“A Horse with No Name,” by America was the #1 song on April 3rd, 1972—I know this because I randomly picked that date to test this tip: ask Siri to play the top song from any given date, and you can be as specific as you want. [Updated to note that it requires an Apple Music subscription.]
macOS: A Shortcut to Pick Your Safari Search Engine
This gives you an option to change the search engine, but also gives you a list of recent searches.
Quickly Change Between Light and Dark Mode in macOS With a Custom AppleScript App
It’s easy enough to change between light and dark modes in recent versions of macOS, but you still need to waste a few clicks heading to System Preferences. For those who want to change modes frequently, here’s how to build an AppleScript app that can do it with a single click!
iOS 12 Adds a Thesaurus to the Word Look Up Feature
iOS 12 includes the ability to add a thesaurus alongside your dictionary definitions when using the “Look Up” feature to examine a word. This is great because it, you know, helps you write good and stuff.
macOS: How to Adjust Sound and Brightness in Quarters
This is perfect if you want to get that Goldilocks-level of perfection.
macOS: How to Manage Safari Browsing History
Here’s how to manage Safari browsing history, although it might still be backed up to iCloud anyway.
Turning Off Significant Locations on Your Mac
Guess what? Your iPhone isn’t the only device you have that monitors where you go in order to make suggestions in Maps and Calendar—your Mac does it too. If that doesn’t give you a warm and fuzzy feeling, come read this Quick Tip! We’ll tell you how to disable it or remove old saved locations.
4 Free Apps To Help Plan Your Summer Vacation
Now that summer is underway, you might be thinking of places to visit for a summer vacation.
iOS: How to See Your Siri Music History
Here’s how you can find your Siri music history.
macOS: Check Your LaunchAgents for Malicious Software
Your Mac’s root-level LaunchAgents folder is a common location for adware to store files. Why is this bad? Well, it could mean that malicious software launches automatically when you log in to any user account on your Mac, which is certainly not great. In today’s Quick Tip, we’ll talk about how to get there and what to look for!
iCloud Messages FAQ: Here's What You Need to Know
Reddit user u/Dave-CPA put together a list of questions people may have about iCloud messages.
How to Turn On HomePod Personal Requests
Siri on HomePod can check your Calendar thanks to the HomePod 11.4 software update. You’ll have to enable Personal Requests first, which takes just a few steps. Here’s how to do it.
How to Enable Messages in iCloud on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
iOS 11.4 and macOS 10.13.5 give us a feature Apple first showed off nearly a year ago: Messages in iCloud. The feature is easy to enable. Read on to learn how.
School is Out! Here are 6 Kid Tech Activities You Can Do
Now that summer is here and school is out, your kids might be wanting some stuff to do.
Your Apple Data Download Can Tell You How Much You Spent
Since it contains a list of all the content you’ve ever bought with an Apple device, you can calculate how much you’ve spent.
It's Summer! Here are 4 Summer Activity Apps For Your Adventures
Except for one, Andrew regularly use these apps so he knows they’re good.
Alternative WWDC Conferences You'll Want to Know About
WWDC isn’t the only conference going on in June. There will be alternative WWDC conferences going on, such as the popular AltConf.
How to Enable SQM on Your eero WiFi Mesh Network
eero added SQM, or Smart Queue Management to its WiFi mesh routers to help your network run more efficiently. Here’s how to enable the feature.
How to Create GIFs on iOS with the Workflow App
For today’s Quick Tip, Melissa Holt will walk us through creating a simple automated task within the iOS Workflow app…which is kind of like building stuff in Automator on the Mac. In other words, fun! And it’s a good way to learn the basics of automation, too. She’ll tell us all about it!
macOS: How to Optimize Mac Storage for Your Hard Drive
Optimize Storage lets you free up storage space by having the system automatically keep things in iCloud.
