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How to Use Apple Watch to Track Sleep

Apr 14, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Use Apple Watch to Track Sleep

Did you know that your Apple Watch can now track your sleeping patterns? Although a lot of people don’t wear their smartwatches during their sleep, you may consider wearing your Apple Watch now that a whole new sleep tracking feature has been added.

How to Use Translate Webpages in Safari for Mac

Apr 13, 2021 - 14 Comments
How to Use Translate Webpages in Safari for Mac

Ever ended up on a webpage in a different language and wished you could translate it instantly? With the latest versions of Safari for Mac, you can use a native translation feature to convert a webpage from a foreign language to your native tongue. This is fantastic for many obvious reasons, particularly if you want … Read More

How to Customize Safari Start Page on Mac

Apr 12, 2021 - 14 Comments
How to Customize Safari Start Page in MacOS Big Sur

Do you use Safari as the default web browser on your Mac? If so, you might be happy to know that Safari’s start page is now customizable, as long as you’re running a new version of Safari on the Mac.

How to Use Speak Selection on iPhone & iPad

Apr 12, 2021 - 4 Comments
How to Use Speak Selection on iPhone & iPad

Did you know that your iPhone and iPad can read highlighted texts out loud? This is a feature that could come in handy for any number of reasons, but it may be particularly useful if you’re busy focusing on something else, want to know how to say or pronounce something, want something read to you, … Read More

How to Get Around Activation Lock on iPhone

Apr 11, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Get Around Activation Lock on iPhone

Did you purchase a used iPhone from someone only to be welcomed with an Activation Lock screen? Or, did you forget your Apple ID details and get locked out of your own iPhone? Either way, there are multiple ways to go about resolving the activation lock situation on an iPhone (or iPad for that matter).

How to Change Photos Frame on iPhone Camera

Apr 10, 2021 - 12 Comments
How to Change Photos Frame on iPhone 11 & iPhone 11 Pro

Do you take a lot of pictures using your iPhone camera? If so, you may be surprised to know that you can actually adjust the framing of your photos after you capture them.

How to Type Accent Letters on iPhone & iPad Keyboard

Apr 9, 2021 - 2 Comments
How to Type Accent Letters on iPhone & iPad Keyboard

Need to type accent letters on the iPhone or iPad keyboard, but can’t quite figure out how to? Although English is widely considered to be the global language, several languages across the world use accents and diacritic marks to change how a letter or vowel sounds. Accordingly, you might find it useful to know how … Read More

How to Clean Install macOS Big Sur

Apr 8, 2021 - 4 Comments
How to clean install macOS Big Sur

Mac users may occasionally find themselves wanting to clean install macOS Big Sur onto a Mac. A clean installation of macOS Big Sur basically means the entire hard drive – including the system itself, all data, all apps, user accounts, literally everything – is erased, and then a fresh clean install of macOS Big Sur … Read More

How to Start a Timer On Your Apple Watch

Apr 8, 2021 - 2 Comments
Starting an Apple Watch timer

How’d you like to start a timer, right from Apple Watch? The Apple Watch might be the best thing to happen in personal fitness in a long time, but where the wearable really shines is in making it super easy to do things that we do multiple times a day, week, or month. Checking the … Read More

How to Save All Photos from Messages on iPhone & iPad

Apr 7, 2021 - 4 Comments
How to Save All Photos from Messages on iPhone & iPad

If you send a lot of photos back and forth in messages, you may be wondering how you can save them all to your iPhone or iPad for later use, backups, sharing along, or whatever else. It turns out that all the photos and videos that are shared over iMessage are not saved to your … Read More

How to Open a CSV in Google Sheets

Apr 6, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Open a CSV in Google Sheets

Do you want to use Google Sheets to view and edit CSV files for data analysis? Or perhaps to import or export contacts? If so, you’ll be pleased to know that Google Sheets has native support for CSV files. With how widely used Google Sheets is throughout the workplace and educational worlds, knowing how to … Read More

How to Have Your Apple Watch Speak The Time For You

Apr 6, 2021 - 6 Comments
Enable speak time

How’d you like your Apple Watch to speak the time to you? Sounds convenient, high-tech, and useful, right?

How to Play Fortnite on iPhone, iPad, Mac with GeForceNow

Apr 5, 2021 - 1 Comment
Play Fortnite on iPad, iPhone, Mac with GeForceNow

Want to play Fortnite on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac again, in 2021? You can play the popular game entirely for free, despite the ongoing dispute between Apple and Epic, thanks to GeForceNow. Best of all, it works impressively well, and with high graphics settings too (possibly even better graphics than you’d be able to … Read More

How to Change Sidecar iPad Position Side on Mac

Apr 5, 2021 - 2 Comments
Change Sidecar iPad position on Mac and

By default, Sidecar for Mac sets iPad to be on the right side of the Mac display, but what if you want to change the iPad position to be on the left side? Or to the top, or bottom of the Mac display? Or perhaps you want the iPad display to be a little bit … Read More

How to Set Alarm Clock on iPhone

Apr 5, 2021 - 6 Comments
How to Set Alarm Clock on iPhone

Your iPhone can serve as an alarm clock to make sure you’re on time for events, routines, work, school, or anything else. If you’re trying to wake up early enough, or fit a schedule, or traveling and need a wake-up, using the iPhone as an alarm clock is undeniably useful since most people have their … Read More

How to Forward iCloud Mail to Other Email Address Automatically

Apr 4, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Forward iCloud Mail to Other Email Address Automatically

Have an iCloud email address that you’d like to forward the emails from automatically to another email address? Many of us have multiple email addresses that are used for various different purposes, but if you’d like to have your iCloud emails automatically forward to another address, you’ll find that’s pretty simple to do.

How to Enable / Disable Subtitles on Netflix on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV

Apr 3, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Enable / Disable Subtitles on Netflix on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV

If you’re one of those countless people who use Netflix to watch movies and TV shows on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV, you’ll be pleased to know that you can indeed use subtitles while watching any Netflix content, as long as they’re available anyway.

How to Share Medical ID During Emergency Calls from iPhone Automatically

Apr 2, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Share Medical ID During Emergency Calls from iPhone Automatically

The Medical ID feature of iPhone has been a part of the Health app for years now, but now it’s potentially even more useful, by allowing users to automatically share their Medical ID while making emergency calls from their iPhones.

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