Not Enough Space to Install iOS 14 or iPadOS 14? Try This Approach
January 6, 2021 iOS, NewsSuppose you have an older iPhone or iPad, especially one with only 16 GB of storage. In that case, it’s possible that you won’t have enough space to upgrade to iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 through Settings...
Read MoreTake a Few Minutes to Lock Down Your Facebook Privacy Settings
December 2, 2020 iOS, Mac, NewsEven beyond its often controversial behavior in the 2020 US presidential election, Facebook continually makes news headlines for its numerous privacy and security problems. Most notable, of course,...
Read MoreTwo 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’...
Read MoreHow 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...
Read MoreWant 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...
Read MoreUse 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...
Read MoreDid 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...
Read More5 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...
Read MoreRead 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,...
Read MoreA 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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