by Marilyn | Feb 18, 2022 | App Library, customization, Home screen, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, Tip
Back in iOS 14, Apple added the App Library, which collects all the apps on your iPhone. With everything available in the App Library, iOS 14 was also able to provide the option of hiding Home screen pages, a boon for those of us with too many disorganized pages. In... 
by Marilyn | Oct 26, 2021 | customization, Explainer, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, Safari
Along with a new version of Safari in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple has released Safari 15 for macOS 11 Big Sur and macOS 10.15 Catalina. Why do this before macOS 12 Monterey ships? Some of the browser’s new capabilities—notably the Tab Groups feature—integrate it more... 
by Marilyn | Jun 16, 2021 | Article, customization, FaceTime, iOS 15, iPad, iPadOS 15, iPhone, Mac, Monterey, News, privacy, productivity, Siri, watchOS 8, widget
At its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on June 7th, Apple shared details about what we can expect to see later this year in macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and HomePod Software 15. It was a firehose of announcements, but one thing... 
by Marilyn | May 21, 2021 | accessibility, Big Sur, customization, Mac, menu bar, Tip
In macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple went back to a design direction from the earliest days of Mac OS X: a translucent menu bar. Since its color changes depending on the desktop picture, many people aren’t enamored of it (left, below). Luckily, reverting to the traditional... 
by Marilyn | May 18, 2021 | Article, customization, How-To, iPad, iPhone, Mac, productivity, videoconferencing
After a long day of video calls, you might feel like your brain has been wrung out like a wet washcloth—we certainly do. It’s exhausting to stare into a computer for hours every day while participating in meetings or classes. This condition is called Zoom fatigue, and... 
by Marilyn | Mar 10, 2021 | cellular, customization, iPad, iPhone, Tip, Wi-Fi
Even as we get 5G cellular connectivity and high-speed Wi-Fi networks, there are plenty of times when you might want to reduce your data usage. Perhaps you’re trying to avoid running over a data cap while traveling, or maybe you’re sharing a Wi-Fi network with a very...