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...
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Reach Out and 3D Touch Something
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Apple first unveiled 3D Touch in iOS 9 with the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, giving users of those iPhones a new way of interacting with apps, but 3D Touch didn’t catch on until Apple released the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, and gave it broader support in iOS 10. Another year later, and 3D Touch is absolutely worth learning if you have a supported iPhone...
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 MorePSA: Beware Tech Support Scams!
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Apple does a great job with Macs, iPhones, and iPads, but stuff goes wrong all the time—as professional providers of technical support we know that better than anyone. So we’re really cheesed off by tech support scams that try to defraud unsuspecting users in the name of fixing problems that don’t exist. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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 More7 Great New Features in watchOS 4
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With watchOS 4 now arriving on Apple Watch users’ wrists, it’s time to make sure you aren’t missing out on any of the important features—and to share a few tips for how to use them. watchOS 4 works on all Apple Watch models, even the original Apple Watch. It does require iOS 11, so if you’ve been using your Apple Watch with an iPhone 5 or 5c, you’ll need to stick with watchOS 3 until you get a new iPhone.
Read MoreiTunes 12.7 Can’t Download or Manage iOS Apps Anymore
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The writing is on the wall: Apple doesn’t want us downloading or managing iOS apps on our Macs anymore...
Read MoreWhat’s New in macOS 10.13 High Sierra and Its Main Apps
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Although Apple’s eye-catching Desktop image of the High Sierra mountains makes it easy to confirm that your Mac is running High Sierra, the most noteworthy new features are invisible! These changes are aimed at improving your Mac’s performance. But, don’t worry that there’s nothing new in High Sierra to play with—you’ll find plenty to do in Apple’s apps, and we’ll share our favorite features below...
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 MoreWhy iOS 11 Is the Most Important Version Yet for iPad Users
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Apple has long argued that you can use the iPad for productivity but hasn’t backed that claim up with the necessary features in iOS. Until now, that is, with the new iPad-centric capabilities of iOS 11. These changes mean that an iPad running iOS 11 is more like a Mac, and that’s a good thing for those who want to do real work with their iPads...
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 MoreThe Top Features You’ll Want to Try in iOS 11
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Even if you’re not buying a new iPhone this year, you can still enjoy a hefty dose of “New and Improved!” with Apple’s iOS 11, which provides a host of new capabilities. Hold on tight, there’s a lot to cover, and we have another article coming about the iPad-specific changes in iOS 11...
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 MoreApple Introduces iPhone 8, iPhone X, Apple Watch Series 3, and Apple TV 4K
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At its highly anticipated product announcement event at the new Steve Jobs Theater, Apple didn’t disappoint...
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 MoreWhen Should You Upgrade to macOS 10.13 High Sierra, iOS 11, watchOS 4, and tvOS 11?
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To every thing there is a season, and we’re fast approaching the time when Apple harvests the fruit of the last year and releases new versions of macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS...
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 MoreTeleport Around Your Mac with the Sidebar
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If your Mac resembles an absent-minded professor’s office with files and folders strewn hither and thither, getting to the right spot to open or save a file may have become slow and clumsy. Sure, in an ideal world, you’d organize everything perfectly, but you’d also be flossing twice a day, calling your mother every Sunday, and eating more leafy greens. So let’s talk about a shortcut that lets you put off that big reorg for another day: the sidebar that graces every Finder window and Open/Save dialog...
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 MoreGraphic Alphabet Soup: What Are Different Formats Good For?
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When it comes to graphics on the Internet, it’s easy to feel as though you’re swimming for your life in a giant bowl of alphabet soup, surrounded by shouting acronyms: GIF! JPEG! PNG! TIFF! What do those names mean? Why does your camera spit out JPEGs? What’s the best format for a Web graphic? Grab onto a capital O and let’s get some answers...
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