Two Quick Tricks You Can Use with the iOS Space Bar
August 3, 2020 iOS, NewsSure, you know that the Space bar in the iOS virtual keyboard types a space character. But did you realize that if you tap it twice, it inserts a period? (Probably, but if not, now you do.) That’...
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How to Get Custom Alerts for Email from Your VIPs
September 4, 2019 iOS, NewsFew people get so little email that they want an iPhone notification for every message that rolls in. But many of us have just a couple of people—our personal VIPs—whose messages are important eno...
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Want to Use Your Friends’ Nicknames in iOS? Here’s How
September 4, 2019 iOS, NewsIf you have a friend whom you refer to only by their nickname, it can be annoying to feel like you should use their proper first name when adding them to Contacts. Worse, then they show up in Messages...
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Use AirPods to Improve Your Hearing
August 2, 2019 iOS, NewsAn ever-increasing number of people have hearing loss due to exposure to loud noise and age. If you’re in that group, but don’t yet need hearing aids, try using your AirPods to help you hear bette...
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Did You Know You Can Make a Video of Anything on Your iPhone or iPad Screen?
July 4, 2019 iOS, NewsYou know how to use the Camera app on your iPhone or iPad to take a video, but did you know that you can also record a video of what happens on the screen of your device? That’s useful if you’re t...
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5 Reasons Why You Should Be Using a Password Manager
June 4, 2019 iOS, Mac, NewsWe often recommend using a password manager like 1Password, but we’ve gotten a few questions asking why we’re so adamant about this. Lots of people think that all they need to do to keep their onl...
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Read More Easily on the iPhone with Safari Reader
June 4, 2019 iOS, NewsDo you sometimes find it difficult to read articles on your iPhone because of ads, banners, extraneous layout, social media icons, and too-small fonts? We certainly do,...
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A Quick Way to Check Battery Levels on Your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods
June 3, 2019 iOS, NewsApple’s Batteries widget is a little known but highly useful tool for quickly assessing which of your small Apple devices is lowest on power—something you may wish to do when traveling with only o...
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Choosing a Cloud-Based File Sharing Service
May 4, 2019 iOS, Mac, NewsMacs haven’t had removable storage for years, so when you want to move files between computers, you can use USB flash drives, email, Messages, AirDrop, or local file sharing. Those techniques are...
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Clean Up Old Tabs in Safari in iOS with This Quick Trick
May 2, 2019 iOS, NewsEvery time you tap a link to open a Web page in Safari on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. That’s fine until you realize that you have oodles of old tabs open, making it dif...
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