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How to Save Audio Attachments from Messages on iPhone & iPad

Jan 13, 2021 - 8 Comments
How to Save Audio Attachments from Messages on iPhone & iPad

Have you received audio files or audio messages from any of your contacts on iMessage? If so, you may sometimes want to store them permanently on your iPhone or iPad so that you can listen to them later at your convenience, and save the audio attachment as a file directly. Fortunately, you can do this … Read More

How to Automatically Trash Emails from Blocked Senders on Mac Mail

Jan 13, 2021 - 46 Comments
How to Automatically Trash Emails from Blocked Senders on Mac

Do you want to stop getting unwanted emails from senders you’ve previously blocked in your Mac Mail inbox? If you’ve noticed blocked senders emails still coming through to your Mail inbox on the Mac (or iPhone or iPad), this occurs due to the default inbox settings used by the Mail app. Fortunately, you can fix … Read More

How to Customize Photos Widget on iPhone

Jan 12, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Customize Photos Widget on iPhone

Have you been using the Photos widget on your iPhone’s home screen to reminisce about your memories? If so, you may want further control over what is shown on the widget, and perhaps see just your favorite photos rather than everything in your Photos library. Fortunately, there’s a workaround for that using a third party … Read More

How to Start an iPhone Instant Hotspot from iPad

Jan 12, 2021 - Leave a Comment
Connect iPad to iPhone Instant Hotspot wi-fi

The iPad can immediately start and connect to an iPhone Hotspot, without having to interact with the iPhone to turn it on manually. This makes for an ultra-fast way to connect an iPad to the internet through an iPhone’s shared internet connection. This iPad ability is quite similar to using iPhone Instant Hotspot from the … Read More

How to Organize Shortcuts in Folders on iPhone & iPad

Jan 11, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Organize Shortcuts in Folders on iPhone

Do you use the built-in Shortcuts app on your iPhone to launch apps, run automated tasks, change app icons, and perform various other actions? In that case, you may be interested in organizing all of your shortcuts into folders within the app, especially if you’ve created many of them.

How to Enable Apple ProRAW on iPhone Pro & iPhone Pro Max

Jan 11, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Enable Apple ProRAW on iPhone 12 Pro & iPhone 12 Pro Max

If you’re using modern iPhone models, really anything newer than iPhone 12 Pro or iPhone 12 Pro Max, with their excellent camera and use it to take photos frequently, you’re in for a surprise. As long as you’re running iOS 14.3 or later on a newer model iPhone, Apple has added the ability to capture … Read More

How to Manage App Store Subscriptions on Windows PC with Tunes

Jan 10, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Manage App Store Subscriptions on PC

Windows PC users can make use of iTunes to quickly check all their active and expired subscriptions for various services and apps through their Apple devices. So whether you want to cancel a service, check the renewal date, or change a subscription plan, you can do that from a Windows PC, much like you can … Read More

How to Remove Someone from Family Sharing on iPhone

Jan 9, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Remove A Member from Family Sharing on iPhone

Do you want to stop sharing your subscriptions with one of your family members or friends? Perhaps, they no longer need it or you’re making space for someone else? Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to remove someone from your Family.

How to Downgrade macOS Big Sur to Catalina or Mojave

Jan 8, 2021 - 26 Comments
How to Downgrade macOS Big Sur to Catalina or Mojave

Did you update to macOS Big Sur but now wish you hadn’t? Are you no longer interested in using macOS Big Sur on your Mac? Perhaps you installed it to try out all new features and changes, but you’re not happy with it due to app incompatibility, performance issues, or some other problem that you … Read More

How to Type Straight Quotes on iPad

Jan 7, 2021 - 4 Comments
iPad keyboard

Want to stop iPad typing curly quotes so that you can use ASCII friendly straight quotes instead? You may have noticed that iPad defaults to typing curly quotation marks rather than straight quotation marks, this can be particularly problematic for anyone trying to do scripting, programming, shell work, remote administration, or anything else that requires … Read More

How to Delete Siri History on HomePod

Jan 6, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Delete Siri History on HomePod

Do you want to clear all your interactions with Siri with HomePod from Apple’s servers? Perhaps you want to remove your Siri history for privacy reasons or personal reasons, no matter why Apple makes this process pretty forward on the HomePod if you’re interested. It just takes a few seconds.

How to Delete Apps from iPhone & iPad via App Store with a Gesture Trick

Jan 6, 2021 - 7 Comments
How to Delete Apps on iPhone or iPad via App Store

Have you ever gone to update apps and then realized you don’t even want some of these apps installed on your iPhone or iPad any longer? Now you can easily delete those apps right from the Updates section of the App Store. As you likely know by now, updating apps on iPhone and iPad with … Read More

How to Combine Files Into a PDF on Mac

Jan 5, 2021 - 12 Comments
How to Combine Files Into a PDF on Mac

Have a variety of files you’d like to combine into a single PDF file? You can do that right on the Mac. Perhaps you have a handful of documents you’re working with, or perhaps you need to send along multiple PDF files via email. When appropriate, you can combine these files into a single PDF … Read More

How to Block & Unblock Email Addresses on Mail for Mac

Jan 4, 2021 - 11 Comments
How to Block & Unblock Email Addresses on Mac Mail

Do you use the Mac Mail app and you find yourself getting unwanted emails? Whether it’s spam, promotional emails, or just unwanted emails from a particular person, company, or group, you may want to block the sender’s email addresses to make sure you no longer see them in your mail inbox.

How to Automatically Delete Emails from Blocked Senders on iPhone & iPad Mail

Jan 3, 2021 - 19 Comments
How to Automatically Trash Emails from Blocked Senders on iPhone & iPad

How’d you like to automatically trash any emails coming in from blocked contacts or email senders on your iPhone or iPad? If you don’t want to see unwanted emails from senders you’ve previously blocked in your inbox, you can make an adjustment to the iPhone and iPad Mail app that will take care of this … Read More

How to Customize the Dock on Mac

Jan 2, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Customize the Dock on Mac

Want to customize the Dock on your Mac? Perhaps you want to add or remove some apps from the Dock, or change how the Dock looks by making it larger or smaller, or even change its position? Whatever the case, you can customize the Dock on your macOS system according to your liking within minutes.

How to Fix iPhone / iPad Keyboard Missing or Disappearing

Jan 1, 2021 - 3 Comments
How to Fix iPhone Keyboard Missing or Disappearing

Are you having trouble activating the on-screen keyboard on your iPhone or iPad? More specifically, is the keyboard not showing up on the screen when you tap on the text field or does it disappear randomly? This could be due to various reasons, but usually it’s not that hard to resolve, so if you’re wondering … Read More

How to Start & Stop Sharing Apple Music with Family Members

Jan 1, 2021 - 1 Comment
How to Stop Sharing Apple Music with Family Members

Do you want to share your Apple Music subscription with friends or family members? Perhaps, you’re looking to cut down on monthly or annual subscription costs? Thanks to Family Sharing, you can easily share your Apple Music access and this can be done on your iOS or iPadOS device.

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