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 talk to a single person.

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By Hamlin Rozario - iPhone, Tips & Tricks - Leave a Comment

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.

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By Hamlin Rozario - iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 5 Comments

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, or jump immediately into full screen mode.

This isn’t an entirely new feature in and of itself (Window Snapping and Split View have been around a while), but now it’s arguably easier to use than ever before, and it behaves similar to the Split View feature on iPad. The new Tiling feature is windowed multitasking without you needing to manually position everything, and it’s a great way to make use of any display, small or large.

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By Oliver Haslam - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 8 Comments

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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How to Convert Keynote to PowerPoint with iCloud

May 7, 2020 - 1 Comment

How to Convert Keynote to PowerPoint with iCloud

Do you work with presentations on different platforms like Windows PC, Mac, iPad, or iPhone? If so, you might run into file compatibility issues while you switch between different computers and software, and this scenario is quite common with many work environments, schools, education settings, and even just when emailing back and forth between people using mixed computer systems. If you use software like Keynote, which is a part of the iWork productivity suite, you might not be able to open those presentations on your Windows PC using Microsoft PowerPoint. Not to worry, this article will show how to convert a Keynote presentation to Powerpoint by using iCloud.

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By Hamlin Rozario - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 1 Comment

Beta 4 of iOS 13.5 & iPadOS 13.5 Released for Testing

May 6, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Public beta of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13

Apple has released the fourth beta versions of iOS 13.5 and ipadOS 13.5.

Additionally, Apple also released the fourth beta builds for watchOS 6.2.5 and tvOS 13.4.5. As of writing, macOS Catalina 10.5.5 beta 4 is not yet available for testing, but presumably will arrive soon as well.

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How to Convert Pages to Word Doc Online with iCloud

May 6, 2020 - Leave a Comment

How to Convert Pages to Word Doc with iCloud

Do you own both a Windows PC and macOS device like the MacBook Pro or iMac? If so, you might run into file compatibility issues while you switch between your computers or software. More specifically, if you utilize software like Pages which is a part of the iWork productivity suite, you might not be able to open those documents on your Windows machine using Microsoft Word.

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How to Use Zoom Virtual Backgrounds on iPhone & iPad

May 6, 2020 - 15 Comments

How to Use Zoom Virtual Backgrounds

Zoom is a popular video conferencing solution that allows people to participate in remote meetings, online classes, or even just social events. One of the fun ways it stands out from the rest of the video chat competition is by letting users change their backgrounds while they’re in a video call.

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By Hamlin Rozario - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 15 Comments

How to Use Virtual Backgrounds in Webex Meetings on iPhone & iPad

May 5, 2020 - 1 Comment

How to Use Virtual Backgrounds in Webex Meetings

If you use Cisco’s Webex Meetings to make or join video conference calls for remote meetings, online classrooms, or social events during this self-isolation period or otherwise, you’ll be interested in the Virtual Backgrounds feature that this service has to offer.

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By Hamlin Rozario - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 1 Comment

How to Use Webex Meetings for Videoconferencing on iPhone & iPad

May 5, 2020 - 2 Comments

How to Use Webex Meetings for Videoconferencing on iPhone & iPad

Cisco Webex Meetings is a business-oriented video conferencing solution that currently offers a free way to set up and organize video calls for remote meetings, work or online classes during this social distancing period.

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By Hamlin Rozario - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 2 Comments

How to Connect External Storage Drive to iPad & iPhone

May 4, 2020 - 28 Comments

How to connect external storage devices to iPhone or iPad

You can easily connect external storage drives to iPad and iPhone, providing easy access to all the files and data on those drives via the Files app. This includes connecting flash drives, USB hard drives, SD cards, and just about any other storage medium to iPhone, iPad Pro, and iPad you can think of, as long as you have the appropriate adapter to connect it to the iPhone or iPad.

