How to Display the Battery Percentage in Your Mac’s Menu Bar
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If you’re tired of trying to interpret how full your MacBook’s battery is from its menu bar icon, here’s how to get it to display a percentage as well.
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Tips for Working with Mac Display Resolutions
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You can adjust your Mac’s screen resolution to make text and graphics larger so they’re easier to see, or if you have good vision, you can make them smaller so more content fits on the screen. Our tips will help.
Read MoreApple Podcasts Adds Transcripts
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Did you know Apple’s Podcasts app now includes written transcripts? Our tip helps you view the text while you listen, use it to navigate within the audio, search for specific bits, and more.
Read MoreWant an Event List in Apple’s Calendar App? Try This Trick
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Want to see all your upcoming events in a list in Apple’s Calendar app on the Mac? It doesn’t have a built-in list view, but there’s a workaround.
Read MoreLooking for Apple Manuals? Check the New Documentation Site
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Do you want to read the actual manuals or specs for Apple products? You can now easily find them on Apple’s new Documentation website.
Read MoreDid You Know Text Entry Boxes in Web Browsers Are Easy to Expand?
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If you want to enter more text than will seemingly fit in a text box on a Web page, you can use a trick to expand the box so you can see what you’re typing.
Read MoreSend Photos in Messages Faster with This Hidden Shortcut
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It’s not hard to add a photo to a conversation in Messages, but with this tip, it’s even faster and easier!
Read MoreUse the Command Key to Rearrange and Remove Menu Bar Icons
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If your Mac’s menu bar is a mess, you can use the Command key to rearrange the icons and remove those you never use.
Read MoreUse 1Password to Enter Your Mac Login Password
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1Password is tremendously helpful for entering website passwords, but a little-known feature also enables it to enter your Mac login password for changing system settings, installing apps, and more.
Read MoreHow to Avoid Head-Tracked Spatial Audio for FaceTime Audio Calls
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If you’ve ever experienced a weird situation where sound on a FaceTime Audio call moves back and forth between your AirPods, it’s because of spatial audio’s dynamic head tracking. Learn how to turn it off.
Read MoreToo Many Windows Open? Close Them All Quickly with These Tricks
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Next time you inadvertently open a large number of windows, you can use these Option-key tricks to close them all quickly.
Read MoreAfter “Mother of All Breaches,” Update Passwords on Compromised Sites
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Worried about the “Mother of All Breaches” that has been making the rounds in security news? We share a leak checker that can tell you if your email address was involved and recommend that you update any compromised passwords.
Read MoreAnnoyed by Inline Predictive Text Suggestions? Here’s How to Turn Them Off
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If you’re not a fan of the new inline text predictions on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you can easily turn them off and get back to typing only the words you want to appear.
Read MoreUse StandBy to Make Your iPhone into a Clock, Photo Frame, and More
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The new Standby mode turns your iPhone into a digital picture frame, clock, or customizable widget display—and it remembers which approach you prefer in different locations.
Read MoreKeep Your Contacts Current by Adding Siri-Suggested Content
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Want an easy way to add email addresses, phone numbers, and postal addresses to Contacts? If you’ve received that information in Mail or Messages, Siri can help.
Read MoreHow to Merge Two Similar Folders in the Mac’s Finder
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If you want to merge two folders that contain some of the same data, a little-known Finder feature can do it for you.
Read MoreTime Machine Now Offers Daily and Weekly Frequencies
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Has Time Machine’s hourly backup frequency been problematic for you? Starting in macOS 13 Ventura, you can instead choose a daily or weekly backup schedule.
Read MoreLift Objects from Photos on the iPhone
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Starting with iOS 16, Apple made it possible to extract objects from photos. You can drag objects to other apps, copy them, turn them into stickers, and more.
Read MoreLocate a Featured Lock Screen Image in Photos
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Do you sometimes wonder when or where you took a photo that iOS’s Photo Shuffle wallpaper is displaying on your Lock Screen? Us too, and here’s how to find out more.
Read MoreIf Mail Fails to Send, Try, Try Again (Instead of Changing Servers)
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If Mail on your Mac throws an error about being unable to send a message, always have it try again later rather than switching to a different server. Otherwise, your messages may look like spam and be blocked.
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