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Here’s How to Monitor Your iPhone Battery Health from your phone or Mac [UPDATE]
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Here's How to Monitor Your iPhone Battery Health from your phone or Mac [UPDATE]

Jeff Gamet · 11:42 AM EST, Dec 21st, 2017 · 4 Comments

Want to stay on top of your iPhone’s battery health? Here’s how to do that from your phone or Mac.

3 iPhone Apps for Finding Friends, not Dates
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3 iPhone Apps for Finding Friends, not Dates

Jeff Gamet · 11:33 AM EST, Dec 19th, 2017 · Add Comment

Not knowing where to go—or even where to start—to find friends doesn’t mean you have to spend your time alone. We found three apps to help you make friends without resorting to dating apps.

How to Use “Insert Pattern” in TextEdit to Clean Up Text
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How to Use "Insert Pattern" in TextEdit to Clean Up Text

Melissa Holt · 9:15 AM EST, Dec 13th, 2017 · 8 Comments

The Mac’s built-in TextEdit program has a little-known feature that’ll let you find tabs, paragraph breaks, and the like and replace them in text—or find patterns of them, even. It’s a very powerful way to clean up extraneous characters, so come read this Quick Tip!

How to Flash Your iPhone’s LED from Your Apple Watch
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How to Flash Your iPhone's LED from Your Apple Watch

Melissa Holt · 8:54 AM EST, Dec 12th, 2017 · 5 Comments

You may know that you can use your Apple Watch to locate your iPhone, but did you know that you can make your phone flash its LED, too? In today’s Quick Tip, we’ve got the details on just how you can do so!

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How to Install and Sign into Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV [Update]
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How to Install and Sign into Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV [Update]

Jeff Gamet · 11:59 AM EST, Dec 6th, 2017 · 1 Comment

Amazon Prime Video is available for the Apple TV. Here’s how to install the app and get logged in.

How to Troubleshoot Text Messages that Aren’t Syncing
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How to Troubleshoot Text Messages that Aren't Syncing

Melissa Holt · 10:01 AM EST, Dec 6th, 2017 · 3 Comments

If your messages aren’t syncing between your Mac and your iPhone or iPad, then you’ve gotta try our troubleshooting tips! After all, there’s nothing more frustrating than having to go grab a different device to be sure you sent out a particular text. That’s right, NOTHING. We stand by that statement.

Here’s How to Add Money to Apple Pay Cash or Change Linked Bank Card
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Here's How to Add Money to Apple Pay Cash or Change Linked Bank Card

Jeff Gamet · 5:25 PM EST, Dec 5th, 2017 · 5 Comments

Want to add money to your Apple Pay Cash account, or change the card it uses for payments? Read on to learn how to do both.

iOS 11: How to Use Siri’s “Personal DJ” Feature
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iOS 11: How to Use Siri's "Personal DJ" Feature

Melissa Holt · 9:03 AM EST, Dec 5th, 2017 · 2 Comments

Got a subscription to Apple Music? Then if you’ve installed iOS 11, you can have Siri create personalized playlists for you using Apple’s so-called Personal DJ feature. We’ve got all the details in today’s Quick Tip!

iPhone X Fast Recent App Switching
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iPhone X Fast Recent App Switching

Jeff Gamet · 3:00 PM EST, Dec 4th, 2017 · 1 Comment

Want to switch apps faster on your iPhone X? Here’s how.

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macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 Update Can Break the Root Password Security Patch, Here’s How to Fix it
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macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 Update Can Break the Root Password Security Patch, Here's How to Fix it

Jeff Gamet · 9:31 AM EST, Dec 4th, 2017 · 4 Comments

Updating to macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 after installing Security Update 2017-001 can undo the root password security patch. Here’s how to make sure it’s still in place.

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