How to use Shared with You in iOS 15
A focus of iOS 15 is making it easier to connect and share content with others. FaceTime Links and the ability to have watch/listen parties in FaceTime are two good examples, but the sharing feature...
View ArticleiOS 15: Everything new in Public Beta 3
Update 07/16/21: iOS 15 public Beta 3 has been released with several new tweaks. Every year, Apple releases major updates for its iPhone and iPad operating systems in the fall. For months before that,...
View ArticleLearn these macOS Terminal shortcuts and spend less time typing
Many people stay away from macOS’s Terminal because of the tedium of typing in long, precise commands. But you can save lots of time and type less by using the command history functions built into the...
View ArticleM1X, M2, M2X chips: How fast will the next Pro Macs be?
When Apple released the M1 chip at the end of last year, two things were clear: Macs were a whole lot faster and the future was incredibly bright. What we didn’t know was how Apple would handle...
View ArticleHow to activate key repetition through the macOS Terminal
In macOS, if you press and hold down certain keys on your keyboard, a palette appears, showing you accented or alternate characters that you can choose. For example, if you press and hold down the...
View ArticleUntangling the Terminal: How to master the macOS command line interface
When we think of the macOS user interface, we think of the graphical UI—pointing and clicking icons, with a cursor, menus, windows, etc. But there’s another UI built into macOS: the command-line...
View Article3 features that could transform tomorrow’s Apple devices
To paraphrase the immortal words of Smash Mouth, the tech starts coming and it don’t stop coming. Every year seems to bring a new set of Apple devices, replete with a host of features, some of which...
View ArticleThe next iPhone SE: ‘Cheapest’ 5G iPhone may land in early 2022
In 2020, after a four-year wait, Apple finally updated the iPhone SE to… the iPhone SE. Hanging on to the same name is a little confusing—Apple differentiates the new model when necessary by calling...
View ArticleThe next MacBook Pro: Apple preparing new model for fall launch
With the continuation of the Apple silicon rollout, the MacBook Pro is in line for some major changes. The company will likely take the opportunity of the new models based on Apple silicon to...
View ArticleHow to quickly delete the last 15 minutes of search history on your iPhone
We won’t ask why you would want to quickly delete the last 15 minutes of browsing history on your iPhone, but Google is giving you a quicky way to do it. All you need is the Google app. Even if you’re...
View ArticleiOS 14.7 is available with MagSafe Battery Pack support and more
Just days after the release of the final beta of iOS 14.6, and before it is released to the general public, Apple began beta testing iOS 14.7. A point-seven release ties iOS 14 with iOS 13 for the...
View ArticlewatchOS 7.6 update is available with new features, bug fixes
In addition to releasing iOS 14.7, Apple on Monday released watchOS 7.6, an update to the Apple Watch operating system. It includes the ECG app in 30 new regions; the ECG app requires an Apple Watch...
View ArticleApple releases tvOS 14.7 update for Apple TV boxes
Apple on Monday updated tvOS to version 14.7 for the Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD. According to a support document, tvOS 14.7 has “general performance and stability improvements.” No other details are...
View ArticleHow to recover deleted text messages on iPhone
Text messages have a reputation for being informal and inconsequential, but you might have really critical information in there! If you deleted some texts to clear up space on your iPhone...
View ArticleiOS 15: How to search inside your photos using Visual Look Up
Apple has been steadily improving its AI image recognition with every release of iOS, and iOS 15 kicks it into another gear with several new AI-powered features such as Live Text and Visual Look Up....
View ArticleThat iPhone Pegasus spyware threat is much ado about Android
Are you a human rights activist? Do you have a relative in jail in a totalitarian country or are you a member of a persecuted ethnic minority or opposition party? Are you a journalist reporting on the...
View ArticleLive Text in macOS Monterey destroys these paid text extraction apps
Text and bitmapped images are two different kinds of animals. Text can be typed, edited, copied, pasted, deleted, and processed. Images, however, are a bunch of pixels in a grid that combine in the...
View ArticleIf your iPhone can’t unlock your Apple Watch in iOS 14.7, a fix is on the way
Ever since the Apple Watch launched in 2015, there has been a handy feature that lets you unlock it with your iPhone instead of tapping your passcode into the tiny number keys with your finger. If...
View ArticleHow to check if the Pegasus spyware is installed on your iPhone
If you’re concerned about recent reports of the Pegasus spyware reportedly installed by the Israeli NSO Group to hack journalists and world leaders, there’s a tool to check if it’s hidden on your...
View ArticleTake $100 off the iPad Air or XDR iPad Pro in all-time-low sale
If you’re in the market for a new iPad, your best options are the iPad Air and 12.9-inch iPad Pro. And today they’re cheaper than ever. Amazon is selling the newest iPad Air for $499 and the 12.9-inch...
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