iOS Archives

iOS: Fixing Color Casts on Pictures

9:29 AM EDT, Jul 20th, 2016 · Melissa Holt · Quick Tip

If you’ve never played around with the photo-editing tools available on your iPad or iPhone, you really should check them out! Today’s Quick Tip is about one of the easiest to use. We’ll talk about how you can adjust for unwanted color cast in your images, so you can make ’em cooler and warmer as needed!

Apple Watch: Using Notification Privacy

9:09 AM EDT, Jul 19th, 2016 · Melissa Holt · Quick Tip

This Quick Tip is on a nifty feature of the Apple Watch, one that’ll prevent a wrist raise from showing off any recent notifications you’ve gotten. You might spend all day texting with your friends, but no one else needs to know what those conversations are about, do they?

Apple Rolls Out Bug Fix and Security Updates for OS X, iOS, watchOS, tvOS

4:06 PM EDT, Jul 18th, 2016 · Jeff Gamet · News

Apple rolled out updates for OS X, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS on Monday. The updates are all free and fairly easy to install, and they haven’t caused any problems on The Mac Observer’s test devices so far. Read on to learn about the updates and how you can get them installed.

How to Create an iCloud Shared Album

12:47 PM EDT, Jul 15th, 2016 · Melissa Holt · Quick Tip

Are you looking for an easy and secure way to instantly share your vacation photos with friends and family? We’ll show you how to set up an iCloud Shared Album in today’s Quick Tip. Come check it out!

Dr. Mac’s Guide to Apple Public Betas

1:07 PM EDT, Jul 13th, 2016 · Bob LeVitus · Dr. Mac's Rants & Raves

Yes, you will have to ERASE your drive to reinstall El Capitan (or whatever) to get rid of Apple public betas

Apple public betas of macOS Sierra and iOS 10 came out last week. If you’re not totally clear on what it means to install a beta operating system on your Mac or iOS devices, here’s what you need to know:

Apple Launches iOS 10 and macOS Sierra Public Betas

11:55 AM EDT, Jul 7th, 2016 · Jeff Gamet · News

Apple delivered on its promise of public betas for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra on Thursday. The betas were previously available only to developers, but now everyone can get in on the pre-release action.

Apple Adds Organ Donor Registry to iOS 10 Health App

10:05 AM EDT, Jul 5th, 2016 · Jeff Gamet · News

Apple is making it easier to be an organ doner by adding the ability to register as an organ, eye, and tissue donor in iOS 10’s Health app, due to ship this fall. Apple teamed up with Donate Life America, which manages the National Donate Life Registry, to add the feature to iOS 10.

You Thought iPhone Is a Cute Telephone with Internet - Wrong

4:33 PM EDT, Jul 1st, 2016 · John Martellaro · Columns & Opinions

So you thought the iPhone was just a cute, miniature telephone with a camera, music player and internet access. In 2016, that’s not really the right way to think about the iPhone. John Martellaro looks at how the iPhone has affected modern culture and how Apple, in turn, has responded. The evolution of iOS is put in perspective.