Maybe you never thought about it, but Shortcuts allows you to set an automation to switch your Watch face. Let’s look at how it’s done.
Deep Dive
Optimizing Battery Life On Your 5G iPhone
Depending on your needs, the defaults on your iPhone may not be the best choices. Here’s how to optimize battery life on your 5G iPhone.
How to Use Universal Control for Mac and iPad
A useful feature for Mac and iPad lets you share your Mac’s keyboard and cursor with your iPad. Let’s look at how to use Universal Control.
These 5 Focus Mode Tips Could Revolutionize Your Life
One of the best features of iOS show lets you control who and which apps can interrupt you. Here are some tips to make the most of Focus Mode.
Use This Keyboard Shortcut to View Wi-Fi Details on Mac
Here’s a handy tip so you can quickly access information about your router, and see if your network is performing well. See your BSSID, signal-to-noise ratio, and even the transmit rate between your router and computer. All it takes is a press of a button and a click of your trackpad/mouse.
How to Watch Apple TV+ on Amazon Fire TV Devices
An updated list of all the Amazon Fire TV devices you can use to watch Apple TV+, including Insignia and Toshiba devices.
How to Control Your HomePod: The Basics
There is a lot you can do with Apple’s HomePod and HomePod mini. Here are the basics you need to know to control your HomePod.
How to Use Dual SIM on Your iPhone
Your iPhone XR or newer supports two cellular plans at a time if you use dual SIM. Here’s how to set up Dual SIM and make the most of it.
Put Your macOS Shortcut Where It’s Easy to Launch
Got workflows set up in macOS Shortcuts, but don’t know how to quickly run them? You can put them in the menu bar or other accessible places.
Background Sounds Makes Your iPhone a White Noise Generator
If you need to tune out distracting sounds, white noise generators can help. An iOS Accessibility feature, Background Sounds, gives you that.
Finding the Best iPad mini Case
With so many options, how do you find the best iPad mini case? Here are a few top choices, from standard folio to wraparound protection.
Cleaning-up my Email - Part 1: Inbox Zero
Charlotte’s email was quite a mess, with thousands of unread messages. To solve this, she first had to get to Inbox Zero.
How to Use the iCloud+ Hide My Email Feature
As of iOS 15, those who pay for extra iCloud storage also get access to the iCloud+ service. One of its features is the Hide My Email option. Jeff Butts walks through its benefits and usage.
How to Schedule Your Mac to Reboot
There are plenty of times when you could benefit from a fresh start on your Mac. Let’s look at how to schedule your Mac to reboot.
How to Maximize Focus Mode on iOS 15
The new Focus Mode options in iOS 15 offer a lot of customization to the retired Do Not Disturb feature. Let’s walk through setting them up.
Get Free Bitcoins from 23 Faucets That Pay
Bryan Chaffin explains how Bitcoin faucets work and which faucets you can trust to pay. [Update: reformatted the guide, removed several defunct faucets, updated all descriptions, and added some new earning opportunities, too. – Bryan]
iOS 15: How to Add Two-Factor Authentication Codes to Passwords
A welcome feature in iOS 15 is the ability to add two-factor authentication codes to your passwords. Here’s how to set it up.
Digging into Apple's iCloud Private Relay
At this week’s WWDC Keynote, Apple announced iCloud Private Relay, a privacy feature aimed towards further separating you and your browsing activity from people who want to track and collect data about you. iCloud Private Relay works for anyone with an iCloud+ subscription using iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey, and when enabled it protects all your Safari browsing, all DNS queries, and any insecure web traffic from other apps.
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[Update] Over 99 Percent of All Apple Stores Now Open
In a press release flagging the upcoming availability of new devices, Apple mentioned that over 99 percent of Apple Stores are now open.
iOS 14.5: Here’s How to Start Blocking App Trackers
Apple released iOS 14.5 on Monday and one of the major features it introduces is App Tracking Transparency. Here’s how it works.
World Backup Day: How to Get 4TB of iCloud Storage
When it comes to backups, iCloud plays a key role for many people, and now there is a way to get a total of 4TB of storage via that service.
iCloud Security and Using Apple Notes as a Secret Messenger
Shared Apple Notes can be used to send secret messages to people. But how secure are they? Andrew finds out.
How to Organize Your Files: An Introduction to Personal File Management
Andrew rewrote his guide to personal information management, combining his old articles into one and adding tweaks since first writing about it in 2018.
What Is Bitcoin? Here’s the Bitcoin Primer You Need
We’ll explain what Bitcoin is, how Bitcoin works, how Bitcoin wallets work, and throw a mention in for getting free Bitcoins through faucets.