For today’s Quick Tip, we’re going over how to set your own music on an alarm…so if waking up to the joyous sounds of heavy metal is your thing, we’ve got you covered.
How to Use 1Password's Demo Mode
For today’s Quick Tip, we’re going over a little-known feature of AgileBits’ 1Password—the so-called demo vault that you can use to show off the iOS app without revealing your own data. We love 1Password for features like this one!
iOS: How to Change the Opacity of Tools in Markup
The other day Andrew Orr found out you can change the opacity of these tools in Markup.
Apple Didn't Just Hit $1 Trillion Market Cap Despite what the Stocks App Says
Apple’s own Stocks app says the company market cap is already over US$1 trillion. The app is wrong because Yahoo Finance hasn’t updated its AAPL share count yet.
Apple Seeds iOS 12 Developer Beta 5 for iPhone and iPad
Apple released iOS 12 Developer Beta 5 on Monday for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touchl, part of Apple’s ongoing efforts to refine iOS 12.
Apple is Looking More and More Like the Company to Go With
Apple’s values, strengths and ecosystem advantages make it, more and more, the compelling, indeed, only choice for our tech life.
Survey Says: iOS Users Hate App Subscriptions but Spend More Anyway
The data comes from a survey of 800 smartphone users in the U.S.
iOS App Discount: Reigns Her Majesty Down to $1.99
Reigns Her Majesty game is now on sale for US$1.99, when it’s usually US$2.99. The game is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns. A cultural renaissance has bestowed the world with a new era of knowledge and enlightenment but greed and jealousy still conspire against the benevolent queen. Outwit and outlast those that would seek to depose you and your husband by swiping left or right, making just (or unjust) decisions on all manner of royal matters. Maintain the balance between the kingdom’s most powerful factions, use mystical items from your inventory, and navigate the increasingly complex politics and personal relationships of your dynasty.
How to Make Your iPhone Default to Speaker for Calls
If you use the speaker on your iPhone during calls more often than not, then set that as the default! We’ll tell you how to change this setting so you won’t have to tap the darned button every time.
Apple Pulls Right-Wing Conspiracy QDrops App From App Store
Embarrassingly for Apple, at one point it was the number 10 app on the App Store.
How to Move Notes Between Accounts
If you’ve got notes synced through several different accounts (such as through both iCloud and Google), then you might want to organize everything and move it all into one account instead. In today’s Quick Tip, Melissa Holt’s going to tell us how to get messy notes all cleaned up!
Pangea iOS Games Free for App Store's 10th Anniversary - Get 'Em!
The giveaway includes in-app purchases, too, and someone are already showing up free, a day early.
Apple Releases iOS 11.4.1 with Two Bug Fixes and Security Patches
The maintenance release fixes two known bugs, in addition to a variety of security-related issues.
How to Disable Snooze for an Alarm on your iPhone and Apple Watch
You’ve set alarms on your iPhone before. You’ve probably even snoozed an alarm or two in your time. But did you know that you can disable your ability to snooze an alarm? If you’d like to be strict with your sleepy self, come learn how!
Happy 10th Birthday, App Store!
It’s hard to believe, but it was July 10th (next Tuesday) that Apple unleashed this world-changing concept, and the company put out a long self-congratulatory announcement pre-celebrating this incredible milestone.
This Concept Imagines Using a Touch Bar on iOS
Developer Eyad Murshid created an interesting concept yesterday. It imagines what a Touch Bar on iOS would look like. It’s called AccessoryTouchBar, and I personally like it. Although, having a Touch Bar and the predictive text bar would take up a lot of room, so maybe they could be merged. In any case, head over to GitHub and check it out. There are GIFs that show it in action. Touch Bar on the Mac seems to be lets you perform certain functions and third-party apps can add their own functionality to it. If third-party apps on iOS could modify the Touch Bar, we could see some Cool Stuff™.
Polish Apple Pay Use Has Already Skyrocketed
Redditor u/Rabus has posted some interesting statistics to the r/Apple subreddit about Polish Apple Pay use. Let’s dive into the numbers.
Apple Seeds iOS 11.4.1 Developer Beta 5
The 11.4.1 beta update doesn’t include any new features. For this release, Apple is focusing on bug fixes and performance improvements.
DC is Launching its Own Streaming Service Called DC Universe
DC is joining the exclusive streaming subscription game with its just announced DC Universe. The service is launching as a beta soon, and will be available on Apple TV and iOS.
Apple and Samsung Settle 7-Year Patent Battle, Terms Not Known
After seven years, numerous appeals, and multiple courts that found Samsung to be a blatant copycat, the two companies have put an end to their fight. Terms of the deal are not known.
