You probably know the obvious functions of your iPhone or iPad’s physical buttons, like changing volume or viewing your apps. Do you know all their hidden abilities, too? Home Button The primary function of the round Home Button, located at the bottom of the front face of devices that have one, is to go home—literally, [...]
Learn three simple ways to stay connected and protected in the event of a disaster. Online Backup What if something happens to your home or wherever you keep your computer and/or external backup drives? For only $60/year you can back up all of your data to a data center that is extremely secure and [...]
Even if you don’t use iCloud Photos, you can still benefit from iCloud Photo Sharing via shared albums. When you share an album with Apple device users, they can access the album directly in their Photos app and share as well. For others, you can still share pictures via a website from which they [...]
If you’re clever, you might think the title of this edition means I have 95 shortcuts to share. Not so. It was just my clever way of referring to the shortcuts for cut, copy, and paste while using only two words. Have you noticed that all of the Mac Mondays titles to date have been exactly two [...]
iOS 13 has been good so far for me with only a few annoyances. I recommend the upgrade if your device is compatible. As with any software upgrade, please back up your device first. I recommend making an encrypted backup with iTunes (or Finder in macOS Catalina), if feasible, for the quickest restore if something [...]
Are you confused by all the choices of cloud storage platforms? You might be familiar with iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive. There are others, too, but what’s the difference between them and which one is best for your needs? While this is not an exhaustive review of these storage platforms, I hope it gives [...]
On December 31, 2018, I wrote about taking screenshots on the Mac. Apple also offers the easy ability to do this on iPhone and iPad by pressing two buttons together on a given device. Then, you can immediately act on a screenshot, like annotate or share, and you don’t even have to save it to your Photos library. [...]
Do you know your iPhone can serve as your medical ID and call emergency contacts if you’re incapacitated? Lots of folks add “ICE” entries to their contacts. I find this unnecessary and potentially confusing. If you create a contact entry that you name “ICE #1,” for example, the person calling it in an emergency won’t [...]
The application switchers on macOS and iOS enable you to quickly switch to the apps you’ve used recently. Learn what applications show on each device and key shortcuts to interact with this often unknown or underutilized feature. Mac App Switcher On the Mac, hold the Command key and tap Tab. This reveals the [...]
The best way I’ve found to set up a new (to you) iPhone is to use iTunes to manage the transition with an encrypted backup of the previous iPhone. This avoids most of the hassles of having a slow Internet connection or not having enough space in iCloud. Backup First When you plan to [...]
