Face ID is handy for authenticating in apps as well as unlocking your iPhone X. If you don’t want to use Face ID to unlock an app, however, you can selectively turn the feature off. Here’s how.
Here's How to Make Amazon Alexa Less Chatty with Brief Mode
If Amazon’s Alexa feels a little too chatty for you, there’s a fix for that. It’s called Brief Mode, and it’s easy to enable.
macOS: Use Time Machine to Recover Lost Email
Time Machine is the built-in backup solution in macOS.
How to Enable Alexa's Follow-Up Mode
Amazon added a new feature to its Alexa voice assistant platform that saves you from having to say the trigger word multiple times when you’re speaking a series of commands. The feature is called Follow-Up Mode, and here’s how to enable it.
macOS: Turning Off Calendar and Contacts Suggestions
Today’s Quick Tip is all about those grey suggestions in Calendar and Contacts that may be coming from other apps around your Mac. If you’ve made a flight reservation and see that event show up automatically on your calendar, that may be handy! But if you’d rather someone’s business phone number not get added to her contact card, for example, you may find the feature less helpful. We’ll tell you how to stop this from happening in either program!
iOS: Choosing How Far Back to Sync Events
You can actually choose how far back you’d like to go when syncing your calendars to your iPhone or iPad—just a month, say, or the whole kit and caboodle. In today’s Quick Tip, we’ll tell you how to configure this setting!
How to Find Bike Sharing Stations with Apple Maps
If all you need is to know if there are bike sharing stations nearby, Apple Maps covers the basics.
PSA: Be Sure to Write Down Your AirPods Serial Number
Apple doesn’t say why it won’t replace the case without the number.
How to Discover Free iOS Apps on the App Store With IFTTT
One is to get email notifications and the other will give you regular notifications via the IFTTT app.
macOS: Use Apple Configurator 2 to Rearrange iOS Apps
Apple Configurator 2 lets you deploy iPads, iPhones, iPod touch, and Apple TVs in your school or business.
Apple Watch: How to Use Power Saving Mode During Workouts
The Apple Watch has a built-in mode that’ll disable cellular functionality and the heart-rate sensor when you’re working out, meaning that you’ll get a big boost to your battery life. Today’s Quick Tip is all about how to enable this handy feature!
macOS: How to Empty the Mac Trash with a Keyboard Shortcut
Watch out though, this shortcut can be dangerous.
6 Female App Developers and the Apps and Games They Create
They aren’t just about the apps, they’re about the women behind them.
iOS 11: Closing All Open Safari Tabs
Today’s Quick Tip is all about how to close tabs in Safari on your iPhone or iPad—without having to interact with each one individually. Yes, you can get rid of all of them at once, and it’s simple!
macOS: How to Change Your Mac AirDrop Settings
Finding AirDrop on the Mac is easy. The default Finder setting has it appear in the sidebar to the left.
How to Listen to a Rain Storm on Your HomePod
Want to listen to a gentle rain storm on your HomePod or Amazon Echo to help you relax? It’s easy if you know what to say.
iOS: How to Change iOS AirDrop Settings on Your iPhone and iPad
AirDrop is a feature on Apple devices that lets you wirelessly share files with other Apple devices.
How to Manage Hey Siri With Multiple Apple Devices
HomePod responds to most Hey Siri requests, even if there are other capable devices nearby.
Problems with Alphabetizing Mac Launchpad
It turns out that it’s not an issue with macOS High Sierra.
Unleash Your Inner Hero With These 4 iOS RPG Games
Andrew Orr discovers four iOS RPG games so you can crawl dungeons, steal loot, and fight monsters.
