File this as reason number 17 why Apple Pay is better than plastic. Let’s say your credit card expires and your bank sends you a new card with a revised expiration date. Or perhaps your bank replaces your card with one that has a new number....
Read MoreApple’s Calendar apps in both macOS and iOS let you manage multiple calendars, some of which may be private and others may be shared with family or colleagues. That’s great, but if you create a new event on the wrong calendar, you may end up oversharing with colleagues...
Read MoreAll iPhones pick up fingerprints, and it’s all too easy to get your iPhone dirty with ink, lotion, makeup, dirt, food, and oil. If you’re faced with an iPhone that needs cleaning, resist the urge to spray it with window cleaner, rubbing alcohol, or ammonia, or, even worse, to scrub it with baking soda or Borax...
Read MoreWhen you’re unboxing a new iPhone, it’s time to think about how you’ll move your digital life from your old iPhone to the new one...
Read MoreYou’ve undoubtedly seen those odd-looking square QR codes on product packaging, a business card, or a flyer. In the past, you needed a special app to scan a QR code to see what Web URL, contact card, Wi-Fi network, or other piece of information it held...
Read MoreAn extremely welcome under-the-hood change in iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra is that Photos facial recognition syncs across iCloud Photo Library...
Read MoreApple gives iCloud users 5 GB of free storage, but that fills up fast with iCloud Photo Library, iOS backups, iBooks, and more. Until iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra, each person in a family had to buy extra iCloud space separately...
Read MoreAsk Siri to search the Web and you’ll get five results back from Google (not Bing anymore!)...
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreWe’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 MoreWhile you were basking at the beach this summer, Apple kept Siri busy taking intensive language classes...
Read MorePicture 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 MoreWhen 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 MoreIt’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 MoreAssuming 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 MoreiBooks 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 MoreIf 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 MoreEven if you already know this tip, you may not have realized all the places where it works...
Read MoreBy default, Siri likes to chat, confirming what you say and speaking the results of your commands when appropriate...
Read MoreIn 2015, Apple quietly changed the behavior of the Command-1 through Command-9 keys in Safari on the Mac...
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