Tagged: How to

June 19, 2019

All the new iPad OS keyboard commands and gestures

Coming in fall, iPad OS introduces a range of new text-handling gestures and keyboard commands – learn them and download them to keep in this handy free PDF.

Apple / iOS / iPhone / Mac / Tips

June 13, 2019

How to change your name on AirDrop

How to give Macs, iPads or iPhones specific names to make them easier to find when you want to share items with them using AirDrop.

Apple / iOS / iPad / iPhone / Tips

June 12, 2019

How to undo and redo in iOS 13

iOS 13 introduces an all-new gesture for Undo and Redo and we’re all going to want to love, learn and use it. It is called ‘three-fingered swipe’…

Apple / iOS / iPhone / Peripherals / Stuff

May 3, 2019

5 AirPod alternatives that almost make the grade

AirPods are great, but if you don’t feel particularly comfortable wearing a pair of white sticks in your ears there are alternatives — but are they any good?

Apple / iOS / iPhone / Mac / Tips

May 3, 2019

How to reset a forgotten Notes password on iOS and Mac

If you forget the password to your locked iOS or Mac Notes, you can reset the password in Settings/Preferences, though you will need to use your Apple ID.

Apple / Apple Services / iOS / Tips

April 12, 2019

How to subscribe (and unsubscribe) to iOS apps

Apple has improved the app subscription process to make it easier and more transparent for customers to use.

Customers queue down Shijō Dori, the street that has served as the city’s main shopping corridor since the 1600s.

AppDaily / Apple / Apple AI Siri / iOS / iPhone / Tips

February 28, 2019

How to build a Siri Shortcut to save you money when you shop

This useful Siri Shortcuts tip will probably save you a great deal of money when you go shopping — and only takes moments to build.

Apple / Mac / Tips

February 20, 2019

How to use Mac Mail’s Smart Mailboxes for better project management

Mail on a Mac is even more useful if you integrate your Contacts book with Mail using Smart Mailboxes.

Apple / Apple Watch / iOS / iPhone / Tips

February 19, 2019

The essential Messages on Apple Watch guide

I’m pretty confident most Apple Watch owners could use a little help figuring out the many useful messaging features on watchOS, so I wrote this to help them get more from the device.

iOS / iPad / iPhone / Mac / Tips

February 18, 2019

Mac, iOS: 12+ ways to get millions of free books online

These are the world’s best places to go to find online books you can download or read for free on iPhone, iPad or Mac

Don't consider Apple Watch an enterprise product? Think again June 19, 2019
Do you think Apple Watch is a great fitness tracker, but not really an enterprise product?I’d like to prove you wrong I’ve been saying for years that Apple would need to ensure Apple Watch could exist independently of the iPhone.There were several challenges to achieving this.One was the need to find a modem sufficiently low-powered […]
WWDC: Has Apple closed the door on non-Mac App Store apps? June 17, 2019
Ever since Apple introduced the Mac App Store developers have warned it plans to close off its platform, so news the company will insist on App Notarization in macOS Catalina set those critics off again. The thing is, it’s a little more complicated.What is Apple doing? Yes, Apple is making it a little more difficult […]
12+ amazing ways iOS 13 transforms travel and tourism June 14, 2019
From travel tickets to Airbnb, the $8 trillion travel industry is already a digital industry, and Apple’s iOS 13 will accelerate its transformation.How iOS 13 changes the travel industry If all you do is watch the WWDC 2019 keynote and State of the Union address you’ll get an inkling of how Apple’s new technologies may […]
WWDC: Apple’s iOS 13 NFC improvements are good for business June 13, 2019
Apple will make near field communication (NFC) much more useful in iPhones running iOS 13, and these enhancements will impact the retail, medical, government, and security industries.What is Apple changing? Apple already uses NFC to support Apple Pay and the Apple Pay Express Transit system, which is rolling out at this time.While it has incrementally […]
Microsoft’s App Store now offers Apple’s iCloud for Windows June 12, 2019
Apple has published an all-new version of its iCloud app for Windows users and the software is available for download from Microsoft’s App Store.What is Apple’s iCloud? iCloud is an essential component across Apple’s universe.You use it to share iCloud Drive files, sync contacts, devices and other personal data, to access a range of Apple’s […]
WWDC: 16+ ways Apple improved iPad productivity June 11, 2019
Apple also introduced numerous productivity enhancements that will make iPads even better laptop replacements, which ones make the the biggest difference to enterprise productivity>What happened at WWDC? Developers and Apple users will be most interested in two major iPad-related announcements at WWDC: Catalyst and iPad OS.Catalyst is Apple’s name for the huge-big-massive set of iOS APIs […]
How did people react to Apple's WWDC news? June 10, 2019
One week on and the industry continues to think about the armada of announcements Apple launched at WWDC last week – but how did the public react to some of the big highlights of what it was saying?I contacted SEMRush to get some kind of idea.Search traffic reveals interest in Apple news We can’t really […]
WWDC: Get to know Apple’s 11+ new privacy tools June 7, 2019
Apple introduced an array of additional privacy protections at WWDC 2019. Many of these both offer protection and help us better understand how our privacy is undermined.Why does this matter? Apple CEO Tim Cook is passionate about the need to protect user privacy, and this is by no means a one-man mission.Speaking with Vector, Apple’s […]
WWDC: Mac Pro — the computer for the few June 6, 2019
It’s not for the mass market, and it costs as much as a car and most people will never even see one, but Mac Pro is still the best Mac Apple has ever made.Mac Pro built for the real world I’ve been wandering around WWDC speaking with people, and the general feeling about Mac Pro seems […]
WWDC: What you need to know about Sign In with Apple June 4, 2019
There’s lots of interest in Apple’s new Sign In with Apple system, a highly secure, private way to sign in to apps and websites. Here’s what you need to know:What is Sign In with Apple? Apple has noticed that sign-in systems for services, apps, and websites rely on services that use your action of signing […]