Category: Apple

When you move from Windows to Mac , it’s hard to get used to the way macOS closes apps. On Windows, you press the red […]

The Notes app on the iPhone has a pretty nifty document scanner built into it. It does a great job of automatically detecting the edges […]

Your iPhone has some great anti-theft features that make it harder for a thief to use the device. Even if someone wipes your phone, they’ll […]

Unlike Firefox and Chrome, it’s not easy for Mac users to find good ad blockers for Safari. Apple has certain restrictions (such as using the […]

Modern MacBooks generally don’t suffer from battery life issues, but when you encounter unexpectedly high drain, it can be difficult to diagnose the problem. Sleep […]

You know all about how to set up your Macbook’s dock , but you’re also on the menu bar. Some of your Mac’s best apps […]

Today, after seven weeks of beta testing , Apple released the latest build of the iPhone operating system, iOS 16.2. The free update brings some […]

If you’re buying Apple devices as last-minute gifts this holiday season, there’s an easy way to figure out if you still have time to get […]

Whether you have a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro, your charger probably has one fatal flaw: the plug. The power adapter should plug directly […]

Apple prides itself on being privacy first, and when it comes to devices like the iPhone and Mac, that’s true. But Apple’s iCloud backups are […]

Love Apple or hate it, we can all agree on one thing: their products are expensive . Apple iPhones can cost upwards of $1,000, and […]

We all have songs we need to sing along to—whether they appear on the radio, on a streaming playlist, or on the Sonos speaker in […]

Many of us have been using the iPhone since the beginning, and its “hidden” or “secret” features have been known to us for ages. But […]

Your iPhone and Apple Watch want to keep you safe, but sometimes they overdo it. To save your life in the event of a car […]

MacBooks, for the most part, have been known for having some of the best keyboards in the business. For the most part . However, from […]

I love Apple Music, but I confess that every year around this time, I envy the fact that everyone has a Spotify Wrap. Apple Music […]

Spotify and Apple Music can be great music discovery tools, but they don’t do a great job of telling you who you’re listening to. You […]

If you have a great Apple Music playlist for holiday parties, but it includes a few tracks that are not suitable for ears of all […]

Browsing the Internet has its dangers. Some websites are almost unusable due to pop-ups, ads, or poor design. If you come across these sites often, […]

It’s true that iOS isn’t as customizable as Android, but the gap is much smaller than it used to be. These days, you can personalize […]

Zip files are a useful but cumbersome solution for compressing multiple files together. They come in many different ways – a photo archive for a […]

There are many ways to launch apps on your Mac – you can pin apps to the dock for starters, or use Spotlight to find […]

After a long decade, the iPhone finally added a downloader to Safari with iOS 13 so you can download files and have them automatically saved […]

iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max feature Always-On Display (AOD), which lets you check the time without activating the entire screen. This feature […]

Once an essential tool in your iPhone productivity arsenal, Spotlight has become almost unusable in iOS 16. Sometimes it displays search results almost instantly, but […]

Some Mac users have a single administrator account on their machines. There is nothing wrong with this if you are the only person using the […]

Who remembers the games that came with classic iPods? You can participate in a pixel war in Parachute , break blocks in Brick , play […]

While Safari doesn’t have as many extensions as Firefox or Chrome , there are some great add-ons that you’ll soon wonder how you ever lived […]

Updating your iPhone is annoying. Yes, updates are often full of new features and changes that make an update worth it, but it can be […]

Smart Folders are the hidden gems of macOS that have been around since the days of Mac OS X. You can think of them as […]

If you want to block out ambient noise or just like white noise in the background while you work, you should try your Mac’s white […]

Every year, Apple adds a few new features that make third-party apps redundant. It’s so common that there’s a term for it – Sherlock – […]

The Apple Focus feature is a great way to bring all of your Apple devices together to match your current activities. If you’re at work, […]

Putting secrets into texts is a risky business. Email is almost certainly banned, as is traditional SMS. Encrypted text messages like iMessage are better , […]

iOS 16 has opened up the lock screen to all-new possibilities – there’s a widget section, Live Activity for real-time updates, and Dynamic Island if […]

Well, this week Apple Music and Apple TV+ suddenly went up in price. As of October 24, Apple Music now costs $11 per month for […]

While you can install ad blockers on your iPhone, these apps have a bright blind spot: Apple’s own ads. No ad blocker for iPhone (even […]

A fresh update can make your old appliances look new. You might be tempted to upgrade your MacBook to the fancy M2 machine, but perhaps […]

Here we go again: Apple’s next big update for the iPhone, iOS 16.1, is here, bringing a host of tweaks and improvements to the experience […]

After an extra month or so of delay, Apple has finally released iPadOS 16 to the public. Well, technically it’s iPadOS 16.1. The wait means […]