A Quick Shortcut to Create an Instant Slideshow from a Folder of Images
December 2, 2020 Mac, NewsYou probably know that you can select an image in the Finder and press the Space bar to preview it in a Quick Look window. And you may know that you can use the arrow keys to preview other files in...
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Home Screen Widgets Take Center Stage in iOS 14
November 3, 2020 NewsA significant new feature in iOS 14 is Home screen widgets, information-rich tiles that share space on a Home screen with app icons. iPhone users familiar with Google’s Android smartphone operating ...
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New Back Tap Feature in iOS 14 Provides Two Customizable Shortcuts
November 3, 2020 NewsWe all have things we do regularly on our iPhones, whether it’s checking the weather, searching Google, or invoking the magnifier. Apple has long provided ways of making your most common actions eas...
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Are You Making the Most of the Touch Bar on Your MacBook Pro?
September 2, 2020 Mac, NewsIn 2016, Apple introduced the Touch Bar with the MacBook Pro. It’s a long, thin display above the number keys on the keyboard that shows a variety of buttons and controls. By default, it changes ...
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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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The iPhone 11 Camera App’s Shutter Button Works Differently—Here’s How
December 2, 2019 NewsWith the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, Apple changed the way the Camera app’s shutter button works in ways that could cause confusion. Tapping it once still takes a single still p...
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You Can Now Access Flash Drives on an iPhone or iPad—Here’s How
November 2, 2019 NewsAn unexpected and useful feature of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 is also nearly invisible, and for most uses, requires a special adapter. With this feature, the Files app now can “see” external storage de...
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Use the Driving ETA Feature in iOS 13’s Maps App to Share Your Arrival Time
November 1, 2019 NewsA small but welcome new feature of iOS 13 is Driving ETA, which helps you share your estimated time of arrival with a contact whenever you’re navigating with the Maps app. To use Driving ETA, start ...
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Two Secret Key Combos for Forward Delete on the Magic and MacBook Keyboards
September 5, 2019 Mac, NewsTraditionally, extended keyboards come with a Forward Delete key that, when you press it, deletes characters to the right of the insertion point, unlike the main Delete key, which deletes to th...
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Learn How to Autofill SMS Login Codes in iOS 12 and Mojave
August 3, 2019 NewsAn ever-increasing number of Web sites boost their security via two-factor authentication (2FA), which requires you to type in a short numeric code to complete a login after entering your username and...
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