In followup on Safari in iOS 15 from two months ago, here are some more tips for interacting with webpages and tabs in Safari on iPhone and iPad. Zoom Out to Show Tabs Looking at any webpage in Safari on iPhone or iPad, you can pinch to zoom out of the page and show it [...]
Today’s tip is a reminder of how easily you can type “.com” at the end of an email address or website on your iPhone or iPad. A Keyboard For the Task When typing a website URL in a web browser, adding the email address of a message recipient, or entering one of these [...]
Here are a handful of Mac shortcuts you might have never learned that make it easy to locate, move, rename, and share documents, without having to create duplicates or go on a wild goose chase for the files themselves. Show in Finder To locate an open document in the Finder, hold Command and click the [...]
There are some key efficiency tips on iPhone and iPad that I feel are worth repeating. I hope you’re using these to be more productive on your devices. I previously discussed these in Efficient Dexterity, iPhone Hot Tips #2, and XCV Shortcuts. .com, Etc. with Long Press (& Swipe) When using the email or website keyboard [...]
iOS 15 brings improvements to Siri as a productivity assistant, helping us easily share the things we discover via our devices. In various apps with a Share button (), rather than tap the button yourself, you can ask Siri to share the item. Share via Messages Say “Hey Siri, share this with [name]” and your device [...]
Stepping beyond my recent edition, All About Apple ID, I reveal how easy it is to change your Apple ID email address on iPhone and iPad. This is a word of caution, though. If you consider gifting an old device to a loved one, make sure to erase it first and allow your recipient to [...]
Live Text is a new feature in iOS 15 that standardizes what several third-party apps have done before: make it easy to recognize and capture text located in images and then transcribe it or act on it contextually. This capability is really easy to access wherever you can type or just by tapping on [...]
iOS 15 brings significant advancement to viewing and annotating PDFs. When you open a PDF on iPhone, whether in Files, attached to an email, or elsewhere, you can now view page thumbnails on the left and make adjustments to the pagination, just like in Preview on the Mac. Show Thumbnails Open a PDF [...]
Apple has made a number of iterative changes in iOS 15 that make it easier to read interface text in the apps you use, find apps on your device, and place the cursor when typing. Text Size Per App Folks with vision impairments have long been able to increase the interface text size [...]
iOS 15 landed two weeks ago and it packs a punch with a wide array of features and improvements. As promised, I upgraded my iPhone 12 mini within 24 hours of release and instantly started to discover its niceties. I begin this discussion with Safari, one of the core iPhone apps, which has received [...]