This article is going to demonstrate how to use and connect external storage drives to iPhone or iPad, including external hard disks, USB flash drives, SD cards, and other common storage formats. You’ll then have direct access to the files on those storage mediums, right from iOS or iPadOS.

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By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 28 Comments

How to Open Numbers File on Windows PC with iCloud

May 3, 2020 - 2 Comments

How to Open Numbers File on Windows PC with iCloud

Need to open a Numbers file but you’re on a Windows PC? No problem, you can use iCloud to access, edit, and open Numbers files, even if you don’t have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac with an official Numbers app handy.

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By Hamlin Rozario - Apple.com, Mac Apps, Tips & Tricks - 2 Comments

How to Use WhatsApp Web on Any Browser

May 2, 2020 - 9 Comments

How to Use WhatsApp Web on Any Browser

Need to use WhatsApp from the web? Using WhatsApp Web offers a way to use WhatsApp chat on any device at all with a web browser, regardless of what it is or where it is .

WhatsApp is perhaps one of the most popular instant messaging platforms globally, and although it’s a messaging app designed for smartphones like iPhone and Android, it can be accessed on any device with a desktop-class web browser, thanks to WhatsApp web. This article will show you how to use WhatsApp Web for chatting in a web browser from any device.

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By Hamlin Rozario - Tips & Tricks - 9 Comments

How to Switch AirPods Between Devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch)

May 1, 2020 - 3 Comments

How to switch AirPods between Apple devices

How would you like to switch AirPods between iPhone, iPad, and Mac? Or what if you’d like to switch AirPods from iPhone to Apple Watch or even Apple TV? If you have a pair of AirPods and multiple Apple devices, you can easily switch AirPods and AirPods Pro between any of your other Apple products, and the transition is seamless.

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How to Setup & Use iCloud Photos on Mac

Apr 30, 2020 - 16 Comments

How to Enable iCloud Photos on Mac

Want to use iCloud Photos on Mac? In its simplest form iCloud Photos is a sync service that makes sure your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac all have every photo you’ve taken, all ready at a moment’s notice. That means you can access the photos from any other device with the feature turned on, so you’ll want to be sure you enable iCloud Photos on iPhone or iPad and you can even enable and use a Windows PC for accessing iCloud Photos, too. It’s incredibly convenient when it works as intended, but you’ll need to activate it before any of that can happen.

This guide is going to run you through the steps needed to get iCloud Photos up and running on your Mac. It isn’t a complicated process, but like everything else, it’s only easy if you know how to do it.

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By Oliver Haslam - Mac OS, Tips & Tricks - 16 Comments

Beta 3 of iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 Released for Testing

Apr 29, 2020 - 1 Comment

new betas of apple system software

Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, and MacOS Catalina 10.15.5. Separately, watchOS 6.2.5 beta 3 and tvOS 13.4.5 beta 3 are also available for testing.

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By Paul Horowitz - News - 1 Comment

How to Enable Startup Boot Sound Chime on Newer Macs

Apr 29, 2020 - 16 Comments

How to enable boot chime sound on newer Macs

Want to re-enable the startup boot chime sound effect on a new Mac? You can do that with a command line string entered into the Macs Terminal. As you may know, new Macs default to not making a startup boot chime sound effect, this is in contrast to every prior Mac model which included a boot sound effect.

With a little effort, you can enable the boot startup sound effect on modern Macs however, including newer model MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, iMac, Mac mini, and Mac Pro.

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How to Move Email from Junk to Mail Inbox on iPhone & iPad

Apr 28, 2020 - 8 Comments

How to Move Email from Junk to Mail Inbox on iPhone & iPad

Do you want to move the emails located in the Junk folder back to the Inbox within the Mail app on iPhone or iPad? If so, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s fairly simple to unmark emails as junk / spam and restore them back to their original location, or even their rightful location. By doing this, you’re telling the Mail app that the email is not junk.

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By Hamlin Rozario - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks - 8 Comments

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