Set Your Preferred Name and Photo for Messages in iOS 13
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A new feature in iOS 13 lets you share your preferred name and avatar picture with other iMessage users (blue-bubble friends).
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Disable or Remap the Caps Lock Key to Avoid Accidental ALL CAPS
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As you undoubtedly know, TYPING IN ALL CAPS is considered shouting on the Internet. Doesn’t it bug you when you accidentally tap the Caps Lock key and start writing in uppercase?
Read MoreWhich Precise Mac Model Do You Have? Here’s How to Find Out
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Apple likes to keep Mac names simple, but that’s not always helpful…
Read MoreDo You Put Dates in Filenames? Use This Format for Best Sorting
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There are plenty of situations where it makes sense to put a date in a filename, but if you don’t use the right date format, the files may sort in unhelpful ways…
Read MoreBeware Scammers when Selling Your Old Tech Hardware Online
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Whenever Apple releases hot new hardware, it’s tempting to order the latest and greatest and then put your old Mac or iPhone up for sale on a classifieds site like Craigslist. If you do that, be cautious about potential buyers…
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Apple Issues Voluntary Recall for Certain 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro Units
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Apple Issues Voluntary Recall for Certain 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro Units…
Read MoreSiri in Mojave Now Supports HomeKit and Find My iPhone
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Siri on the Mac hasn’t been as useful as on iOS devices, but with macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple enhanced the Mac version of Siri in a variety of ways.
Read MoreDon’t Use Rules in Apple’s Mail to Send “Out of Office” Replies
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It’s helpful to unplug occasionally and ignore email while on vacation or otherwise away from your work routine. And it’s a good idea to set up a vacation auto-responder to tell correspondents what to do in your absence. It might be tempting to create such an auto-reply with a rule in Mail on the Mac, but resist the temptation!
Read MoreThe Secret Trick for Enabling Caps Lock When Typing in iOS
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The Caps Lock key on Mac keyboards often feels extraneous, since it’s easy enough to hold the Shift key while typing multiple capital letters for acronyms like HIPPA or when you want to shout GET OFF MY LAWN! But if you need to do that on an iPhone or iPad, it’s annoying to keep tapping the Shift key to switch to the uppercase keyboard for each letter.
Read MoreFile Messages Faster in Mail in Mojave
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In macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple exposed a feature of Mail that was useful, but hard to find and use…
Read MoreA Hidden Trick that Lets You Navigate Your iPhone with One Hand
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Unless you can palm a basketball, you may not be able to use an iPhone single-handed. But sometimes one hand is all you can spare. If you find yourself in such a situation, give Reachability a try.
Read MoreHere's How to Hide All Windows on Your Mac So You Can Work on the Desktop
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If your Mac is anything like ours, you end up with lots of apps open, each with one or more windows that obscure the Desktop.
Read MoreFix a Frozen Finder with This Quick Tip
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Finder freezes. They shouldn’t happen at all, and they don’t happen often, but it’s not unheard of for your Mac’s Finder to freeze, freak out, or otherwise stop responding properly.
Read MoreEnable Theater Mode to Prevent Your Apple Watch from Lighting Up at a Show
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Attend any live theater presentation, and someone will ask the audience to silence their cell phones. But what about your Apple Watch?
Read MoreNeed to Do Some Simple Math? Get Siri to Do It!
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If you’re reading this, chances are good that you’re not in elementary school, but it’s still easy to end up with a bunch of numbers you need to calculate...
Read MoreiCloud Photo Library Users: Do NOT Turn Off iCloud
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File this warning under “unless it’s absolutely necessary.” If you use iCloud Photo Library on your Mac, don’t sign out from iCloud...
Read MoreTrading Faces: Picking a Better Face for People Photos Recognizes
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Apple’s Photos app is remarkably good at identifying people in your snapshots and collecting all the pictures that contain a particular person into a group in its People view...
Read MoreSwipe Back and Forth between Web Pages for Easier Navigation
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For navigation, every Web browser offers back and forward buttons, generally represented by arrows in the upper left of the toolbar...
Read MoreHaving Trouble Switching Apps on the iPhone X? Try This.
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Since the iPhone X lacks a Home button to press twice for the app switcher, you’ll need to switch apps in a new way...
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