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How to Add Widgets to Today View on iPhone & iPad (iOS 13 and Older)

May 21, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Add Widgets to Today View on iPhone & iPad

The Today View on iPhone and iPad is a handy feature that gives a brief information of the day like weather, screen usage, battery percent, news and a lot more. Additionally, you could also get information from your favorite apps with the help of widgets. This article will show you how you can add widgets … Read More

iOS 13.5 & iPadOS 13.5 Updates Available to Download

May 20, 2020 - 11 Comments
iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5

Apple has released iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 to all users with eligible iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. The latest software updates for iOS and iPadOS include bug fixes, feature enhancements, security improvements, and a few minor new features and changes. Perhaps most notable is support for COVID-19 exposure notifications, a contact tracing feature … Read More

How to Manage & Delete Bookmarks in Safari on iPhone & iPad

May 20, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to Convert Keynote to PowerPoint with iCloud

If you own an iPhone or iPad, chances are, you use Safari to browse the internet. It comes pre-installed on all iOS and iPadOS devices and it just works flawlessly. Like any other web browser, Safari allows you to bookmark countless web pages that you scroll through, and it even syncs them across all your … Read More

How to Use AirPods as a Remote Spying Tool

May 19, 2020 - 3 Comments
AirPods outside of their case

Did you know you can use AirPods and iPhone as a remote spying tool, or simply to boost the volume of some distant sound or speaker? Indeed, with a little planning and know-how, you can use AirPods, AirPods Pro, and PowerBeats Pro, like spying microphones or for amplification to better hear conversations! That may be … Read More

How to Video Chat from Facebook

May 19, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Video Chat from Facebook

Facebook, the world’s biggest social network, offers a convenient way to make video calls and group video calls for free. With multi-platform support, you can make or join these calls directly from your iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, or your Windows computer using a web browser. This is similar to the equally handy capability of making … Read More

How to Control What Apps Can Access Files & Folders in macOS Big Sur & Catalina

May 18, 2020 - 8 Comments
Mac Finder, where you can copy the path of a file name easily

You can control which apps have access to files and folders on the Mac. This article will walk you through how to manage what apps can access files and folders in macOS.

GM of iOS 13.5 & iPadOS 13.5 Released for Testing

May 18, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Apple has released the GM versions of iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 to those enrolled in the beta testing programs, suggesting the final version will be released to the general public in the near future. Separately, the final version of watchOS 6.2.5 is now available, along with the GM build of tvOS 13.4.5 for testing. … Read More

How to Convert Numbers to Excel with iCloud

May 17, 2020 - 4 Comments
How to Convert Numbers to Excel with iCloud

If you have a Numbers file that you need to convert to an Excel document format, you’ll be happy to know you can do this easily from anywhere by using iCloud. That means you can easily convert Numbers files to Excel docs from any Mac, Windows PC, Linux, iPhone, iPad, or Android device. In this … Read More

How to Access “Updates” in App Store for iPhone & iPad from Home Screen

May 16, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to access Updates in App Store on iPhone and iPad with IOS 13 and iPadOS 13

If you find the new way of updating apps in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 to be too slow or too many steps, there’s a faster way to access the Updates section of the App Store on iPhone and iPad, and you can jump directly to app Updates from the Home Screen. This article will … Read More

How to Make App Folders on iPhone & iPad

May 15, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to Make App Folders on iPhone & iPad

Do you want to make folders to organize the home screen on your iPhone and iPad? Most of us have several applications installed on our iOS and iPadOS devices, and more often than not, the home screen is quickly a mess. In order to clean it all up, you’ll need to make use of the … Read More

How to Record Screen with External Audio on iPhone & iPad

May 14, 2020 - 7 Comments
How to Record Screen with Audio on iPhone & iPad

Do you want to record external audio while you’re screen recording using your iPhone or iPad? This could come handy in multiple instances, like when you’re trying to record music that’s being played in the background or if you’re simply just making a tutorial using your device.

How to Disable iCloud Drive on Mac

May 13, 2020 - 24 Comments
How to Disable iCloud Drive on Mac

If you have no use for iCloud Drive on the Mac, you may wish to disable iCloud Drive in macOS. By turning off iCloud Drive, all documents that are stored in iCloud will be removed from the Mac, though you’ll have an option to keep a local copy when turning iCloud Drive off.

How to Disable Red Badge Circle on System Preferences in MacOS

May 12, 2020 - 36 Comments
How to hide the red badge icon from MacOS System Preferences

System Preferences in MacOS shows a red badge circle icon when there is an available software update for the Mac. This can be helpful for users who want to be notified of software updates, but it can be annoying to other Mac users who are specifically avoiding a particular software update. For example, many Mac … Read More

How to Markup Screenshots on iPhone & iPad

May 11, 2020 - 4 Comments
How to Markup Screenshots on iPhone & iPad

Do you want to annotate the screenshots you captured on your iPhone and iPad? Sure, there are plenty of third-party annotation apps on the App Store that you could settle for, but those aren’t always necessary once you become aware of how to use the built-in Markup tool in iOS and iPadOS, which allows you … Read More

How to Make Group Video Calls with WhatsApp on iPhone

May 10, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Make Group Video Calls with WhatsApp on iPhone

WhatsApp, the world’s most popular instant messaging app offers a convenient way to make group video calls for free, and you can make or join these calls directly from your iPhone. This offers a great way to be social with group video conferencing on WhatsApp, rather than just using one-on-one video chat in WhatsApp to … Read More

How to Use Portrait Lighting Mode on iPhone Camera

May 9, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to Use Portrait Lighting Mode on iPhone

Portrait Lighting is a powerful photography tool available on newer iPhone models cameras. Apple aimed to bring studio-quality effects to the camera app by analyzing light on a subject in real-time while in portrait mode, and the result is the portrait lighting mode feature.

How to Use Tile Window Multitasking in macOS Monterey, Big Sur, & Catalina

May 8, 2020 - 8 Comments
macOS Catalina split screen

macOS introduced a handy way to tile windows for multitasking, improving upon the split screen multitasking features that were available in previous MacOS releases. These new simple tiling window multitasking options are available from any window, and now you can easily choose to tile a window to the left or right side of the screen, … Read More

How to Make Video Calls with Facebook Messenger

May 7, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to Make Video Calls with Facebook Messenger

Did you know that you can make video calls with Facebook Messenger? The next time you want to reach out to friends, family members, or colleagues, you might consider using Facebook Messenger to initiate a video chat, and it works for easy video calls on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Windows PC too.

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