse File Names in the Mac’s Save Dialog
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If you frequently create files whose names vary from those of other files in the same folder by only a date, sequence number, or the like, you can ensure regularized file naming and save effort with this trick...
Read MoreHow to Quickly Select Items in a List from the Keyboard
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Even if you already know this tip, you may not have realized all the places where it works...
Read MoreHey Siri, Could You Please Talk Less?
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By default, Siri likes to chat, confirming what you say and speaking the results of your commands when appropriate...
Read MoreUse Command Keys to Open Safari Bookmarks or Tabs
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In 2015, Apple quietly changed the behavior of the Command-1 through Command-9 keys in Safari on the Mac...
Read MoreTry This Easier Method of Flipping between iPhone Camera Modes
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The Camera app on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch can take three kinds of video and three types of photos, and the interface suggests that you switch between them by tapping or swiping on the labels below the viewfinder. Unfortunately, those labels are small and can be difficult to swipe accurately...
Read MorePSA: Hot Cars Can Kill iPhones
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Just as you wouldn’t leave your pooch in a car parked in the sun, you should be careful with your iPhone...
Read MoreHere’s How to Teleport to a Specific Mac Folder While Opening or Saving
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Ever wanted to jump to a particular folder on your Mac while opening or saving a file? You can, thanks to a clever Finder trick...
Read MoreDial Phone Calls Directly from iOS Calendar Events
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Imagine that you’re adding a calendar event for a meeting with a contractor, and you want to make it easy to call them if you are running late...
Read MoreUse This Site to Troubleshoot Netflix Streaming Problems
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Whether you watch Netflix on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV, the quality of the video—and whether it stutters or skips—is determined by the bandwidth of your Internet connection...
Read MoreWant to Strip Styles when Pasting Text on the Mac?
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When you copy text from a Web page, PDF, or word processing document, macOS usually includes the associated formatting, so the words you paste may end up in 37-point red underline if that was what the source text looked like. That might be okay, but more often you want the text to take on the styling of the text where you’re planning to paste it...
Read MoreHow to Find Buried Options in the iOS Settings App
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iOS offers about 40 top-level categories in its Settings app and countless options in those categories. How can you find a little-used setting, particularly since Apple sometimes moves options during major iOS releases?
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