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iOS 15: How to Set Up a Legacy Contact to Pass on Data

Andrew Orr · July 16, 2021

With its next round of operating systems Apple is creating a Digital Legacy program to enable easier access to our loved ones after we die.

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iOS 15: Managing Your Scheduled Summary for Notifications

Andrew Orr · July 15, 2021

Notifications in iOS 15 are thinner in size and feature larger app icons and contact photos and can be grouped into a Scheduled Summary.

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Health and Fitness Siri Commands For Apple Watch

Charlotte Henry · July 15, 2021

Apple Watch is a great tool for improving and monitoring health and fitness and there are a few Siri commands to help you close your rings.

Deep Dive

iOS 15: How to Add Two-Factor Authentication Codes to Passwords

Andrew Orr · July 14, 2021

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.

How-To

iPadOS 15: How to Create and Manage Safari Tab Groups

Andrew Orr · July 12, 2021

Apple is bringing major changes to Safari in its 2021 OS update, and one of them is called Tab Groups. Here’s how you can create them.

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iOS 15: Apple Photos Has a New ‘Visual Search’ Feature

Andrew Orr · July 7, 2021

The Photos app is getting a new feature in iOS 15 called Visual Look Up, and it leverages the powerful on-device machine learning.

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iPadOS 15: How to Create a Quick Note for Apple Notes

Andrew Orr · July 6, 2021

One of the new features coming to Apple Notes in iPadOS 15 is the ability to create a “quick note.” Here’s how to create one.

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iOS 15: A First Look at Automating With Shortcuts

Andrew Orr · July 2, 2021

Shortcuts is getting some new features with iOS 15 as well as appearing on macOS Monterey this fall. Here are some of the new changes.

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How to Sign Up For an Apple One Bundle on an iPhone

Charlotte Henry · July 1, 2021

Apple One bundles are looking like an increasingly attractive proposition and it is very easy to set up and manage one on iPhone.

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iOS 15: How to Share Your Medical ID During an Emergency Call

Andrew Orr · July 1, 2021

iOS 15 brings a new feature in the Health app that lets you automatically share your medical ID during an emergency call.

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iOS 15: How to Generate Email Aliases With ‘Hide My Email’

Andrew Orr · July 1, 2021

One of the privacy features coming with iOS 15 is called Hide My Email. It‘s part of iCloud+ and lets you use random email aliases.

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Last Day to Get Apple TV+ Free for a Year With a New Device

Charlotte Henry · June 30, 2021

Wednesday, July 30, 2021, is the last day customers can activate certain new devices and get Apple TV+ free for twelve months.

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What’s the Difference Between a Shortcut and a Siri Shortcut?

Andrew Orr · June 28, 2021

There are two different kinds of shortcuts and they can be used in different ways. You can build a shortcut and activate one using Siri.

How-To

How to Use Numbers to Automatically Sequence Dates

Andrew Orr · June 23, 2021

Apple’s spreadsheet app called Numbers is a powerful, yet easy-to-use tool to create graphs, charts, and more. Here’s how to sequence dates.

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U.S. Users Can Get Paramount+ Free For a Month Via Apple TV

Charlotte Henry · June 21, 2021

Users in the U.S. can get a month of Paramount+ for free via the Apple TV app in an offer that ends on June 30.

MGG Answers

How to Stop Yourself From Activating Mac Hot Corners

Andrew Orr · June 18, 2021

Have you ever accidentally activated Mac hot corners? It’s probably something many of us have done, but there’s a trick you can use.

Deep Dive

Digging into Apple's iCloud Private Relay

Dave Hamilton · June 9, 2021

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.