Prevent Tab Buildup in Safari on Your iPhone and iPad
Whenever you tap a link to open a Web page on your iPhone or iPad, it automatically opens a new tab. Having hundreds of tabs open won’t cause any problems but can make working with tabs clumsy. You can close ...
Use This Trick to Find a Missing App Window
Every so often, we hear from a Mac user with a seemingly impossible problem: a document window in some app is opening somewhere outside of the screen so it’s effectively invisible and they can’t work with it in any way. ...
Three Connectivity Problems for Remote Workers
The pandemic has forced large numbers of those who are still employed—nearly half the American workforce, by some estimates—to work from home. And while that has actually improved productivity for many people, partly due to eliminating time-consuming commutes, remote work ...
What to Expect from macOS 11.0 Big Sur, iOS 14 & iPadOS 14
Every year at its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple lays out its roadmap for the next releases of each of its operating systems. The COVID-19 pandemic forced Apple to record its keynote presentation ahead of time rather than having it live, ...
Macs Switching from Intel Chips to Apple Silicon
At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote, the company dropped a bombshell: in the future, Macs will no longer be powered by Intel chips but will instead rely on custom-designed Apple chips. As surprising as this is, the company has made ...
Mac Laptops and Battery Health Management
We all want Mac laptops that can run for days on a single charge and never need their batteries serviced. Sadly, we’re always going to be disappointed. Battery and power management technologies continually improve, but those improvements are matched by ...
Back Up an iPhone or iPad with Your Mac on Catalina or later
One of the most significant changes in macOS 10.15 Catalina was the breakup of the long-standing iTunes app into separate Music, Podcasts, and TV apps. But what about backing up iOS devices, which you also used to do in iTunes? ...
Approve App Authentication with Your Apple Watch in Catalina
Tired of typing your admin account password whenever you try to install software or change security settings on your Mac? A feature in macOS 10.15 Catalina removes that requirement for Apple Watch owners. In System Preferences > Security & Privacy ...
Stop Group FaceTime Video Tiles from Bouncing
Since iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple has supported Group FaceTime, which lets you have a video call with up to 32 people. However, as has become painfully obvious in today’s era of non-stop videoconferencing, Group FaceTime has a ...
How the Exposure Notification System Protects Your Privacy
In iOS 13.5 Apple incorporated a new Exposure Notification API in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve seen a few people freak out about this, but seriously, calm down, folks. At best, the Exposure Notification API could lower contact ...
